- Fir Tree Junior School
'Learning and Growing Together'
Home Page- Claire Archer
- Fir Tree Junior School, Radnor Road,
- Wallingford, England, OX10 0NY
- Email: office.2578@fir-tree.oxon.sch.uk
- Tel: (01491) 836341
- Headteacher: Mr M Knight
Chestnut Year 5
Welcome to Chestnut Class 2024-2025
Welcome to our class page. Over the year, we will use this page to capture snapshots of our fantastic learning, progress and experiences - so keep checking in for updates! If you ever have any questions or would like to learn more, please get in touch with our class team (Mrs Ash and Mrs Tremlett - Teachers or Mrs Somarakis and Miss Coleman - TAs) who would be very happy to help.
Our PE days for Term 5 (Summer 1) will be Monday and Wednesday - please come to school wearing your PE kit (white t-shirt, navy/black shorts/leggings and a navy/black jumper or zip-up) on these days.
Homework is handed out on Tuesday and due back in the following Monday. Please see your child's homework book for home learning expectations and ideas.
General Parent Information
Homework for Year 5
In the case of self-isolation or further lockdown
In the event of your child needing to self-isolate, please use the homework website links above that your child can access for a range of subjects.
In the event of our class bubble isolating, or a school closure lockdown, we will be using Teams Online. Your child will need their username and password to access teams (these have been emailed).
Reading Information and Book Ideas
Contact Us
Generic Timetables
Term 4 - Majestic Maya (a History Project)
Term 3 - Geography Project 'Extreme Earth'
Term 2 - History Project - The Victorians ('Street Child')
History - Black Country Museum Visit
History - Wallingford Museum Visit
History / Drama - Victorian Day
Term 1 - Shakespeare Project 'Hamlet'
Term 1 - Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'
English - Drama - Recreating the events through freeze frames
Art / DT - Modelling Tudor Roses from clay
English - Drama - Hotseating to 'interview' characters for our newspaper reports
Term 1 - Science - Fascinating Forces - Investigating Friction
Term 1 - Science - Fascinating Forces - Investigating Weight V Mass
Term 1 - Science - Fascinating Forces - Investigating Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Term 1 - Take One Picture - The Willow Pattern Plate
English - Making inferences and predictions about the Willow Pattern Plate and it's story
Art - Sketching our own Willow Pattern Plate designs
Art - Using our collage techniques to recreate the Willow Pattern tree
