5CE The Ermines 2025 - 2026

I am Mrs Edwards, the class teacher from Tuesday to Friday.  Mrs Gorrell is the class teacher on a Monday.  We are supported by Ms Price Hunt and Miss Mahmood. 

Mrs Jaleel is our PPA teacher who teaches RE and Computing on a Tuesday morning.

School day starts:

It is vital that children are in school on time every day. The pedestrian gate is 
unlocked at 8.40am and locked at 8.50am, when the school day starts. Children arriving after 
this time need to enter school via the School Office and must be dropped off at the blue buzzer 
gate by an adult.
Our lessons start promptly at 8.50am so children arriving after this time often miss 
instructions and demonstrations from the teacher. 

 End of day:

At the end of the school day, the pedestrian gate will be opened again at 3.20pm and locked at 3.35pm. Children need to 
be collected no later than 3.30pm. Parents/carers arriving after this time will need to collect 
children from the blue buzzer gate.  
If you know that you will be late collecting your child, please phone ahead to let us know.

Our PE day is Thursday.

Swimming starts week beginning 8th September 2025.  Our days are: Tuesday 9th September; Thursday 11th September; Monday 15th September; Wednesday 17th September; Friday 19th September

Please ensure your child has their P.E pumps and kit in school.  These will be kept in school and sent home for washing at the end of each half term. If your child has earrings, they should be removed for PE days. Staff in school are not permitted to do this.

We expect all children to wear full school uniform every day.

Boys - Black or grey trousers, white polo shirt and a navy blue sweatshirt

Girls – Black or Grey dress or skirt, white polo shirt, blue checked dress,  navy blue sweatshirt or cardigan. Girls can wear leggings or trousers.

Shoes - Plain black school shoes/boots with a sensible heel, not trainers and no logos. If children have a problem with their usual school shoes, they wear their black school pumps whilst in school.

Names - Please ensure that all items of clothing are named – then they be returned to your child if the items become lost.

Jewellery - Jewellery is not allowed in school except for a small pair of stud earrings and a watch. For PE lessons, the earrings must be covered over with plasters (provided by the parent) or removed. For swimming lessons earrings must be removed. The children must be able to remove them themselves. Please keep all other jewellery at home at all times for safety purposes. If it has to be taken from a child, it could get lost in school.

Headscarves – girls can choose to wear a headscarf if they wish to. These should be plain black, blue or white and should have no decorations, and must not be fastened by pins. Ideally they should not be longer than shoulder length. These must be removed for PE.

Homework will be set on a Thursday and will be expected to be completed by the following Tuesday. Children are not expected to spend more than 10 minutes on each task. Most of the tasks are set using the school's online platforms: Maths Whizz, TTRS and SPAG.com.  There is a homework page where the weekly homework can be found, should your child forget to bring their homework book home, or are absent when the homework is given out.

Additional tasks to support learning are available too, should your child want to spend a little longer learning at home. This will be available via Times Table Rockstars, Maths Whizz Spag.com, Purple mash.

All children are expected to read to an adult or older sibling as often as possible, but at least once a week. Please date and sign the reading diary when your child has read at home. This is imperative if we are to help our children build their reading comprehension and reading stamina in general.

Reading books and diaries should be available in school every day so that we can also hear your child read.

Handwriting

In school we use the following handwriting formations. It would be really helpful if you ask your child to help you do some writing at home. Maybe they can write the shopping list or a list of jobs that you need to do in town.

Water Bottles

Children are to bring a reusable water bottle ( no glass bottles ) to use each day, to help keep them hydrated. Please make sure these are only filled with water and are clearly labelled with your child’s name. These can be refilled with water throughout the day if needed. Water bottles can also be purchased from Mrs Iqbal in the school office.

Concerns

If you have any concerns or questions at any time, I am happy to chat to you. You can speak to me on the playground at the end of the day, or you can book an appointment or telephone call with me.

Call Mrs Iqbal on 01282 693688 if you require an appointment. 

We hope all your children will enjoy their time in Year 5. I am sure we will have a fantastic year working together.  There are some very exciting topics and activities planned.  Thank you for your continued support.