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 😊