19.1.24

 Year 5,

You have had another varied week of learning where you have worked hard. In English, you have planned and written instructions on how to turn your teacher into a …… . In maths, you finished this round of fractions; subtracting mixed numbers and improper fractions. In science this week, you focused on gravity and how it was discovered and is measured. Computing this week was all about typing speed, word processing and embedding images – you typed up your bread recipes. PSHE this week was all about considering priorities to make you happy and then comparing these to others in the class and then those in the wider world. On Tuesday, you did brilliantly when making bread – you created your chosen bread type and added your chosen flavourings.

 Next week, you will begin our new focus in maths – multiplication and division. In English, you will be creating persuasive pieces linked to your recipes, and in history, you will investigate the invasions of the Vikings in Britain. You will also have the opportunity to consider your aims for when you are older and how you might achieve them in PSHE, and you will investigate friction in science.

 

Half Term Project

Your project for this half term – Artist Study

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular artist. Your learning outcome should include a written section and a creative section which will be shared in our 'class art gallery afternoon', where we will all move around and learn about each other's artists.

The written part could be a Word processed or a handwritten project but must be able to be shown without a screen. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite).

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture, but must be inspired by the artist you have researched. You do not have to use the same technique as the artist e.g. looking at a painter but creating a sculpture inspired by a piece of their work is fine.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 12th February, when you will share your learning with the class. 

You could study (but are not restricted to):

•           Stephen Wiltshire

•           Vincent Van Gogh

•           Barbara Hepworth

•           Charles Rennie Mackintosh

•           Freida Kahlo

Over this half term we will cover the following:

English 

Instructions (bread, creative) - modal verbs, imperative verbs, semi-colon lists, relative clauses, fronted adverbials of time - cohesive devices, parenthesis

Persuasive advert and leaflet (creative focus) – note taking, formal and informal tone, writing focusing on vocabulary choices, modal verbs, relative clauses and varied sentence structures. 

Poetry – Performance with intonation and movement, writing with specific vocabulary building for impact. 

Spellings – pre-test, test and practise (please also practise at home) 

Handwriting – practise of specific formations and in presentation of learning at pace 

Reading - class reader 'Who let the Gods out', reading focus - inferential questions on a range of texts, scanning and skimming the text to respond to questions (please ensure your child reads 5 times a week at home as this has dropped recently)

 

Maths 

Calculating with fractions, formal methods of multiplication and division, calculating fractions of amounts, decimals and percentages.

Science 

 Forces; understanding the impact of gravity as a force; identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces; recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect; plan and undertake experiments to explore the knowledge above.

 

Computing  

Creating and publishing; using the internet and different tools available, understanding what a vector image is, and creating them, researching with refined searches.

 

Art and D&T

Designing and creating frame structures using woodworking tools.

 

History

Studying the Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings, with a focus on Vikings. Including our Viking workshop on Tuesday 13^th February.

 

RE 

Considering symbolic ways of expressing meaning, exploring belonging to a community, individual commitment and religious leadership.

PSHE

Dreams and goals

 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)

          Your other PE day is now Thursday instead of Wednesday. You need full kit

-        Clubs – These have now resumed. If you have been signed up, please ensure that you attend as numbers are limited and demand is high.

-        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.

-        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  😊