4.11.22

 Year 5,

You have returned with a great eagerness to learn. This week you have considered effective use of verbs and expanded noun phrases, where to spend time describing and where not to, and tailoring your writing to evoke emotion in a reader. You have continued this through in to your art with your watercolour paintings to depict different emotions and show the skills which you rehearsed. Maths has developed strategies for mental calculations of multiplication and division. In science, you have considered how materials change state and what makes a solid, liquid or gas. You have finished Being Me in My World this week by considering the rights you have in school, and the responsibilities that come with this.

Next week we will be continuing with ‘The Raft’ in English but you will be in a new scenario. We will also dedicate a couple of lessons to work on Remembrance in recognition of Remembrance Day. Maths will involve some problem solving and we will practise some more rounding. In science, we will be considering the properties of different materials in a variety of ways. We will begin our history learning by placing it in the wider context of time using timelines. Our design and technology lesson will focus on seasonal produce and RE will be looking at a key celebration for Jewish children.

I will also be setting your project next Friday.

This half term’s learning is outlined below:

English

-       Reading ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ and basing reading comprehension around this.

-       Writing Cinquains

-       Developing writing based on a text 'The Errand'

-       Recount – writing from the perspective of a character in our class reader

Maths

-       Using the four operations, problem solving

-       Mental and written strategies for the four operations

-       Fractions - identifying, ordering, comparing and calculating with fractions

Science – understanding the properties and changes of materials

Computing – Communication and collaboration online including use of email and collaborative sites. Word processing linked to other topics

History – Understanding Ancient Greece and its influence on today

Art and Design – Food technology - investigating, designing, making and evaluating a seasonal dish

RE – Understanding the celebrations and pilgrimage of Christianity and Judaism. Symbols within the contexts of Christianity and Judaism. The Christmas story - incarnation. 

Spanish – Telling the time, what we have for breakfast, sharing likes and dislikes.

PSHE – Celebrating difference including an understanding of racism, types of bullying, preventing bullying, understanding similarities and differences across different cultures

Reminders:

     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  😊