
Dates
Thursday 22nd October – school closes for half-term
Monday 2nd November – school opens
Reminders
Every day, pupils will need:
A clear, reusable water bottle. This will be taken home daily to be cleaned and refilled.
A book bag. This will be stored in your tray.
All pupils have a banded reading book which comes home daily.
Pupils may bring a fresh fruit snack to eat at break. No other snacks please.
Homework will be set on a Thursday and due the following Tuesday.
Three reads will be counted every Thursday and will run from the previous Thursday to allow children a full week to achieve their three reads.


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Homework is set on a Thursday, to be completed by Tuesday.
Homework:
3 x weekly reads – Children in Year 5 can record these in their records themselves and then ask their adults to sign it for them or adults can record it for them.
An arithmetic worksheet.
3 reads will be collected on a Thursday. Parents must sign children's reading record to say that they have read or three reads will not be accepted.

Autumn 1, Week 5
Word class:
Noun
Definition:
A person, thing or act that makes an activity or situation more difficult
Example:
The broken down car was a hindrance to the traffic.
