24th September, 2021

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We have had a very busy week in Year 5.

The children greatly enjoyed going swimming for the first time with the school on Wednesday. They swam with confidence and the instructors were very complimentary about them.  Today, we joined the rest of the school in the main hall for mass to celebrate the start of this academic year and Fr Shaun, spoke about our Year of Growth.

In Maths this week we have been learning about number lines and how to round very large numbers. In English we finished our work on expanding our vocabulary, this has included writing and performing both poems that all the children learnt to recite and other people’s poems in front of the rest of the class.  Photos of the children performing their poems will be uploaded soon…watch this space!

We have also begun our new unit in English which will be based on biographies.  At the end of the unit the children will be creating their own mini biographies.  We talked about the Jurassic Coast in England and the work of a familiar amateur palaeontologist, Mary Anning.

Again, we have been baking and a group of children prepared and baked Garlic Bread which was handed out this afternoon just before home time!

We are preparing our class garden to plant bulbs and autumn-flowering plants. We would be grateful if you would donate some bulbs and plants for the children to plant next week. Please send them into school on Monday.

 

The homework for this weekend is:

Spellings:  Silent letters (Part II)

thumb, aisle, gnome, kneel, design, knuckle, knew, wrist, climb, know, knowledge, reign.

Mathletics – please log on to see the activities assigned.  Some children have had some of their previous week’s homework reassigned as they found the tasks last week tricky.  Do encourage your child to work on their own and if they have any problems, I am more than happy to support them one lunchtime at school.

Reading: please read for at least 15 minutes each day.  Log onto Read Theory and complete five exercises.

Research: Over the next two weeks, spend time finding out about a famous historical/religious/explorer and write a biography based on what you have found.

Wishing you and your families a lovely weekend.

Mr Holmes

 

17th September, 2021

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This week has been another busy one!

Everyone in the class has clearly worked hard on learning and reciting a short poem which was set as part of their home learning last weekend.  Well done to all those children who wrote their own poems as well.  The children enjoyed listening to one another and for those who spoke in  front of their peers, they spoke with confidence and fluently.

In Maths, the children have continued to work on place value, exploring the value of each digit in large, six-digit numbers, and what happens when they add or subtract numbers to the power of ten. Another element to this has been in building upon their understanding of using number lines to show each number in proportion to the line and other numbers with different values.

In preparation for their art work on Portraits, the children built up a sketch of an eye and a nose following a step by step plan. This also helped them to work on their hand/eye coordination.  In Science, the children have begun their topic on animals including humans and have begun to examine the changes as humans develop from birth to old age.

Continuing on the theme of baking, the children picked fruit from the apple and pear trees in the front of the school and peeled and cooked a very tasty apple and pear crumble which was sampled by them in class yesterday afternoon!  Thank you to Mrs Hilton who assisted them in the baking.

Home Learning:

Spellings: silent letters

doubt, island, lamb, solemn, thistle, knight, knickers, numb, autumn, whistle, debt, isle

Maths Home Learning this week has been set on Mathletics and Study Ladder.  If the children have any problems, please speak to me on Monday at school.

English: Using their Read Theory accounts, please log on and complete five comprehension activities. Your child’s read theory details have been sent home with them this evening.

Read your reading book for at least 15 minutes each day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mr Holmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10th September, 2021

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It has been a busy week in Year 5!  The children have settled back into the classroom routines well and have been very eager to start their new topics in many areas of the curriculum. We have also welcomed two new members to the class – VJ and Nicholas who I am sure will see how special our class and school community are.

On Wednesday, along with the rest of the school, the children celebrated Our Lady’s birthday.  As part of the celebrations, some of the children in Year 5 were chosen to decorate the special birthday cake that was to be presented to the rest of the school and they did a marvellous job working together as a team with Ms Hilton.  A picture of Our Lady was framed in a love heart and surrounded by edible stars and  flowers.

