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 comparing, ordering and
rounding numbers in maths and planning your non-chronological reports in
English. Science will be all about the movements of the planets and geography
will be considering human and physical features of the mountains. You will also
have the opportunity to complete your final piece of art based on our work with
water colour and oil pastel so far.
You have now been set your half term project on space. The blog entry
below contains all the details you will need but I will also include it on my
blog entry each week.
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
project on space features
Reminders:
Sharing assembly dates have now been made available on the separate blog page.
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)
- Clubs
have now begun. If you have been signed up, please ensure that you attend as
numbers are limited and demand is high.
- Reading
– You have now 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.
- Spellings
– You have your pre-test on Monday and are asked to practise these throughout
the week ready for the test on Friday (they will be on the blog). Remember I am
looking for improvement.
- Sumdog/Times
Tables Rockstars- Please remember to use these to practise your maths. Your
passwords are now in the back of your Reading Journal.
Any additional home learning provided is optional but must be
handed in by Wednesday to be marked before the next is provided on the Friday.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Mrs H Cresswell 😊
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