Our geography topic for this half term is: Where in the world am I?
We kicked off our topic in Moortown Park with a treasure hunt.
The children learnt lots about map reading, compass reading, using a trundle wheel, teamwork and more.
This week we have been focusing on digital mapping through the use of Digimap.
The children have been able to locate places of interest and map their routes to and from school!
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‘ough’ words |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that contain the letters ‘ough’. These words have the same letters but sound completely different. Practise saying them aloud, writing them down and using them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out. As always, come and see me before the deadline if you have any questions! | ||||
| although | bought | brought | cough | enough |
| rough | sought | thorough | though | tough |
From the beginning of this year, Year 5 have been involved in Living and Learning sessions every Tuesday afternoon. Within these sessions, the children have been exploring the 8Rs and how they can contribute to a positive working environment.
Recently, Year 5 worked together to reflect on the 8Rs for learning by writing their thoughts and ideas down on large pieces of poster paper.
Cool Class Tokens are given for good behaviour and attitude around school and can only be awarded by teachers from other classes.
This week, Year 5 accumulated the most ‘cool class tokens’ out of any class in the whole school!
As a result, they were awarded the Cool Class Cup in Friday’s assembly.
The cup has settled into its new home in our classroom for all to see.
Keep it up Year 5!
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Adding prefixes |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that can be altered by adding a prefix. Practise them using ideas from the fun spelling ideas information page at the back of your homework book. Say them aloud, write them down and use them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, use a dictionary or alternative source to find out. As always, please come and see me before the deadline for help! | ||||
| unavoidable | incredible | irresistible | illegal | disappear |
| illogical | inaccurate | impatient | irresponsible | impossible |
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Adding suffixes |
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| This week’s spelling list is formed using words that can be altered by adding a suffix. Practise them using ideas from the fun spelling ideas information page at the back of your homework book. Say them aloud, write them down and use them in your own sentences. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, use a dictionary or alternative source to find out. As always, please come and see me before the deadline for help! | ||||
| accord/ing | criticise/ed/ing | embarrass/ed/ing | interrupt/ing/ed | equip/ed/ing |
| achieve/ed/ing | determine/ed/ing | guarantee/ed/ing | persuade/ed/ing | queue/ing/ed |
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 26 September.
I can round to the nearest 100,000.
This is a recap of some maths learning we have done recently.
Children need to answer all the questions in their homework books. If you need any help, you are always welcome to come in and see me before the due date.
Year 5 spend time on Thursday mornings reviewing the previous week’s homework.
This week’s homework involved spending some time talking about safe risks and responsibility.
This had been carefully thought about by many, and was evident through some great suggestions in their books. The children are starting to show a responsible and conscientious attitude in school.
The class demonstrated this on Thursday by going around the room, looking at the homework of their peers and writing constructive feedback on others’ work.
There were also some really creative ways of practising times tables!
Keep it up Year 5!
Year 5 have had a brilliant start to the year in all areas of school! They have thoroughly impressed with their appetite for learning and improving.
For Maths in particular, we have been looking at place value. The children have been using an array of methods to support their learning.
We have been using Denes, number lines, bar-models, counters and part-whole models to really show off how many different ways we can represent numbers!
In another area of the curriculum, we have enjoyed diving into our new class novel – Marianne Dreams. This has been the main focus for our Art topic, where we have incorporated artistic techniques such as cross-hatching, stippling and gradient into our artwork.
Ask your child what media has been used in the pieces of art above!