Year 5 - Friday 18th March 2022

Date: 19th Mar 2022 @ 8:46am

Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

This week in year 5

In Maths, we have continued working really hard on coordinates, translations and position of shape.  The children have worked really hard to remember to along the corridor and then up the stairs when using coordinates. They have all shown a great improvement in mathematical ability.

In English we have finished our book. The children have enjoyed this novel and have each produced a fantastic descriptive piece of work.

In Science, this week the children investigated reversible changes.  We carried out an experiment using chocolate using the processes of melting, freezing, evaporation and condensing.  They worked really hard and showed some great scientific skills.

In French, we learnt how to conjugate a regular ER verb in French this week. It's quite tricky but we will practise lots of times in y5 and y6. Bon effort, year 5!

 In Geography, we began our topic on the UK. We looked at the different countries that make up the UK, the counties and cities within the countries, and located a variety of human and physical features. The children have shown good mapping skills, locating different counties within the UK.

Obviously the highlight of the week has been our trip to Borwick Hall. The children had the most amazing day, they really pushed themselves and tried things they never dreamed they could!  The children did a range of activities during the day. These included indoor caving, an assault course, low ropes and zip lines, team building challenges, raft building and the leap of faith. They had their evening meal and then we all made our way down to the water and the children climbed on board the kayak rafts they had built and we paddled down the canal in the evening light. We then stopped to sit in silence for a while and listened to the nature and other sounds around us and observed the change in the light.  We could see the sun was setting and the surroundings were changing in the dusky light, we even saw a couple of bats flying overhead!  We then paddled back to the jetty, in the darkness and alighted the kayaks. It was just the most amazing end to a fantastic day!  Once I have collected all the images taken on the day, I will add a gallery so you can see your children undertaking some of the great activities during the day.

Home Practice

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential.  Remember the aim is for 20 pages a night. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed.

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

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

I’d also encourage you to do a daily count with your child.  This week we are counting up in 0.4. Give the children a number to start from and they must continue to count from that number in 0.4s, either forwards or backwards.  It often helps the children if they note down the numbers as they say them, it helps them work out the next number more easily when they can see it. Help them use bridging where appropriate to count on e.g. 4.8 + 0.2 = 5, then add the other 0.2 to get to 5.2.

This week I would like the children to concentrate on their common exception words.  They were sent home around Christmas time.  They will be assessed on these on Monday.

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