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Good afternoon all, 

How are we already at half term?! I feel this year will fly by. Well done to all children who showed their project this week - I was very impressed and learnt so much. Thank you all. 

I do hope I will see you all during half term at our Fireworks event on 2nd November. It would be lovely to see you in attendance, it would be even better to have you volunteer to help run the event. We still need people to help run the even and it would be amazing if you could help. Without volunteers we are unable to run these events which raise money for our children. If you can help at all please contact myself or any members of the PTA. Thank you so much and I hope to see you all there! 

500 Words Challenge

I would like all Year 5 children to enter the BBC's 500 Words Challenge. We need to submit these stories by Friday 8 November 2024. All children need to do is write a story they would love to read in 500 Words or less.

I have registered myself as a 'submitter' so if you would like me to submit your child's story please can I have it by the evening of Wednesday 6th November. Alternatively, you can register yourself as a 'submitter' here and submit your child's work yourself  https://www.bbc.co.uk/500wordscompetition/submissions-fe/index.html#/profile

If you are having any issues please email me or 500words@bbc.co.uk

We would love children of all abilities to enter; spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked - it's all about creativity!

50 finalists will be invited to go to a glamorous grand final at Buckingham Palace in February next year, where the bronze, silver and gold winners in each category will have their stories read out by celebrities.

There are also lots of prizes to be won - each winner will take home a bundle of books and the gold winners also win 500 books for their school library.

Children can only submit one story each. There are very few rules on 500 Words but a few points to remember:

All the stories must:

  • Be 500 words or less (title is not included in the number)
  • Be written by an individual and not a group
  • Be a child’s own original idea
  • Be prose, not rap or poem

Stories must not:

  • Give any personal details of the child, including their name
  • Recount an historical event (but they can use a real person or historical character as a source of inspiration)
  • Be created, written or developed by AI

All stories will be judged on the following criteria:

  • Characterisation
  • Plot
  • Originality
  • Language
  • Enjoyment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/live/c8700r0dll5t?page=2  Here is the Live Lesson the children have watched in class. Feel free to watch again at home 


Home Learning

In Year 5, we will ask your child to ensure that they complete the following compulsory learning at home:

- Reading 5 times a week 

- Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test (Test on Monday).

- Practising maths on Sumdog

- Practising times tables on TT Rockstars

- Completing the half termly project

- 500 Words Project. 


PE Timetable 

Monday 1hr (Football)

Wednesday - Swimming. 

Thursday trainers only



 Spellings

No spellings


Have a great half term!

Miss N Davis

ndavis@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

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