Welcome to Elephant Class!

I am so excited to be teaching year 5 Elephants this year, and I've been lucky enough to teach at Barley Close since 2016 so will have seen many siblings come and go in that time. My favourite subjects to teach are English and History - personal soft spots are for Music and Dance! I am really looking forward to spending lots of time with you all and getting to know each other, we've got lots of fun ahead!

Our morning TA is Miss Davies.

Mrs G will cover my PPA time on a Friday afternoon. 

If you need anything please email me: samantha.mitchell@barleyclose.org.uk or contact me via ClassDojo. 

Miss Mitchell

PE

In term 1 PE will be on a Wednesday and Friday - please make sure jewellery is removed, hair is tied up and you have the correct PE kit on. 

Reading

Please make sure reading books and reading records are brought into school every Friday to be checked. Children will be able to change their own books as and when they need to during the week. Parents/carers need to sign the reading record 5 times - either to say the child has read to them, or that they have seen the child reading independently. Thank you!

Spellings will be quizzed every Friday so spelling books need to be in school on this day.

Maths Homework

It is expected that children complete 25 minutes of TTRS a week and 2 activities on MyMaths. This will be checked and rewarded on Fridays.