Spellings wc27.11.23

      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.

Stomach

Privilege

Interfere

Equipment

Competition

According

Achieve

Conscience

Especially

Interrupt

 

Ext:

  Necessary

Immediately

Opportunity

Communicate

Aggressive 

 

Mrs Stevenson’s group have their individual spellings in their Home Spelling Book to be tested and reviewed on Friday. Please practise these and put them into sentences to help your understanding.

24.11.23

 Year 5,

You were very busy this week. In maths, you have been identifying and creating equivalent fractions, and in English you began writing your chapter of the Labours of Herakles. In science, you planned and undertook an experiment testing the insulative properties of materials, and you considered the magnetism of materials too. In RE, you continued to learn about places of pilgrimage for Christians, and in design and technology you gathered and shared research on different types of bread; considering their differences and whether they are a flat or rising bread.

Next week, you will continue to write your narrative in English and continue to work with fractions in maths. Science and computing will involve you presenting and analysing the results of your experiment last week. PSHE will include you considering types of bullying and adding these to your snakes and ladders game.

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 11^th December, when you will begin 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: 

            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 - 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 - Please remember to use this 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. Remember, if your home learning is not named, it will not be marked.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mrs H Cresswell  😊

 

Spellings wc20.11.23

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

Vicious

Thought

Knowledgeable

Terrible

Bruise

Rough

Available

Incredibly

Muscle 

 

Ext:

Category

Disastrous

Cemetery

Embarrass

Identity  

 

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.

17.11.23

 Year 5,

This week you have worked really hard. In maths, you have identified cube numbers, and multiplied and divided with multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. In English, you have planned your own labour for Herakles, and have built your understanding of relative clauses. In computing, you logged into your emails, sent, read and returned emails to one another, and learnt how to upload and download attachments. Your history was then a research lesson on Ancient Greek gods and goddesses, where you emailed me your research. In PSHE, you focussed on anti-bullying week; considering what bullying is, and when 'banter' becomes bullying behaviour.

Next week, in maths, you will begin a new topic. In English, you will begin writing your labour, and in science you will plan an experiment based on your learning on insulators from this week. In design and technology, you will be gathering research on different types of bread and RE will focus on pilgrimage.

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 11^th December, when you will begin 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: 

            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 - 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 - Please remember to use this 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. Remember, from this week, if your home learning is not named, it will not be marked.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mrs H Cresswell  😊

 

Spellings wc13.11.23

    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.

Co-operation

Co-exist

Re-emerge

Re-ignite

Co-ordinate

Re-imagine

Correspond

Convenience

Relevant

Restaurant 

 

Ext:

 Cemetery

Embarrass

Identity

Parliament

Signature 

 

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.

10.11.23 including (half termly project)

 Year 5,
It has been another busy week. In maths you have identified and worked with factors, prime numbers and square numbers. In English, you created beautiful poems inspired by Remembrance, and decorated these thoughtfully. You also had a grammar lesson on parenthesis. Science involved you learning features of different materials and then applying this to understanding the purposes of materials around the classroom. In history, you compared Athens to Sparta and found that they were very different places to be, and in PSHE you considered difficulties a refugee might face, and considered rights and responsibilities in school. Today you spent much of the days learning about and considering your Core Strengths. These were self esteem, resilience, and growth mindset. It was great to see you so invested in the learning and hopefully you have learnt a little more about yourselves in the process. 

Next week , you will be continuing with a multiplication and division theme in maths (where we will cover cubed numbers, which is part of your Home Learning, on Monday), and you will be planning your own labour for Herakles in English. In science, you will focus on a particular property of some materials, and in history you will research the Ancient Greek belief system in more detail. 

Below is your project for the half term. Please remember that I have given suggestions for topics and ways of presenting; you are not limited to these. 

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 11^th December, when you will begin 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: 

     Next Monday is Odd Socks Day (the rest of the uniform stays the same as normal)

     Next Friday is Children in Need - wear something spotty and bring your donation please.

       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 - 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 - Please remember to use this 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. Your maths contains square numbers which you have done and cubed numbers which you will cover on Monday. But you could still try it in advance; 3cubed is 3x3x3!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mrs H Cresswell  😊

Spellings wc6.11.23

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.

Accompany

Community

Equipped

Individual

Prejudice

Soldier

According

Competition

Communicate

Sincerely

 

Ext:

committee

environment

immediate

persuade

sincere

 

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.

3.11.23

 Year 5,

You have hit the ground running this week. In English, you have read and summarised the myth of ‘The 12 labours of Herakles’ linked to our history topic. Maths has included finishing our learning on addition and subtraction, and beginning looking at multiplication and division. In history, you found out where and when the Ancient Greeks were, and you finished our geography topic by comparing Potters Bar to Innsbruck. In science, you began our topic by becoming solids, liquids and gases.

Next week, you will be continuing with multiplication and division in maths. In English, we will theme our learning around Remembrance Day and poetry. Science will involve looking at the properties of materials and in history we will focus on 2 specific places in Ancient Greece.

This half term’s learning is outlined below:

English

-       Reading ‘Who Let the Gods Out’

-       Writing Cinquains

-       Developing writing based on a text 'The 12 labours of Herakles’

-       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 – Hobbies, sharing likes and dislikes.

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

 

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 - 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 - Please remember to use this 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  😊