29.4.22

 Year 5,

You have covered a lot of learning this week. In English you finished your next chapters which really showed the style of Ross Mackenzie. You calculated perimeter and began working with angles in maths. In the afternoons, you understood what vector drawings were and created some of your own in computing, and you drew moving figures in proportion in art. You also made paper aeroplanes when testing your theories around air resistance in science. In PSHE, we spent an afternoon learning about different elements of first aid, during which you asked lots of sensible questions, and this morning you took part in an additional session about recognising emotions. 

Next week will be a very unusual one. Monday is a bank holiday so you will not be in school until Tuesday. On Tuesday we will be creating Modroc figures based on your drawings from art this week. Then, on Wednesday, we leave for Lincolnsfields!! We have lots of activities arranged, which we talked about last Friday, and you will have lots of new experiences.

 

Half term project – Masters of Maths

This half term, your project is to create a game for your classmates to play which covers areas of maths that we have learnt about in class. This game could be created online, could be a quiz, or could be a board game (or a more creative idea if you have one).

You can focus on one topic or a range of maths which we have covered, such as: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, nets, fractions, decimals, percentages, area, perimeter, translation and reflection, or angles.  

Please ensure that you bring your game to school by Monday 23^rd May as we will be playing them sometime that week.

 

Remember:

-    PE has now returned to being on Monday, Thursday and Friday

-    You must be signed up to attend clubs

-    Reading – please ensure that you read 5 times a week and record this in your Reading Journal. You MUST have your reading book and journal in school every day

-    Spellings – please practise putting spellings into sentences. These are set on TEAMs as well as shared on the blog.

-   SumDog – Please practise on this as it is crucial that you maintain your learning knowledge – these games help you to maintain what you have already learnt and maybe learn a little before we begin in class

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Huntley  😊

 

Spellings wc25.4.22

      Below are this week's spellings. Please ensure that you practise these. Please put these into sentences and submit them on Teams as well as trying a spelling challenge as this will help you remember them.

 

 Piece

Receipt

Review

Ceiling

Chief

Deceit

Medieval

Receive

Patient

Perceive

 

Ext:

 Deficient

Inefficient

Seize

Neither

Species

 

Mrs Onley’s group have their individual spellings. Please practise these and put them into sentences to help your understanding.

22.4.22

 Year 5,

We have had a very busy start to the Summer Term! This week you have translated and reflected shapes and patterns in maths. You have continued and edited the openings to your chapters on ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ in English, and you have investigated OS maps for features if towns and cities, and used atlas’ to find out about mountains and hills of the UK before producing bar graphs in geography. You have considered ultimate questions on what makes someone human/ godly in RE and have developed your drawing of people in proportion in art. We also discussed Lincolnsfields in more detail before I met a number of parents this afternoon.

*Separate blog entry below with the slides from the meeting.

 

Next week you will be finishing your chapters in English and continue drawing people in proportion in art. You will be combining your understanding of translation and reflection with co-ordinates and then looking at perimeter in maths. In science you will be considering the forces of air and water resistance and in PSHE we will be learning first aid techniques. You will also draw people in proportion, but this time also showing movement.  

 

Over the half term we will be covering a range of topics, outlined below:

English

Poetry focussing on vocabulary and the use of figurative language

Writing a diary and monologue showing different perspectives

Class text – The Eye of the Wolf.

 

Maths

Reflection and translation; including within a single quadrant

Perimeter and area revision

Working with angles; estimating, measuring and drawing them

Using formal division and multiplication

Looking at scaling and revising the conversion of units.

 

Science – Forces, Living things and their habitats

Geography – The United Kingdom – looking at both the human and physical geography

History – Leisure and Entertainment over recent history

Computing – As we were fortunate enough to undertake the programming workshops last half term, we will be continuing with digital media and completing a little programming and control learning.

              Digital media – Vector drawings and video editing

              Programming and control - Scratch .