The children each made their own birthday card and carried them in procession to the statue of Our Lady in the Peace Garden.  In the afternoon, they danced in the school playground and had an ice lolly which quenched their thirst from the hot sun.

 

In RE the children have continued to discuss the Year of Growth and examined why Mary appeared to Bernadette in Lourdes.

In Maths, the children have been developing and building upon their knowledge of place value with numbers up to one million whilst in English the focus has been on building upon their vocabulary knowledge and using this to develop their poetry skills.

It was lovely to see you this afternoon at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ meeting.  I have updated the class page with the power point that was shown and information sheets that were handed out. If you have any queries, please contact me via the school office.

The Home Learning for this week is set out below:

Spellings

WEEK 1: ough

cough, dough, enough, bought, though, drought, sought, thought, tough, thorough, rough, although

Practise each word using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check method. Ensure your child knows the meaning of each word.

Maths: Log onto Mathletics and complete the tasks that have been set.

Reading: Read daily for at least 10 – 15 minutes.

English:

Find a short poem about a season.   You will be invited to recite it in class.  Here are suggestions to assist you in memorising it:

  1. Get a printed copy of the poem/copy it onto a piece of paper.
  2. Look at the poem and read it out loud.
  3. Turn it over so you can’t see it.
  4. Recite as much of it as you can remember, from the beginning.
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 5 until you can recite the entire poem from memory.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Mr Holmes

 

Summer 2 Week 6

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Our final full week in Year 5 was filled with creativity. After learning that the Ancient Greeks used their pottery to depict aspects of their life, Year 5 created their own. We used Modroc around a balloon and card base which we will paint on Monday. We have designed what we will put on them and what sort of Greek patter we will use.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lines
There will be no home learning this week. Please log on to Mathletics and study ladder to check if you have any outstanding activities.
A note about this week’s RSE lesson:
Dear Parents and Carers,
On Thursday, in our RHE lesson, your child explored the miraculous nature of human conception and birth. With the underpinning knowledge that we were handmade by God with our parents’ help, your child went on a journey to discover how life is created in the womb.
Please use the link below to have a look at the resources that were used today in the lesson.
With grateful thanks.
Mrs McNamara and Mrs Lines.

Sports and Fun Day!

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What an exciting week at Pope Paul School! Year 5 had a great time on the go-carts, bouncy castle and shooting range on Wednesday morning, before giving it their all in the races. We also decorated biscuits to cheer on their house teams or England.

I hope the children all had a wonderful day. There were certainly a lot of smiling faces! Well done to our overall winner, St Vincent’s.

Have a wonderful weekend. I look forward to seeing the children either at usual time OR at 10am on Monday.

Mrs Lines

 

Home Learning:

Mathletics

Study ladder

Summer 2 Week 4

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In Year 5 this week, we have continued to convert units of measure and have been working towards our Greek myths. In History, we thought about the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and reasoned about which were the most/least important. Graphing skills were our focus in Science as we made line graphs to show the data we collected last week. Our RE learning about discipleship had us looking at the story of Jesus asking Simon, Andrew, James and John to be fishers of men. Year 5 thought about how this story demonstrated the Catholic beliefs of Social Justice and the Common Good.

On Tuesday, Year 5 represented Pope Paul at the St Peter and St Paul mass at Our Lady and St Vincent. As father Shaun explained, this was the beginning of their role as leaders of our school.

Well done to Sandro, Mia, Megan, Nabira, Manus, Darcie-Louise and Phoebe. They lead the whole school assembly this morning, telling all about the life of Prince Phillip, who they had been researching for an English project.

We had a very sad ending to our week. Johnny-Mac will be leaving us and joining a new school on Monday. We wish him all the best and will miss him greatly.

