What’s on the menu in Brazil?
As part of the whole school Holidays topic, Year 5 and 6 have been ‘visiting’ Brazil. Following some research about popular foods in this South American country, we’ve recreated our own Brazilian dish. This was taken from a recipe book donated by the Brazilian restaurant chain Cabana. There is even a branch in Leeds if you’d like to try some more traditional Brazilian dishes. Our dish was a vegetarian version of moqueca (fish stew).
Take a look at our food preparation and tasting. Ask your child what skills, equipment and ingredients we used. Maybe you’ll get chance to try this at home as it was a very popular dish.
Some of the words to describe the dish were: outstanding, delicious, mouth watering, healthy, impeccable and fantastic!
16 October 2015
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 21 October:
Should everybody be able to go on holiday?
Discuss reasons why people may not be able to go on holiday. Does your child think this is fair? Is a holiday a necessity or a luxury? How might someone feel if they can’t go on holiday?
There is much more to discuss than the above but I hope it acts as a starting point for your conversations. Why not get the whole family involved over dinner time, or ask opinions from relatives by calling or emailing them?
16 October 2015
Here are the spellings for this week:
16 October 2015
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 21 October.
I can use commas in a list.
We’ve been practising using commas to mark items in a list. For this homework, I’d like children to write a couple of lists telling me what items they would pack to take on a holiday.
On Wednesday, we’ll then read the sentences and guess what type of holidays the children are going on. For example:
When I go on holiday, I need to remember to pack my helmet, gloves, t shirt, trainers, water bottle, sun cream, pump and my bike.
Will, Year 1
“Reading’s good. It helps you to learn brand new words.”
Will, Year 1
Applying for secondary school
Please remember that the deadline for secondary school applications (September 2016 intake) closes on the 31 October 2015. Please ensure you’ve submitted your application by this date.
You can either apply online by visiting the Leeds City Council website or submit a paper form and return to:
Leeds City Council, PO Box 837, School Admissions, Leeds, LS1 9PZ
Y5 assembly
Thank you very much for attending the Y5 class assembly this week – I know Miss Rushbrooke was really sorry to have missed it.
Here are a few of your comments:
- “Well done. Could hear them all. Most informative.”
- “Wonderful speaking and great percussion.”
- “Great debate and very informative.”
- “Fantastic! Great confidence!”
- “Loads of great facts showing how much they’ve learnt.”
16 October 2015
Practice Makes Perfect focusses on spellings this week. Choose 15 spellings you have learnt so far this year and write it into a sentence. Think about how you can show what you’ve learnt about different types of sentences too.
- Simple sentence (made more interesting with adverbs and adjectives)
- Compound sentence (using conjunctions to join ideas)
- Complex sentence (with an opener, middler or ender)
16 October 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Wednesday 21 October.
I make my class a good place to learn.
Discuss at home how you and other people in the class can make our class a good place to learn all the time. We’ll then share our ideas together on Wednesday.
Don’t forget to write a couple of sentences to help support your discussion in class.
15 October 2015
We have really enjoyed our dance lessons this half-term. Here we are hard at work performing one of the dances we have been learning.
We have started a new class novel, Five on a treasure island, which ties into our Holidays Big Topic. Why not ask your child what has happened so far in the story?