Art and Design– Drawing figures, reflection, creating sculpture using Modroc, designing and creating a frame structure

PSHE – Healthy Me -  first aid

              Relationships – Recognising me, online safety, impacts of screen time and relationships with technology

RE – Looking at the sacred texts and stories within them (both Christianity and Judaism). Ultimate questions.

 

We will, of course, also be enjoying our residential at Lincolnsfields this half term too!

 

Remember:

- Medical forms to be returned on Monday

-    PE has now returned to being on Monday, Thursday and Friday

-    You must be signed up to attend clubs, which start again next week

-    Reading – please ensure that you read 5 times a week and record this in your Reading Journal. You MUST have your reading book and journal in school every day

-    Spellings – please practise putting spellings into sentences. These are set on TEAMs as well as shared on the blog.

-   SumDog – Please practise on this as it is crucial that you maintain your learning knowledge – these games help you to maintain what you have already learnt and maybe learn a little before we begin in class

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Huntley  😊

 

Lincolnsfields Parent Meeting

  Below are the slides used in the parent meeting. Your child has been sent home with a medical form and kit list. Please complete the medical form and return on Monday. 

All girls will be in a single dorm room as we have 12 girls and a room hold 12. Boys will be given the opportunity to write down 4 names of people they would be happy to share with and will be placed with at least 1 of these people across 2 dorm rooms. 

Activities can be subject to change based on the venue, weather etc. but please see below as a guide for what we are due to take part in. 

If you have any questions please email Miss Huntley. 

1.4.22

 Year 5,

What a way to end the Term! You have delivered four amazing performances this week and have done yourselves proud! Alongside the performances you have also worked with nets of 3D shapes in maths and written part of your chapter in English. You have learnt about, and produced learning on, Passover and Easter in RE.

Next half term will be equally as busy; with it including double design and technology learning, the usual subjects that we cover and our residential. We will finish our geography topic of the UK and then begin our history topic of Leisure and entertainment throughout the 20^th century. We will continue ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ and begin our new book for the half term. You will also be set your new half term project.

 

Remember:

-    PE has now returned to being on Monday, Thursday and Friday

-    You must be signed up to attend clubs

-    Reading – please ensure that you read 5 times a week and record this in your Reading Journal. You MUST have your reading book and journal in school every day

-    Spellings – please practise putting spellings into sentences. These are set on TEAMs as well as shared on the blog.

-    TimesTables Rockstars and SumDog – Please practise on these as it is crucial that you maintain your learning knowledge – these games help you to maintain what you have already learnt and maybe learn a little before we begin in class

 

We have our trip to Lincolnsfields a few weeks into next half term. We will have a meeting for parents on Friday 22nd April at 2.30pm, but I have included the kit list below in case you want to get ahead.

Recommended Kit List For Residential Visitors

We recommend comfortable older clothes for the children’s stay here at the Lincolnsfields Centre and ones which are suitable for the range of weather depending upon the time of year as many of the activities are outside.

It is advisable that the children have all items labelled in a bag that can be carried independently by your child.

Recommended items

Pyjamas or tracksuit to wear at night

Jumper/fleece

Trousers/jeans/tracksuit (2 pairs at least)

T Shirts

Shorts (weather permitting)

Changes of underwear

Socks (lots)

Waterproof coat with a hood

Waterproof trousers (if own a pair)

Wellington boots (with a spare plastic bag)

Strong shoes/boots

Plimsolls or trainers

A pair of indoor shoes/slippers

Handkerchiefs/tissues

Large towel

Wash bag containing flannel, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap in a container, hairbrush/comb, shampoo etc.

Spare plastic bag for dirty laundry

Hat (woolly or sun)

Scarf - colder months

Gloves – colder months

Teddy bear or equivalent

Torch & spare batteries (if applicable)

Hand sanitiser

 

Have a lovely break and I look forward to seeing you again on Wednesday 20^th April.

Miss H Huntley 😊