Silver Birch Class Silver Birch is our Year 5 class, for children aged between 9 and 10. Our class teachers are Mrs Elgar and Mr McPherson. If you have any questions, please email SilverBirch@grove.oxon.sch.uk.

PPA will take place on Wednesday afternoon and will be covered by Mrs Dunford (our music specialist) for one hour. 

Mrs McCullough & Ms Davis will cover the class for the other hour and will teach PSHCE.

Class Timetable

Please note that PE is usually on a Friday afternoon, however in term 3 the children will go swimming on a Monday morning instead.

From term 4 onwards  pupils MUST attend school in their school PE Kit instead of their usual uniform on Friday.

Self-isolation Learning Packs

Should your child need to isolate due to a positive Lateral Flow Test (LFT) or PCR test please download their home learning pack for them to complete. Please note that if they are unwell with Covid they are not expected to complete school work, but if they remain asymptomatic it is strongly advised that they complete this work to avoid unnecessary disruption to their learning.

Homework & Online Learning Resources

In the event of a further school or class closure, all children will work from home with access to their learning through Teams. (To ensure that all the children know how to use the Teams platform, the children will practice the use of this system at least once a week by accessing their Science learning through this platform using the school's computers.)

Further home learning is unlikely to be needed, however the following free resources remain available.

Online Learning Resources

Oak National Academy

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-5

White Rose Maths

White Rose have created a range of home learning maths activities. Click here to find them. 

Twinkl

To access a wide range of educational resources from Twinkl, please go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS.  You will find it really useful to access the Parents’ Hub which contains hundreds of educational activities designed for use at home.  For Reception (EYFS) parents, please take a look through the Twinkl EYFS for Parents area to find some really useful guides and activities to share. 

Classroom Secrets

Classroom Secrets is a great website, which provides free home learning packs.  They have created resource packs for each year group to help support your child’s learning at home.  https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/

Times Tables

At www.timestables.co.uk your child can easily practise all of their tables. The arithmetic problems are clear and simple, just select one of the times tables you wish to practise and show what you can do on the speed test, multiplication tables check or print out great worksheets.

Times Tables games we like:

• Hit the button (available at https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button)

• Daily 10 (available at https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10)

• Supermovers (available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-collection/z7frpg8)

• Practise multiplication check (available at https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/)

Top Marks

Top Marks helps you save time finding excellent online educational resources – and you can search by subject and age group www.topmarks.co.uk

BBC Bitesize

BBC Bitesize www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary is available to support children in the Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.  Bitesize is the BBC's free online study support resource for school-age children in the United Kingdom.

BBC Supermovers

BBC Supermovers is filled with fun curriculum linked resources to get your child moving while they learn.  The website www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers offers easy-to-follow active learning videos across a wide range of subjects!

BBC Newsround

The BBC Newsround website www.bbc.co.uk/newsround keeps young viewers up to date with the latest stories and events happening at home and abroad.  It’s the home of fun topical quizzes and the place where your child can watch the latest edition of the show!

Pobble

Pobble www.pobble365.com/ is a website that provides a range of visual images, alongside  a variety of comprehension and literacy activities. 

Remember to stay safe online.

If you need help you can contact any of the following services (click on the words to follow a link)

NSPCC

Childline

CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)