Year 5 Friday 24th September 2021

Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 5:42pm

Welcome to the first Year 5 class blog

The class have had a fantastic start to the new school year. They have settled in nicely with the new routine and new teacher and have shown an excellent attitude to learning.  Our Greek feast, parachute experiment and creating a villainous character have been a lot of fun and the children have enjoyed all of them.

This week in year 5

We have been working a lot on place value and number in maths. The children have been looking at the value different digits have in a number, ordering numbers, rounding numbers up to 10,000, partitioning numbers and understanding decimals up to hundredths.  They have used place value tables, counters and talk partners to help embed this understanding. We have also had a challenge day, where the children moved around the room, taking part in a number of challenges and problem solving activites to check their understanding.  

In English we have been reading Goth Girl by Chris Riddell and reached an excting part of the book. The children cannot wait for the concuding chapters next week.  We have created a video tour of Ghastly-Gorm Hall, where the children have imagined they are tour guides, explaining the different rooms of the hall.  We watched them in class at the end of the week.  We have also created a new villain for the book and written a descriptive piece.  As part of our writing, we have been working on using similes and metaphors in our work.

In History we have been learning about the Ancient Greeks and looking at how artefacts and architecture helps us understand what life was like in Ancient Greece.

In DT this week we had the long awaited food tasting lesson. There were mixed reviews on the Greek cuisine but we have agreed that as a class that we mostly enjoyed pitta breads and tzatziki, so we will plan recipes in the coming weeks.

In RE we have been exploring our first topic 'Ourselves'. We have looked at the different talents and qualities we have, how we can use these to show we are children of God and how we can use them to help others.

In PE, our topic is invasion games. The children have been learning different passing techniques including chest pass, bounce pass and shoulder pass. They have then used these skills to play an informal game with Mrs Cookson.

In Science we are learning all about forces. We have a good understanding of gravity and how air resistance works against gravity.  We have made parachutes with different variables and tested them to find the most effective parachute.  

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

• Spellings (words with endings that sound like /ow/ and /oo/ but spelt with ough).  We will look at these in more detail in school next week, They should be practised at home, ready for the test on Friday.
  • though, although, thought, bought, dough, brought, through, fought, throughout, breakthrough.

• Sumdog challenges
  • times tables x4/x8
  • maths
  • Spellings (ough words)

The children have been very kind, well-behaved and polite during their first few weeks. They have made me feel welcome and settle into my role here at St Oswald's.