Welcome to Year 5&6 Class Page!

Your teachers this year will be:

Miss Roberts - Class Teacher 

Mrs Tunnicliff - TA(AM) and PPA cover 

Miss Masood - TA(PM)

Keep posted for exciting things happening in Year 5 and 6 this year!

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Group 1 - Miss Roberts 

Group 2 - Miss Masood

Friends Easter Egg Hunt - 22nd April

For our last day before the term finished, the Friends of Saint Mary Immaculate conducted a whole-school Easter Egg Hunt. Ms Beaumont started with an Easter Quiz where the children were tested on their Easter knowledge, the children then went outside to find their plastic eggs to swap for their chosen Easter Egg. Thank you again Friends - we had so much fun!

Run Together For Mission Together - 21st March

As part of our Lenten celebrations, we raised money for children in Chennai, India. Parents sponsored the children to run around the playground to raise money for Mission Together. The Chaplaincy Team did an amazing job in raising over £1,000 to support children in Chennai, to access education safely. Well done everyone!

Whole School Visit to the ThinkTank - British Science Week

For British Science week, all children were invited to attend a science-packed day at Birmingham ThinkTank! The children enjoyed discovering all the interactive science attractions and especially enjoyed the science garden! We finished the day with a presentation in the theatre all about Electricity! ⚡️

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World Book Day - 7th March 

For World Book Day 2024, children were invited to dress up as their favourite book characters. We started the day by completing a Book Review, which will decorate our class book corner, we watched the BBC World Book Day Live Lesson, we had a cosy read then finished the day with our author visit by Gareth Jones! We hope the children enjoy the signed copies they purchased after the visit! 

Thinking Day - 22nd February

World Thinking Day is a celebration of ten million girls worldwide that has taken place on every 22 February since 1926. It remains a day for all Guides and Girl Scouts to think of each other and celebrate their sisters all around the world. To celebrate this, the girls of Saint Mary's were invited to wear their Girl Guide uniforms during the day.

Athletics Competition - 21st February

Year 5 and 6 were invited by Campion School to a South Warwickshire Athletics Competition. Year 5 and 6 competed against 12 other schools in Track and Field events. It was very enjoyable taking part in the track events including: relay races, obstacle races and singular races. They also had chance to take part in field events, including: long jump, speed bounce and high jump. 

Safer Internet Day - 6th February

During this year's Safer Internet Day, we watched the BBC live lesson all about how to use the internet safely. 

Presented by tech expert Georgie Barrat, CBBC’s Rhys Stephenson and – joining us from the National Robotarium in Edinburgh – Blue Peter’s Abby Cook, this Live Lesson demystifys the technology of the future and provides insights into the world of AI technology.

The aim of the lesson is to help students navigate the digital landscape safely.

Mardi Gras - 9th February 

Mardi Gras is also known as Shrove Tuesday, it is the last day before Lent begins. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, it is the last night of consuming rich, fatty foods in preparation for the fasting season of Lent. 

To celebrate the day, we wore green, yellow or purple (green represents faith, yellow is for power and purple or justice). We designed masks, learnt about how different cultures celebrate Mardi Gras and made Lenten Promises we will review after Easter. We also coloured in and buried an Alleluia ready to uncover at Easter. 

God and the Big Bang - 25th January

Year 5 and 6 were invited to St Joseph's today to attend God and the Big Bang discussion day. During the day, children learnt about climate change and how we know how the planet was created. They had chance to challenge views from a scientific and religious point of view. The children enjoyed the different workshops and being able to share their points of view. 

Warwickshire Fire Safety - 12th January 

A big thank you to Warwickshire Fire and Rescue who came in on Friday to follow up on the children's talk in Y1. They discussed how to keep rooms safe from trip and fire hazards, home emergency exit routes and who to call in an emergency. 

Banbinelli Blessing - 20th December

Today, Father Patrick came into school and blessed our Banbinellis for children to then take home. The tradition is that only on Christmas day can the baby Jesus (banbinelli) be added to the Nativity Scene. 

Mass with Father Patrick (In Church) - 8th December

Year 5 and 6 had the pleasure of leading Mass in Church with Father Patrick. 

Well done to all the children who did a reading in Church. 

Advent Preparation Day - Friday 1st December

As our theme was hope, in the morning, we created origami doves out of our favourite Christmas hymn sheets and coloured in a sign of hope to attach to it. We then decorated the tree, ready for the lighting in the afternoon. 

Space Centre Trip - 7th December 

As per our topic last half term, children visited the Space centre in Leicestershire today! They had lots of fun exploring all the activities on offer, going up and down in the lift next to the shuttles and visiting the Planetarium where we were taken out of our Solar System. All the children had a fantastic day and were excellent role models for St Mary Immaculate. 

Christmas Pantomime - Cinderella - 29th November 

Today, the children attended the Belgrade Theatre to watch a panto performance of Cinderella. They enjoyed being able to shout out and be involved with the actors on stage.

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 

Plastic Waste Assembly - 15th November 

Today, Ruth from Warwickshire County Council Waste Department visited St Mary’s to speak all about plastic pollution and ways we can reduce plastic waste at school and at home. This gave the School Council food for though about what they can do within school and the local community. 

Mass with Father Patrick - Monday 13th November 

Thank you to those children who helped lead Mass today with Father Patrick 

Rowing Competition - 25th September 

Today, four Year 6 boys attended a rowing competition at Campion High School. They competed against 6 other schools in individual races and a relay race. They had lots of fun and were able to practice their teamwork as well as their rowing skills. 

God’s Planet Theatre Day - 19th October 

Meet the Teacher - 26th September 

House Captains - 15th September 

Today, during assembly, nine brave Year 6s gave a speech to the rest of the school to why they should become their House Captain. The children on Years 3,4,5 and 6 then voted to who they would like for their Captain. 

Well done to:

Dolcieann - House Captain of John 

Natalia - House Captain of Mark 

Ty - House Captain of Matthew

Esme - House Captain of Luke 

Ancient Day - 11th September

On Monday 11th September, the children in Year 5 and 6 participated in an Ancient Greek themed day to launch our history topic. The children were invited to dress up as Ancient Greeks and had a fun-filled day packed full of activities linked to Ancient Greece.

They started their day by creating Olympic-themed Olive Leaf Wreaths then had a go at writing their names in Ancient Greek.

After lunch, they used clay to create their own Ancient Greek-inspired vases (which Greeks used to store food, wine and even used as urns in some cases!) and had the opportunity to taste pitta bread and hummus. 

As you can see, the hummus went down a storm!

We had a great day and a great start to our learning where the children will learn all about Ancient Greece: Gods and Goddesses, the history of the Olympic games and much, much more!

Mary Pounds

Our Mary Pounds are ready to go! 
Children will start receiving Mary Pounds from Monday 25th September for attending and being on time for school. They will have opportunities to spend these throughout the year. 

Well done to Grace for our winning design!

Useful websites to support learning at home.

Here are some useful websites for extra work at home.

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