St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5 - 10th February 2022
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 4:58pm
Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog
Half term already! The children have completed lots of hard work and their concentration has improved so much. They are maturing and devloping skills for their next step of getting ready for year 6.
This week in year 5:
In Maths we have been looking at rules of divisibility. We have been learning rules so we can decide if a number is divisible by 20, 3, 4, 6, or 9. The children have loved learning the rules and trying them out with 7 digit numbers. They have also had another look at prime numbers up to 100 and are aiming to be able to remember all the prime numbers up to 19.
In English we finished the novel Street Child. The children have been so keen to read on and find out the plight of poor Jim Jarvis. We are now aware of Dr Barnardo and the work that his charity continues to do today. The children completed the week by writing a review of the novel, and I have been very impressed with their finished products.
In Science, we continued our work of using thermometers and recording results. We have managed to plot the results on a line graph and interpret these results, a really tricky skill.
In RE, the children had their celebration mass on Monday. The children really impressed Father Michael and the catechists with their reverence. The children that put themselves forward to be readers and offertory servers did a great job and were very brave to do something that we haven’t been able to do for a long time. Thank you to all the family members that came to support the children.
In PE, we practised athletics skills to get them ready for competitions that we will be invited to in the coming terms. They also got the opportunity to practise their orienteering skills and completed time challenges around the playground. These times will be sent off to a competition that has been set locally.
The children have taken part in a number of activities for Children’s Mental Health week. We looked at our feelings and emotions and how, as we get older we can manage them a little better and find ways of helping us cope with things that arise. The children were able to think back about things that used to worry them, but now seem funny.
The children also completed their sponsored run for Barnardo's. They managed an impressive 233 and a half miles! After half term I will be setting them the challenge to vitually run to Madrid Spain and we will track our progress on a map.
DON’T FORGET
Topmarks clock online to practise telling the time.
Additional warm clothes for PE sessions.
Reply slips and payment for Judges Lodgings.
Medical forms etc. for Extended Activity Day at Borwick Hall.
Home practice is not being officially set, however, the children will all know their times tables targets, they know things that they struggle with and need to practise and they all have the common exception words that will be being assessed again at Easter. With the children having a week off, we will be hoping that they will all be bringing their reading books back after half term, ready to swap for a new book.
Don’t forget the daily count. Choose a number and ask the children to count backwards and forwards from that number in any multiple you choose. Remember the children are capable of counting in tenths (0.1), hundredths (0.01) and thousandths (0.001).
Sumdog challenges
During half term, if your children are bored, why not get them to take the time to complete the Maths and Spelling training on Sumdog. Once the diagnostic questions are completed, the programme will then generate questions at their individual ability and help them progress and achieve.
The children have had an impressive half term and have lots of achievements to show for it.