A fantastic week with all the brilliant Year 5 team! All the children have been doing their absolute best and working hard. We are all so proud of how well they have settled so far, keep up the wonderful work Beijing and Washington!
Learning
In English this week, we will be learning about narratives. Last week we studied the structure of story writing and this week we will be planning our very own. We are continuing to read our class book… Tom’s Midnight Garden, an absolute classic which they are all thoroughly enjoying.
We recommend regular spelling practice at home, attached below are the Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 spellings.
In Maths this week, we will be recapping our understanding of place value of numbers to 1 million. On My Maths, we have set our first Year 5 homework, giving you the opportunity to consolidate your understanding of our learning so far this term.
We have a very creative Art lesson coming up this week that is going to be great fun! The children will be expressing their emotions through listening to a piece of classical music. Watch this space to see more…
In RE we will have begun looking at the Five Pillars of Islam. This has allowed us to explore the concept of belonging in our own lives as well as in the life of a Muslim.
Other news
Could we please ask that children come into school every Tuesday wearing their PE kits. This will be the children’s PE day each week.
Please remember to bring in anything that you are proud of to show during our Achievements section of Year 5 Friday Awards.
Homework
The children will be set weekly My Maths homework on a Friday. This will be based on the learning we have done that week. All homework set will be due at the end of October half term (Friday 22nd October 2021).
Times Table Rockstars is also another great online learning resources to practice times table recall. We will also be setting up TTRS Battles, watch this space!
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday! If you need anything at all, please do speak to either of us on the gate at the end of the day.
Miss Cutler and Miss Peel.
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