I want to tell you some important things

Dear Year 5 Class,

I am writing this to you all because you are having to miss school because of the Covid 19 virus that is spreading around, and your parents and carers have had to keep you at home as part of keeping everyone safe.

Yesterday may be your last day at school for a long time. When you come back lots of things will have changed. It won’t be Spring any more. You might come back into the next year group. There might be new teachers and new friends to get to know. BUT... lots and lots of things won’t change.

Your school grown-ups will carry on thinking about you every single day. We will laugh at the funny things you have done, and will wonder if you are still getting better at your handwriting and what you are reading now. We will hope you are doing the very important job you have been given to help stop the spread of Covid 19 – and are washing your hands!

We will carry on planning learning activities for you to do. We will always care about you even though we won’t be able to see you every day for a while.

I want to tell you some important things.

- Don’t be frightened. You may hear some things that you are worried about, but these are not worries for you. Tell someone you trust about your worry and let them look after it for you.

- The children who are going to be coming back to school are not more special than you. We are going to be looking after them for a while because their parents can’t, because they are doing some particularly important jobs right now.

- There are some good things happening in amongst the bad things.

- There is less air travel and as a result the environment is getting a bit of a rest, and, who knows, maybe we can work out new and better ways of doing things in the future because we have had to.

- People are talking to each other and offering to help each other more. That is a very good thing, make sure you do that too.

Even though you will be missing some school, you can still learn and try your best at everything you do. You are a very special bunch of people.

Please keep singing, playing, making, drawing, writing, problem-solving, and learning about our amazing world. We are having an adventure and like all real adventurers, we have to be brave.

Miss Matthews

Hello everyone

Hello everyone,

I hope that you are all ok. I know this is a strange time and it must feel odd not to be at school! Don't worry! This is to make sure that everyone stays safe and I will be here checking in with you throughout the next few weeks.

I will be updating this blog every week with:

• 1 reading activity
• 1 maths activity
• 1 literacy activity 
• 1 topic activity

Remember, you can login to Mathletics and Times Table Rockstars throughout your time at home. Here is a list of other educational websites that you might enjoy using:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part.html

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/

https://learning-resources.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Try to enjoy some time with your family and get creative! 

Use the Cabot Daily Planner to help you keep organised 😊

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