Our final week was filled with festive fun. On Wednesday, the children tucked into their Christmas lunches and enjoyed our class party afterwards. I hope to share some photos soon, once I have sorted out the technical difficulties!
Thank you for your kind and generous gifts. I have loved working with your children this term and look forward to welcoming them back in the New Year.
Wishing you a joyful Christmas,
Mrs Lines
Another week has flown by in Year 5.It’s hard to believe it’s Friday again! Today was very exciting and it was wonderful to see the children in their festive jumpers! They really looked the part for meeting Santa!
Also this week, we made angels of hope from clay. We will paint them next week and I’m looking forward to seeing the results.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Lines
Home Learning:
Research how Christians in another country celebrates Christmas. You can make a poster or a PowerPoint. We will be sharing these with the rest of the class throughout the week. You could include the following:
Are gifts given? When? By Whom?
· Which special foods are eaten? Do certain foods hold any symbolism?
· What season of the year is it? What will the weather be like?
· Do Christians from around the world go to Church on Christmas Day?
· What rituals will be part of the liturgy for Christmas Day?
· Is there a Father Christmas?
· Customs regarding decorations – trees, cards, wreaths
· How to say Merry Christmas in the local language
This is due in on Wednesday 16th December
We were green fingered in Year 5 this week as we weeded our class flower bed and planted bulbs. We are looking forward to seeing them bloom in the spring.
We completed our learning on mental strategies to multiply and divided this week. To finish off, Year 5 sorted a variety of calculations into piles to show which was the best way to solve it.
We have continued our journey of Advent and have been learning about the Gospels of the season. Remember to access the Wednesday word for more activities on these:
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lines
Home learning:
Mathletics
Studyladder
Spellings (tion suffix week 5)
Readtheory.org (10 tests
This week, Year 5 continued to remember those we have lost and participated beautifully in the 2 minute silence on Wednesday. We also took time to pray at our remembrance area of the playground that had been decorated with poppies made by KS1.
We have kept active this week with karate, hockey and today we learnt the rules of new games the children could play at lunchtime.
We also concluded our science learning on life cycles. The children investigated gestation periods and tried to discover if they could make links between that and other aspects of the animal. For example, does a longer gestation period mean a longer life? In preparation of our next science topic, please send in pictures of your child a different stages of their childhood so we can identify the changes they have been through.
Home Learning:
Mathletcis
Spellings week 2
studyladder
Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful half term. This week we have begun our new English unit on Ernest Shackleton’s expedition on the Endurance. The children have been captivated by this survival story and even wrote letters of application, explaining why they would be an asset the the voyage. In maths we have been learning how to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000. We have worked hard to understand the place value change that happens and have applied this knowledge to multiply decimals.
Along with the rest of the school, Year 5 learnt about Judaism for Other Faith Week. We focused on Bar and Bat Mitzvah’s and what this right of passage means to a Jewish child.
In PE, Year 5 have been learning about possession and passing in hockey. They have learnt how to hold the stick correctly and move the ball with ease.
During our Karate lesson, Sensei challenged the children to see how many kicks they could do. Our champion was Freddie with a whopping 43!We’re hoping it will be the school record.
On Wednesday, Year 5 went outside and learnt how to measure the size and age of a tree.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lines
Home learning:
Mathletics
Studyladder
Spellings Week 1- New sheets have been given.
Readtheory- 10 tests
Another week has flown by in Year 5. It was wonderful to speak to so many of you during Parent Consultations and talk about how the children are settling back into school. If you did not manage to get an appointment, please contact the school office so that we can arrange a telephone consultation.
We have begun writing our river stories this week. Our focus has been on dialogue punctuation, paragraphing and setting description. The children have worked hard to produce engaging stories and have improved their editing skills. I look forward to seeing the end result next week. In maths, we have progressed in our place value to understand decimals. The children have enjoyed reading and writing them, as well as regrouping them in different ways.
Archipelagos were our focus in Geography this week. Our current study of volcanoes has taken us to Iceland, and more specifically, the Westman Islands. Being an archipelago, we investigated where else in Europe they could be found. Next week, it is One World Week. To fit in with our current unit, we will be studying Iceland.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lines
Home Learning:
Mathletics
Studyladder
Spellings Week 6
In maths this week, we have begun learning about negative numbers. The children have been counting forwards and backwards across 0 and reading a range of negative number scales. In English, Year 5 have been improving their grammar and punctuation skills by using modal verbs, punctuating dialogue and varying sentence starters. These will be put to good use next week when we write our end of unit narrative set on a river.
In PE, we have begun looking at invasion games. Our focus this week was football. In the final two weeks, we will be doing rugby and hockey. It was great to take part in karate again this on Wednesday and learn new poses.
We had a wonderful time outside. Unfortunately, as the light drizzle turned to rain, we made our way inside.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mrs Lines
Home Learning:
Mathletics
Studyladder
Readtheory (10 tests)
Spellings (Week 5)
