17.5.24

 Year 5,

Well done for this week! You have been extremely busy and managed timetable changes etc. really well. In maths, you identified, estimated and measured angles. In English, you planned a discussion text and wrote the lifecycle of a species of bird of your choosing. In science, you observed the changes in our potato plants and caterpillars (or should I say chrysalis), and understood the reproduction of mammals; researching the different gestation lengths for different species. Mini Police this week was bleep test and pad work to learn about the police annual fitness tests, and in computing you programmed micro:bits into nightlights. You have also researched Andy Warhol and created a piece inspired by emotions linked to a piece of music. Not only all that, but you also had a trip to Herts Young Mariners’ Base where you were kayaking, bell boating, and participating in archery!






Next week will be busy too. You will write your discussion text in English and continue to work with angles and shape in maths. You will have a chance to share your maths games from your half term project, and you will participate in Mini Police which will focus on the impacts of drugs and vapes. On Friday, you also have the mini marathon in the morning.

Half term project – Masters of Maths

This half term, your project is to create a game for your classmates to play which covers areas of maths that we have learnt about in class. This game could be a quiz, or could be a board game (or a more creative idea if you have one).

You can focus on one topic or a range of maths which we have covered, such as: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, fractions, decimals, percentages, area, perimeter, translation and reflection.  

Please ensure that you bring your game to school by Monday 20th May as we will be playing them sometime that week.

Remember:

- Monday is when this half term’s project is due

- Wednesday is Open Afternoon for parents to see your learning

- Friday is the Oakmere Mini Marathon in the morning

-    Reading – please ensure that you read 5 times a week and record this in your Reading Journal. You MUST have your reading book and journal in school every day

-    Spellings – please practise putting spellings into sentences as well as practising them.

-   SumDog – Please practise on this as it is crucial that you maintain your learning knowledge – these games help you to maintain what you have already learnt and maybe learn a little before we begin in class

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

 

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