Year 5 at Little Heath

 Year 5, You have been busy yet again. In English, you have developed your understanding of simple, compound and complex sentences, and adverbials. You have then begun writing non-chronological reports on your creature designed for Pandora. In maths, you compared and ordered numbers to 1 million and then worked on rounding to the nearest 10,100 and 1000. You have located and considered the human and physical features of the Alps in geography and considered significant people in the beginning of Christianity and Judaism, alongside significant people to you. In science, you became the planets and considered what it is to orbit, and you became the Earth, Sun and Moon to learn about their movements.   Next week, in English, you will finish writing your reports, and you will mark National Poetry Day. IN maths, you will round with bigger numbers and consider strategies for mental addition and subtraction. PSHE will focus on rights and responsibilities, and science will take a cl...

   Below are your spellings for this week. Please practise those which you got wrong or were not confident with. Please put these into sentences  as well as trying a spelling challenge as this will help you remember them. lamb wreckage doubt knowledge wreath writer knife knuckle knight island   Ext: debt solemn muscle whistle knickers     Mrs Stevenson's group will have their individual spellings in their Home Spelling Book. Please practise these and put them into sentences to help your understanding.

  Year 5, You have had another successful week. In maths, you have shown real engagement with our place value learning – now working with numbers to 1million and calculating in powers of 10. In English, you worked on prepositional phrases in grammar and then applied this when finishing off your diary entries. You have now created and annotated images of your own creature that lives on Pandora, ready to write a non-chronological report on them. Science built on the previous week; you created mnemonics to remember the order of the planets and then considered the work of Aristotle to prove that the Earth was a sphere. In geography you have also learnt about the location of The Alps and how mountains are formed (recapping plate tectonics in the process). PSHE was when you set yourself goals for the year ahead and I was really impressed with your self-reflection. Next week we will be joined by our two new members of the class- I know that you will make them feel welcome. You will be...

  Below are your spellings for this week. Please practise those which you got wrong or were not confident with. Please put these into sentences  as well as trying a spelling challenge as this will help you remember them. Enough Bough Brought Fought Toughen Dough Plough Wrought Afterthought Thoughtfulness   Ext: Actually Decide Guard Naughty Recent    Mrs Stevenson's group will have their individual spellings in their Home Spelling Book. Please practise these and put them into sentences to help your understanding.

  Year 5, Another lovely week. I was blown away by your enthusiasm for the new topic of space and your setting descriptions in English were detailed with great expanded noun phrases and figurative language. In Maths, you have proven yourselves to be very knowledgeable when it comes to place value and you were creative when making your own passwords in our online safety lesson in computing. You have continued to apply new skills in art and have found the time to vote in School Council members and House Captains. Next week, we will be continuing to write diary entries about Pandora in English. We will be continuing place value as our focus in maths, but with more challenge. In computing, we will be looking closer at online safety and in science we will be looking at the planets and other elements of our solar system. Next Friday is Individual Photographs so make sure you are extra smart! You have now been set your half term project on space. The blog entry below contains all th...

  Your project for this half term –  Exploring Space   As you know, this half term we are studying space in Science. I would like you to study some of the areas of space that you have an interest in. 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 16th October, when you will share your learning with the class.   You could study (but are not restricted to):  The moon landings Could there be life on other planets? Black holes, meteors and other space features Constellations of stars You could create (but are not restricted to): -          A model of a planet -          A game themed around space -          A story based in space -          A written pr...

   Below are your spellings for this week. Please practise those which you got wrong or were not confident with. Please put these into sentences  as well as trying a spelling challenge as this will help you remember them. sought although tough nought doughnut thought rough thoughtfulness though bought   Ext: Accidentally Continue Group Natural Question   Mrs Stevenson's group have their individual spellings in their Home Spelling Book. Please practise these and put them into sentences to help your understanding.

  Year 5,  What a fantastic start to the year! You have made a real effort to be respectful, ready and safe (our new school rules). You have shown these in your presentation, being polite and friendly, and ensuring you are ready to learn. This week you began with team building games (you fitted through the hoop despite your reservations), considering how to follow the school rules throughout the school day, and completing the ‘All about Me’ activity you began when we met last year.   You have since been introduced to Pandora in English. You created stunning sentences using expanded noun phrases and I look forward to applying these to our learning next week. In maths you learnt more about Roman Numerals and calculated with them. You had a stand-alone history lesson where you worked as a class to complete a timeline and identify where you have learnt about specific topics. You then created your own timelines in your books. You have also spent much of our time on skill...

Good afternoon, As discussed this afternoon, I have attached a picture of the presentation expected in your Reading Journal.   You will be expected to record your reading in the Reading Journal you have received today, and we will be looking for your completion of the Rearning Journal Tasks once you have finished a book (or more often if you choose). Please ensure that you read at least 5 times a week for 10 minutes. Remember that it is great if you can read with an adult but it is your responsibility to ensure you read enough. Please record any reading, even if it is not your Readopoly book.  In the back of your book, you have also stuck in your passwords for Sumdog and TTRockstars.  If your adults have any questions, they can email me. Have a lovely evening. Mrs H Cresswell  J