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 😊