Year 5

Welcome to Red Kites 2025/2026

Mr Chadd, Miss Johnson and Miss Read

We will update the class page once a week. Please check regularly as we will often share key information here.

Please feel free to contact us via the class email:

redkites@watlington.oxon.sch.uk

Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Please come to school in your PE kit.

Gymnastics Wednesday

Netball Thursday

Red Kites Class Update – Week 1 (September 2025)

What a fantastic start to the new school year for Red Kites! Everyone has settled in brilliantly and shown real enthusiasm for their learning.

In Maths, we’ve been exploring place value with numbers up to a million, building strong foundations for the year ahead. In English, we’ve begun creating our story maps and learning some exciting new vocabulary to help us bring our writing to life.

In Science, we investigated air resistance by testing how different shaped paper aeroplanes are affected as they move through the air - an exciting way to see science in action!

We also had our first ukulele music lesson, which was great fun, and we launched into our new Topic, exploring the reasons why the Anglo-Saxons may have first come to England.

With Miss Johnson, we took part in a brilliant problem-solving session where we had to work together as a team and persevere, even when the going got tough - it was a great reminder of the power of resilience and collaboration.

We’ve also held our Sports Captain elections and look forward to announcing the results next week. We’ll also be deciding on our School Council representative then too.

A brilliant start, Red Kites—you should all be proud of yourselves!

Red Kites Class Update – Week 1 Welcome Back (September 2025)

A huge welcome back to all of Red Kites—we’ve had a brilliant first week of the new school year! It’s been wonderful to see everyone settling quickly back into routines and diving straight into learning with enthusiasm.

We’ve spent time getting to know each other again after the summer break and setting the expectations for the year ahead. The class has already shown excellent teamwork, positivity, and curiosity as we begin our new topics.

This week, we’ve enjoyed some welcome back activities, and started thinking about the themes and challenges we’ll be exploring this term. We’re already looking forward to what’s ahead in English, Maths, Science, Topic, Music, and PE, and it promises to be an action-packed and inspiring start to Year 5!

Well done, Red Kites, for such a fantastic start—you’ve made a brilliant first impression, and we can’t wait to see all you will achieve this year.