28.6.24

 Year 5,

It has been another very busy week. You have worked on calculating with decimals in maths and planned a narrative inspired by Macbeth in English. In geography, you researched the Great Barrier Reef and in PSHE you considered the way you present yourselves. This week you also rehearsed and presented your assembly and passed as Mini Police, and participated in the Apprentice. You also harvested your potatoes this week, finding that the weather has impacted the harvest, but also discovering a toad, frog and lizard had taken up residence in the bags which we had been using!

Next week, you will finish planning and begin writing your narratives. You will continue to work with decimals and you will have a number of PSHE lessons on our ‘Changing Me’ topic. There will also be the opportunity to cook and eat the potatoes you have grown.

Half-term project – Ocean/Sea study

This half term your project is going to focus on one ocean or sea of your choice. I would like you to be able to teach the groups you present to all about the ocean you have studied. 

You must teach us about:

- the difference between an ocean and a sea

- location of the ocean/sea

- human uses of the ocean/sea

- flora and fauna of the ocean/sea

- environmental issues linked to this ocean/sea

- any other interesting things about the ocean/sea

This project can be shared in any format. It could be (but is not limited to) a poster, model with labels, handwritten project, PowerPoint presentation.

 Please hand in your project by Monday 8th July.  

 

Remember:

- Check that your adult has considered and responded to the beach visit on Arbor

- Next Friday is Break the Rules day (those which are specified on the poster). Be sure to bring in your biscuit/wine donation for the PTA tombola.

-    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 as individual words.

-   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 😊

 

Spellings wc 24.6.24

  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.

aloud

steal

morning

who's

whether

allowed

steel

mourning

whose

weather

Ext:

picturesque

treacherous

gnashing

labyrinth

deafening

 

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.

21.6.24

 Year 5,

It’s been another busy week. You have moved onto studying calculation with decimals in maths and have created story ideas and built your grammar and vocabulary through the use of a picture in English. In computing, you considered ‘if…then’ statements and in geography you considered the importance of oceans to humans. You also planned and practised for your Mini Police assembly and participated in Sports Day, and some of you shared your (extremely impressive) talents at the school Talent Show. I would also like to thank you for being so thoughtful in making my birthday so special – it was a lovely surprise to receive so many well wishes, handmade cards and even some delicious baking!

Next week, in English you will be planning a short narrative inspired by the picture from this week combined with the narrative of Macbeth. In maths, you will continue to work with decimal numbers. You will be looking at the Great Barrier Reef in geography and in PSHE you will consider the importance of self confidence and will complete some self reflection. You will also have time to polish off your Mini Police Assembly before you present it to Key Stage 2 and Sam (our PCSO) on Wednesday.

 Half-term project – Ocean/Sea study

This half term your project is going to focus on one ocean or sea of your choice. I would like you to be able to teach the groups you present to all about the ocean you have studied. 

You must teach us about:

- the difference between an ocean and a sea

- location of the ocean/sea

- human uses of the ocean/sea

- flora and fauna of the ocean/sea

- environmental issues linked to this ocean/sea

- any other interesting things about the ocean/sea

This project can be shared in any format. It could be (but is not limited to) a poster, model with labels, handwritten project, PowerPoint presentation.

 Please hand in your project by Monday 8th July.  

 

Remember:

- Monday morning is Y5 Parent Consultations

- Wednesday is your Mini Police Assembly all props need to be in on Tuesday morning

-  Thursday after school is also Parent Consultations

- Check that your adult has considered and responded to the beach visit on Arbor

-    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 as individual words.

-   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 😊

Spellings wc 17.6.24

 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.

gracious

cough

genie

uncompromising

although

whistle

parties

bough

knickers

approaches

Ext:

virtually

rhythm

gnarled

eerily

shrouded

 

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.

14.6.24

 Year 5,

You have had quite the week! This week you tried your hand at the 2017 SATs papers to see what they are like and to experience exam conditions. You did really well at handling the requirements of this and were very resilient when finding it challenging. You also created stunning pictures inspired by our oceans for the art display, which showed a range of skills you have learnt this year. In RE, you considered how music can enable people to worship, and in science you compared the lifecycles of insects and reptiles. Today, you began studying our new English focus – Macbeth. Hopefully you will enjoy the unit as much as the adults do – even if it is rather gory in places!

