Year 5

We are pleased to welcome you to the Year 5 page. The main need-to-know information can be found here as the year progresses. Watch out for continual updates on our blog to see what our Year 5s have been up to - you can find this here. If you have a query, please email schooloffice@stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk and the Y5 team shall endeavour to reply as soon as they can. 

The Y5 team hosted a well-attended Zoom meeting for families regarding the Y4 to Y5 transition in July '24. This can be viewed here (alternatively, download the PDF from the bottom of this page). 

To familiarise yourself with the site on Claremount Road, have a watch of Mrs Pickering's tour of Top Site. 

The main team who will be leading your children for the academic year, 2024/25 are:

Our Year 5 teaching staff are dedicated to fostering a love of learning and helping every child thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. With their passion for teaching and a creative approach to the curriculum, they ensure lessons are engaging, inclusive, and tailored to the needs of every pupil.   The team works collaboratively to provide a stimulating environment where children are encouraged to ask questions, explore new ideas, and build confidence in their abilities. Beyond the classroom, they support a range of extracurricular activities and aim to nurture well-rounded, curious learners ready to take on new challenges.   Our Year 5 team is here to inspire, motivate, and guide your child through this exciting stage of their educational journey!   Other staff members working within the year group include: Mrs Pickering and Mrs Pue-Richards (Music).

Attendance and Punctuality

Physical Education For PE, children are able to wear their PE kit to school on Tuesdays. For clarification on PE kit and uniform, go here: https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/Parents/Uniform/
Snack Shack Snack Shack will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays. Parents will need to purchase Snack Shack tokens via Compass (alternatively, contact the school office for further assistance).
The School Day
Google Classroom and Home Learning We use Google Classroom as our online learning platform. Google Classroom is a web-based learning environment and offers a digital safe space for students to view class tasks, access learning materials, view posted assignments, and hand in completed work.  Through Google Classroom, children will be able to complete home learning tasks online and submit work to their teacher for review. We would suggest that after accessing your child's classroom, you and your child familiarise yourself with the platform together.  This is where teachers will set work and send messages within the class stream. There will be a range of ‘assignments' posted and some of the tasks can be uploaded/completed online for the teacher to view. Please regularly discuss online safety with your children.  Our online safety page has lots of advice and useful downloads.
	Reading Expectations Read at least four times a week, ensuring that these are recorded in your Reading Record. You should read for at least fifteen minutes. You should abide by the 'read to self' expectations.

Walking Home

 Documents to Download

• Astro Camp - Parents Presentation download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineAstro Camp - Parents Presentation
• Lunch Menu from Nov 24 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineLunch Menu from Nov 24
• Moving from Y4 to Y5 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineMoving from Y4 to Y5
• National College Training download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineNational College Training

Year 5 Astro Camp

We are excited to be able to offer your child the opportunity to be part of St George's second AstroCamp which will be taking place on Thursday 27th March - Friday 28th March. 

The camp will be an opportunity for the children to take part in a range of activities which will include: 

1. Star gazing, 

2. Visit to our resident planetarium, 

3. Mapping the sky with Liverpool John Moores University live observatory 

There will also be a host of other exciting activities that will embed their knowledge and understanding from our space unit in the Autumn Term.

The children will arrive at school, as usual on Thursday 27th March, and attend their morning lessons in class. After lunch (to be ordered through school as usual/packed lunch from home as usual) they will then start their AstroCamp training. The children are invited to wear their own clothes and will have the opportunity to "camp" in school as a sleep over so that we can watch the night sky. 

We will use the year 6 classrooms with boys and girls  in separate rooms. Children will need to bring a roll mat, sleeping bag and pillow. 

Children who are not sleeping over will need to be in school for all of the Friday 28th March and will take part in activities in one class.

Further details of the kit list and logistics for the event will be supplied once we have confirmed numbers.

We will hold a Zoom meeting on Thursday 27th February: