Foxes 

Mrs Bujniewicz and Miss Smith

Hello Foxes and family.

Welcome back – we hope you had a wonderful summer holiday. Foxes class is taught by Mrs Bujniewicz, with support from Miss Smith. We’re also lucky to have other fantastic adults working with us throughout the week: Mrs Gomes (Portuguese), Mrs Morton (Art), and Mr McCarten (P.E).

In Foxes, we always aim high – not only with our learning, but also with our behaviour and attitude. We encourage the children to be role models for others in the school and to take pride in their efforts, both in and out of the classroom.

This term in English, we’ll be building on grammar and spelling skills before moving on to writing stories and a variety of non-fiction pieces. We’ll begin by reading The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf, which links beautifully with our Geography work on maps, countries of the world and migration. After half term, we’ll read extracts from The Diary of Anne Frank and Evacuee, alongside poems by Michael Rosen, which will connect to our History topic on World War II.

In Maths, our focus starts with number work – place value, rounding and negative numbers – before moving on to calculation skills. Later in the term, we’ll be working on fractions. The children will take weekly Arithmetic Tests and continue practising their times tables to build fluency and confidence.

In Science, our topic is materials and their properties, with lots of hands-on investigations planned.

The children will also enjoy a broad and balanced curriculum, including PE, Art, PHSE, RE, DT, Computing, Music and Portuguese. PE days will be shared in the school newsletter.

Homework is set every Monday and collected the following Monday. To support the children, there’s an afterschool homework club on Mondays, and they are also welcome to ask a member of staff for help at break or lunchtime. If homework is regularly forgotten or unfinished, children will be given time with an adult at lunchtime to complete it.

Looking ahead, later in the year the children will have the opportunity to take part in Bikeability training (they will need a roadworthy bike for this). We are also excited about our residential trip in the spring or summer term – more details will follow. Other trips across the year will include visits to Chard Museum, Chard Library, Yeovil Cinema and Exeter city, all linking to the children’s learning.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to chat with us at the end of the school day or write a note in your child’s reading record.

We are really looking forward to a happy and successful year in Foxes and to working closely with all our Y5 families.

Mrs Bujniewicz and Miss Smith