Next week, in maths you will be continuing with reflection and then beginning work on decimals. In English you will continue with Macbeth and then apply ideas to a picture. You will have a couple of sessions to plan, resource and rehearse your Mini Police assembly, and in science you will look at reproduction in plants. 

Half-term project – Ocean/Sea study

This half term your project is going to focus on one ocean or sea of your choice. I would like you to be able to teach the groups you present to all about the ocean you have studied. 

You must teach us about:

- the difference between an ocean and a sea

- location of the ocean/sea

- human uses of the ocean/sea

- flora and fauna of the ocean/sea

- environmental issues linked to this ocean/sea

- any other interesting things about the ocean/sea

This project can be shared in any format. It could be (but is not limited to) a poster, model with labels, handwritten project, PowerPoint presentation.

 Please hand in your project by Monday 8th July.  

 

Remember:

- Starting next week, you will have PE last lesson Tuesday instead of Monday

- Next Wednesday evening is the Talent Show

-  Next Thursday at 1.30pm is Sports Day

-    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 as individual words.

-   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 😊

Spellings 10.6.24

 This week your spellings are from the 2017 SATs. They are below. Please practise them as you are normally asked to as we will have the Friday test to look for your improvement. 

likely 

straight 

sensation

nervous 

crumb 

probable 

inspiring 

substance 

operation 

toughest 

bruise 

sensibly 

violence 

disobeyed 

thorough 

monarch

sympathetic

originally 

percussion 

coarse 

7.6.24

Year 5,

What a first week back! You spent the first couple of days learning about Sir David Attenborough, turning this information into a script for a documentary, and then filming and editing your documentary about him. You spent Wednesday learning about how leisure and entertainment has changed since the early 1900s and thought about how the World Wars impacted this. You have also considered how music has changed over the last 50 years. In maths, you have practised reading and problem solving with coordinates and have translated points and shapes. Most of you have also carved your printing blocks ready to print in the style of Andy Warhol.

Next week, you will have a chance to print using your printing blocks, and will be applying other art techniques learnt this year when producing a piece inspired by the ocean. You will be learning a piece of poetry in English and in maths you will continue with translation. Next week you will also have the opportunity to try some test papers like those Year 6 sat a couple of weeks ago, although these will only be used by me to see what needs more focus in maths and English.

 

Home Learning Friday 7^th June 2024

This weekend, your additional home learning is to find a photograph of something that lives in the sea/ocean. Please print this picture, or email it to me using your school email address or sent via your parent. It must be in school by Monday. Next week, you are going to re-create that living thing using the learning you have done in art, such as grey pencil sketching with shading and different grades of pencil, watercolours, or pastels. Please think carefully about your choice of image so that it provides you with the best opportunity to show these skills.

If you do not find a picture, I will be providing a few but this gives you more freedom to follow your interests.

 

Half-term project – Ocean/Sea study

This half term your project is going to focus on one ocean or sea of your choice. I would like you to be able to teach the groups you present to all about the ocean you have studied. 

You must teach us about:

- the difference between an ocean and a sea

- location of the ocean/sea

- human uses of the ocean/sea

- flora and fauna of the ocean/sea

- environmental issues linked to this ocean/sea

- any other interesting things about the ocean/sea

This project can be shared in any format. It could be (but is not limited to) a poster, model with labels, handwritten project, PowerPoint presentation.

 Please hand in your project by Monday 8th July.  

 

Remember:

- Tuesday is Team Photographs (ensure you have your kit)

- Wednesday 1.15pm is a meeting for parents to see resources used for RSE

-    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 as individual words.

-   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 😊

Spellings wc3.6.24

 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.

weigh

neither

guest

their

there

they're

physically

which

witch

protein

Ext:

achieve

sincerely

shoulder

neighbour

equipment

 

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.