Year 5 Blog Friday 30th September

Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 7:37pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog. 

It has been another fun-filled and exciting week in Year 5. 

In maths we have been focussing on rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 and 10000. We found it tricky but used number lines and had lots of practice to get better and better. 

Click to practise rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.

Click here to practise rounding to the nearest 1000.

In English we have continued looking at dialogue (speech) and have been looking at different types of sentences we can use to describe characters. In our novel Goth Girl we have been excited to find out about all of the magical creatures at Ghastly Gorm Hall and are becoming extremely suspicious of the character Maltravers. 

In geography we have been learning all about the UK. We looked at maps of the capital cities of the UK and described them by finding out what the different Ordnance Survey symbols represent. We were not surprised to find that London had lots of main roads and museums. Everybody worked so well with their partner. 

You can see our great team work and great geography skills in our gallery here. 

We started a new topic in computing. We learnt that a vector drawing is an image made on a computer by putting different lines and shapes together. We had a go at creating our own vector drawings on the iPads. Everybody showed such creativity and did a great job. 

We were practising our lane swimming on Wednesday. This helps us to build our stamina and become more confident in the water. It was amazing to see everybody encouraging each other and feeling proud of each other getting for better and better. 

Home Practice

Reading

Read out loud to somebody at home for 20 minutes every night. Look out for dialogue (speech). Look for different ways the author says 'said.'

Counting

Count out loud in:

12s from 0 to 144 and back again. 

0, 12, 24, ... 

1,000s from 35,678 to 45,678 and back again. 

35,678            36,678           37,678      ...

10,000s from 157,000 to 257,000 and back again. 

157,000          167,000          177,000          ...

Times Tables

Everybody has been given their new times tables target. Please practise every night. Listen to songs, write them out, play on Hit the Button, say them out loud in the car, etc. Targets will be reassessed each week. 

Spelling 

Here are your spellings for next week. They are homophones. This means they sound the same but have different meanings. You need to learn how to spell the words but also their meanings. You will be tested on the spelling and the meaning next Friday. 

isle           aisle

aloud        allowed

affect        effect

herd          heard

past          passed

caught      court

through     threw

favourite (this is an extra word we need to practise)

Sumdog

Complete the Sumdog challenges:

Times tables challenge

Lancashire Maths Contest 

Spelling challenge 

Have a great weekend.