11.11.22

 Year 5,

This week you have shown great determination in your learning. It was lovely to see you working on developing your description and development of story for the reader in your English when writing about The Raft. In maths, you have developed your mental strategies using regrouping, rounding and recapping some divisibility rules. In science, you use scientific vocabulary to describe the properties of materials, considering why these properties make them useful, and then focussed this on identifying whether items were magnetic. In history, you have sequenced a giant timeline which has now been turned into a display in our classroom and you have put a version of this in your books. For the last couple of days, we have focused our writing on Remembrance and you have written and illustrated some beautiful and considerate poems linked to this.

Next week is anti-bullying week. It is an opportunity for us to remind ourselves about what bullying is and how to prevent it. This will begin with ‘Odd Socks Day’ on Monday where you can wear odd socks (but must wear normal school uniform other than the socks). We will also begin a new story to focus on in our writing and will be covering addition and subtraction strategies in maths. Our PSHE will be tied in with Anti-bullying week and our science will look at a particular property of some materials.

 

Your project for this half term has now been set:

Your project for this half term – The Wonders of Greece 

As you know, this half term we are studying Ancient Greece in History. I would like you to study some of the areas of Ancient Greece that we will not have time to cover in detail. Your learning outcome could be a PowerPoint, a Word processed or handwritten project, a model or sculpture. This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 12^th December, when you will share your learning with the class.  

You could study: 

• Greek theatre 
• The Parthenon/ temples 
• The first Olympics 
• The everyday lives of Ancient Greeks 
• Greek astronomy 
• The Battle of Troy (and the Trojan horse) 
• The mapping and geography of Ancient Greece 
• Ancient Greek soldiers 
• Ancient Greek Myths

 Reminders:

-        Monday is Odd Socks Day – you can wear odd socks to celebrate everyone’s differences, but you MUST wear the rest of your normal school uniform

-        Friday is Children in Need – You can wear your own clothes but some of these should be spotty    

 You have football on a Monday so please remember your second pair of trainers (otherwise a text will be sent to parents as a reminder for full kit)

-        Reading – You have all got reading books and been given your Reading Journals and shown how to write in them. Please ensure that you read and record it at least 5 times a week. You can do the recording; it does not have to be your adult. You must complete a Reading Journal Activity before changing your book and if you are not enjoying your book you must read at least 40 pages and write why you have not been enjoying it in your journal.

-        Sumdog/Times Tables Rockstars- Please remember to use these to practise your maths. Your passwords are in the back of your Reading Journal.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs H Cresswell  😊