Year 5 - Friday 17th June 2022

Date: 16th Jun 2022 @ 5:49pm

Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

This week in year 5

In Maths, we have worked on number and place value.  We have practised converting between numbers and Roman numerals, we have rounded numbers up to 1000000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100000we have been comparing and ordering numbers up to 3 decimal places and we have been practising a range of reasoning questions relating to all these topics.

In English things are really hotting up for Varjak Paw! We have been reading about mysterious Vanishings that have been happening in the city and Varjak has been attacked by a cat gang!  The children have been using comprehension skills to answer questions, using the text as evidence and have almost finished a newspaper article about the Vanishings.

In Geography, we have learnt a lot about China, its location, its continent and bordering countries.  We also learnt about the desertification of China and how rapidly this is happening and how they are trying to stop it.  The children finished with a question scavenger hunt where they ran around the playground finding facts about Chinese culture that would help them answer quiz questions.

In RE we finished our topic on freedom and responsibility by looking at the sacrament of reconciliation.  The children produced a lovely piece of work that explained all the different actions and words used during reconciliation and their significance.

In French, we practised using the first and third person to write about likes and dislikes from a cafe menu. We also recapped the verbs avoir and etre that the children need to learn off by heart before year 7. Homework - please keep singing the song Je suis un enfant de paix on Youtube. Again, it needs to be learnt off by heart. In PE we played playground games and worked on teamwork and cooperation.

In PE the children had their bike checks ready for bikability in the coming weeks and they practised their hand eye coordination using a tennis racket and ball. They had partners that threw the ball to them and they had to return the ball to their partner, on target, using a tennis racket.  We then finished with a relay race in final preparation for next week’s sports day.

In Computing we have been learning about vector drawing.  The children used lines and shapes to create pictures.  They worked really hard and created many great pictures.

DON’T FORGET

If you forgot to bring your bike or helmet for the bike check, the catch up day is Tuesday.

Common exception words will be tested next Friday

Sports Day on Thursday - children must have their PE kit in school to participate.

Home Practice all relates to this week's learning - These are the tasks to be completed.

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed. Some children had a break from reading over the holidays but please ensure this is made a priority now that we are back at school.  Practise is vital to improve in all areas of English.

You can change your reading book on any school day (book bags to be left on Mrs Mulgrew's desk)

Maths – please ask your child what their times tables target is and help them practise this in order for them to progress.

Spellings Common Exception words. They should be practised at home, ready for the test on Friday.  Please see sheet provided and highlighted each term.

Sumdog challenges

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THE SUMDOG CHALLENGES, MANY CHILDREN ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING SUMDOG.

Please encourage your child to complete the Maths and Spelling Training.  As you know, we set weekly challenges that are linked to the learning that takes place in school.  As an extra feature, the maths and spelling training sections will provide a tailored challenge for your child to practise skills, facts and words they find difficult.  Once the diagnostic challenges have been completed Sumdog will set challenges to aid improvement and development in the 

appropriate areas for your child.  Once you have completed the class challenges, please use this feature for extra challenge in both maths and spelling.  Many children have still not completed the diagnostic section.

Times tables have been set to reflect class targets

Maths the children have been set activities relating to number and place value.

Spellings Common Exception words