Year 5
Croeso i ein ddosbarth Blwyddyn 5:
'TÎM ELKINGTON'!
Welcome to our Year 5 class:
'TEAM ELKINGTON'!
We would like to wish you a very warm welcome to our class page and hope that you can support us in our learning in order to 'aim for the moon' and to achieve so much in 2025-26!
Our theme for this term is:
'FALLEN FIELDS'
Our enquiry will focus on the following question....
'How did the First World War impact the lives of people in Wales?'
During this theme, we will be developing our pupil’s knowledge of 'The Great War' of 1914-1918. We will be looking at key dates, events and people, while developing learners' empathy skills towards all those involved and affected by war.
Whilst engaging in our enquiries, we will study various historical skills such as ...
critical thinking
historical enquiry
empathy and understanding
chronological awareness
As part of our studies, and to support our learning, we will be reading 'Poppy Field' and 'War Horse',
both written by Michael Morpurgo.
And in the build up to Christmas, we will be studying and re-enacting the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914.
Everyone in our class is a member of our
Our messages are shared in the 'Stream' and any home learning activities and ways to help with your learning are shared in 'Classwork'.
Please visit Google Classroom to keep up to date with home tasks and some of our learning.
BEING ACTIVE
The health, well-being and fitness of our pupils is extremely important to us. We aim to get our pupils out and about and as active as possible!
Our official PE sessions are on a Monday and a Wednesday.
On our PE days, we expect pupils to bring appropriate PE clothing to school. This should consist of...
- trainers
- T-shirt
- tracksuit trousers or shorts
- tracksuit top or hoodie
Pupils will then be expected to change back into their school uniform for the remainder of the school day.
For safety reasons, any jewellery must be removed, and long hair should be tied back.
OUR CLASS CHARTER:
We are a Rights Respecting school and follow the UNCRC through our class charter we have created together.
We believe these articles are a high priority for us to focus on in order to achieve our rights and follow our responsibilities.
BUILDING LEARNING POWER:
We have been very busy building our learning habits in order to become better learners and unlock our own potential. We love to be challenged and pushed out of our comfort zone as that is when real learning takes place.
Perseverance:
We encourage perseverance and the use of our stuck strategies when we find things difficult.
We develop grit and determination to succeed in all that we do. In our class, we don't 'try' - we just 'do'!
Collaboration:
We understand that everyone has a vital part to play in achieving a shared goal.
We share job tasks during group work, treat each other fairly and value everyone's ideas and opinions as we are all as important as each other.
Questioning:
We encourage curiosity in our class and love to ask 'big' questions.
We enjoy using the thinking dice to promote thinking, formulate higher order questions and challenge the thinking of others.
Listening:
Being a good listener is vital to our pupils becoming effective learners, both socially and academically.
We promote 3 basic rules of good listening - posture, facing the speaker, and no fidgeting.
We encourage our pupils to identify what type of listening they are showing - ignoring, pretending, selective, attentive or empathetic.
Imagining:
We develop our imagining skills by writing descriptive story settings, working as detectives to analyse clues and draw character profiles. Creativity is key!
Reasoning:
Developing problem solving, lateral thinking and reasoning are a key focus throughout each term.
We enjoy tackling puzzles and investigations and are learning to clarify our thinking, justify our opinions and counter argue.
YEAR 5SE 'TÎM ELKINGTON' 2025-26 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Our class representatives are:
School Council
Jessica and Jake
Eco Team
Jacob and Connor
Criw Cymraeg
Mia, Sterling and Lucas H
STEM Team
Freya and Theo
Rights Team
Oscar and Layla
Healthy Team
Jasmine and Sophia