 

Home learning:

Week 5 spellings

mathletics

Summer 2 Week 3

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Another week in Year 5 has flown by. In science, we have been exploring thermal insulators and conductors. We ran an investigation into which material would keep water the warmest and discovered tin foil was the best. In English, we have been busy writing our own adventure for Greek King, Odysseus. We fill finish these next week and I am looking forward to the final result. Our maths learning has focussed around units of measure and we have been using our knowledge of fractions to find halves, quarters, three quarters and tenths of measures such as a kilogram. We continued our cricket sessions on Wednesday by playing a game of continuous cricket.  There was much excitement earlier that morning when an air ambulance landed in the field next to us. The crew gave us a wave as they took off and landed!

Today we took part in the Blessed Sacrament procession. It was a wonderful chance for us to act as witnesses to our faith. Luckily the weather brightened up so we could enjoy our ice lollies at the church.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

 

Mrs Lines

 

Home Learning:

Mathletics

Spellings week 4

Study ladder

 

Summer 2 Week 2

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We have come to the end of another busy week and we have been fully emerged in Greek mythology. We have followed Odysseus on his agonising journey and we have now created our own beasts for him to battle next. I was so impressed with Year 5’s creative ideas.

In maths we have been using protractors to draw our own angles and triangles. Next week we will be moving on to converting between units of measure. This weekend, try and brush up on how many centimetres in a metre, how many grams in a kilogram and how many millilitres in a litre.

Thankfully the sun was still shinning this week for our cricket lesson on Wednesday. Year 5 had a great time practising catching with Coach Ben. In Science we have begun our new unit on materials. Today we spent time thinking about science as an enquiry subject and the 5 different types of enquiry we do. See if your child can remember an example of each of these:

Observation over time

identifying and classifying

pattern seeking

research

comparative and fair testing

 

Have a wonderful weekend

 

Home Learning:

Spellings week 3

Mathletics

Studyladder

 

Summer 2 Week 1

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Our first week back was certainly a scorcher! I hope you all enjoyed the lovely weather over the half term.

In maths this week, we have been learning about angles. We have been identifying, acute, obtuse, reflex, right and straight angles and ordering them. Year 5 used this knowledge to make some wonderful angle pictures.

In English, we have begun our new unit on Greek mythology. Our text is ‘The Adventures of Odysseus’. So far we have seen him triumph in the Trojan War, escape Polyphemus the cyclops and meet Circe. Next week we will design our own beasts and environments for Odysseus to encounter.

On Wednesday, we took part in cricket with Coach Tom. The children worked on their batting and fielding skills in a range of games.

Have a wonderful weekend

Mrs Lines

 

Home Learning:

Mathletics

Spelling (Week two)

History: Research a God or Goddess. Draw them and write a profile. Include information about who they are, who they are related to, what are they the God/Goddess of. Also tell me about any stories they are involved in.

 

 

Summer 1 Week 7

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Our final week of the half term saw us taking part in Spirituality Week. It was wonderful to spend time in the presence of God and reflect on the message of hope. One of the main highlights was sharing prayers with Year 1. I was incredibly proud of how Year 5 interacted with the younger children and flourished in their roles of responsibility. I have no doubt the will make excellent reading partners for Reception next year.

 

Year 6 lead us in some wonderful acts of reflection on Thursday. I am looking forward to seeing Year 5 take on this role next year.

 

Have a wonderful half term

 

Mrs Lines

Home Learning

Science Research 

Your child has made a prediction about what the mystery egg is. Research online or in books to see if the animal they predicted comes from an egg and print or draw a picture of the egg of their chosen animal.

Random Acts of Wildness

We are completing 30 days of wildness so we can appreciate the nature around us. Each day in June the children will complete a different activity.  Please try to do the first six activities in the half term and bring a photo of one of the activities to school.

1st June – Feel the wild between your toes – squelch your toes in sand, grass or mud.

2nd June – Look up at the clouds – What shapes can you see?

3rd June – Find a creepy crawly, be gentle and observe the way it moves.

4th June – Thread a daisy chain

5th June – Make a nature table, collect wild treasures like feathers, fossils or bones.

6th June – Have lunch in the wild.