Year 5 – 02/05/25

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Here’s a glance at what Year 5 have been learning this week:

  • Maths – We have been working on finding fractions of amounts and building on this to calculate the whole when given a fraction. The children also made connections between finding a fraction of an amount and multiplying a fraction by an integer.

  • RE – We began our new unit, To the Ends of the Earth, exploring how the Holy Spirit strengthened the disciples and how Christians today are called to live by the Spirit.

  • Science – We started our topic Reversible and Irreversible Changes by learning about dissolving. The children used key vocabulary such as solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble, and tested a range of substances for solubility.

Next week is a short week, and on Thursday we will be marking VE Day. Children are invited to come to school dressed in red, white and/or blue. Throughout the day, they will take part in learning linked to World War Two.

On Friday, we will hold our annual May Procession. All children are asked to bring a flower or plant to carry forward to honour Mary during the procession. If you would like to order a plant for your child to present, please make a payment of £3 via Schoolcomms. These plants will be used to brighten our class gardens and peace garden after the procession. Children should wear their school uniform and not their PE kit on this day.

Home learning for this week is as follows:

Maths Please complete the following tasks on Mathletics:

·         Fraction of an amount

·         Using fractions as operators
Reading 5 tests on Readtheory or 20 minutes of reading per day
Spelling Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words that are homophones

·         aisle

·         isle

·         aloud

·         allowed

·         altar

·         alter

·         ascent

·         assent

·         farther

·         father
SPaG Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and take the quiz: Add all punctuation to a given sentence including speech

Have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend, and I’ll see you on Tuesday!

Miss Donatantonio