6.10.23

Year 5,

It has been yet another busy week. In English, you completed your non-chronological reports on creatures of Pandora, and then celebrated National Poetry Day by learning and performing a range of poems in groups. In maths, you rounded numbers up to 1 million and then refreshed your knowledge of mental strategies for addition and subtraction. You have also researched Innsbruck in the Alps in geography and considered your rights and responsibilities in PSHE. In Spanish, you have been telling the time and in science you considered the orbits of the moon and Earth and how this influences us.

Next week you will continue to learn strategies for addition and subtraction in maths, and will be writing some poems of your own in English. In science you will learn about the phases of the moon (if you’ve kept moon diaries, these will come in useful), and you will have time to rehearse the Year 5 assembly ready for Friday.

You have now been set your half term project on space. 

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: 

     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  😊