Welcome to Year 5
We hope you’ve enjoyed the last few days before the Christmas holidays.
We wish you a very merry Christmas.
To keep your mind fresh and ready for the new term:
spelling, words with suffixes where base word ends in -fer – Homework Sheet
Mrs Richards and Ms Oben
English
This week, we focused on planning a new biography on ground-breaking women in maths and science. We used the different writing devices from the previous lessons.
Maths
This week, we focused on subtracting fractions; subtracting from a mixed number and subtracting from a mixed number – breaking the whole.
RE
This week, we focused on the feast day of the conception of the Theotokos and the Nativity from the gospels Matthew and Luke.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we investigated irreversible changes; rusting and burning.
Home Learning
Spelling – Words ending in -able where the e from the base word remains – use this to review any words from this week
Words that are adverbs of time– spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week we started a unit on biography writing. Over the week, we worked in groups to research Mary Anning and to produced a short biography to share with KS1.
Maths
This week, in the unit on fractions we focused on adding fractions with the same denominator, adding fractions with different denominators ad adding mixed numbers.
RE
This week, we focused on the life of St Nicholas and the lessons we can learn from his example. We also explored the contributing factors to the start of Christianity.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we investigated reversible changes.
Next week…
Maths – subtracting fractions
English – continuing the unit on biography writing.
Home Learning
List 12 – Challenge Words – Homework Sheet – use this to review any words from this week
Spelling – Words ending in -able where the e from the base word remains– spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week we focused on planning and drafting a short story based on the themes of ‘The Promise’.
Maths
This week, in the unit on fractions we focused on ordering fractions less than 1 and comparing and order fractions greater than 1, adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator and adding fractions within 1.
RE
This week, the children explored how we grow by obeying God’s word. We also learnt about the Hindu gods and their purpose.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we conducted a comparative test to investigate the enquiry question: How does the conductivity of different materials compare?
Next week…
Maths – Unit on fractions; add fractions with total greater than 1, add to a mixed number, add two mixed numbers and Subtract fractions.
English – a new unit on biographies.
Home Learning
Lesson 11 – Words ending in -ably and -ibly use this to review any words from this week
List 12 – Challenge Words – Homework Sheet – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week we focused on using expanded noun phrases and relative clauses to describe settings. We also created a main character for our stories based on ‘The Promise’. This led into a planning lesson, where we began to plot our stories.
Maths
This week, in the unit on fractions we focused on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions, Comparing fractions less than 1 and ordering fractions less than 1.
RE
This week, the children explored how New Testament announces Christ. We also focused on the celebration of the Entry of the Theotokos into the temple.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we began to explore the thermal and electrical conductivity of materials.
Next week…
Maths – Unit on fractions; ordering fractions less than 1 and comparing and order fractions greater than 1, adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator and adding fractions within 1.
English – reviewing planning, drafting, editing and publishing a story.
Home Learning
Y5 spelling Words ending in -able and -ible use this to review any words from this week
Lesson 11 – Words ending in -ably and -ibly – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week, we started a new narrative unit based on the book ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. Over the week, we explored the author’s use of similes, metaphors and personification to write an engaging story. We ended the week, writing descriptive sentences in the style of Nicola Davies.
Maths
This week, we started a unit on fractions; finding fractions equivalent to a unit fraction, finding fractions equivalent to a non-unit fraction, recognising equivalent fractions and convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.
RE
This week, the children explored how the Old Testament is the promise of Christ. We also focused on the feast day of St Nektarios.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we explored transparency and uses of various materials and developing the working scientifically skill of drawing a results table.
Next week…
Maths – Unit on fractions; converting mixed numbers to improper fractions, comparing fractions less than 1, ordering fractions less than 1 and comparing and order fractions greater than 1.
English – creating a character, planning a story in similar to ‘The Promise’ and starting the draft.
Home Learning
Y5 – Words ending in -ent and -ence use this to review any words from this week
Y5 spelling Words ending in -able and -ible – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
Welcome back to school!
English
This week, our writing to entertain unit was on Cinquain poems. The children enjoyed learning about the features and exploring how to create Cinquain poems. Our poems were linked to Remembrance day.
Maths
This week the children finished the multiplication and division unit. The children focused on cube numbers, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and multiplying by multiples of 10/ 100/ 100.
RE
The children started the unit on the Holy Bible. We also covered the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
Science
In this week’s lesson, we explored the hardness and uses of materials and developed the working scientifically skill of evaluating a method.
Next week…
Maths – Unit on fractions; finding fractions equivalent to a unit fraction, finding fractions equivalent to a non-unit fraction, recognising equivalent fractions and converting improper fractions to mixed numbers.
English – Narrative unit linked to the story ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies
Home Learning
Y5 – Words ending in -ance and -ancy use this to review any words from this week
Y5 – Words ending in -ent and -ence – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week we finished our current unit with short stories on being resilient. First, the children generated story ideas in teams. Then each team evaluated the ideas from another group and gave them some tips on which ideas to use. Following this, the children independently planned the final story idea using a fall-rise plot. Finally they drafted, edited and made their story into a book.
Maths
In the unit Multiplication and Division the children focused on prime numbers and square numbers.
RE
The children focused on worship and giving God’s gifts in Greek Orthodox and Jewish faiths.
Science
This week, we explored the evaporation process and how it applies to salt plains.
First week back after half term…
Maths – Will move onto cube numbers, Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000, Divide by 10, 100 and 1,000
English – Cinquain Poetry based around the book ‘Where The Poppies Now Grow’ by Hillary Robinson & Martin Impey.
Home Learning
Please see the home learning criteria stuck into the cover of the book.
Spellings – words containing ‘ant’– use this to review any words from this week
Y5 – Words ending in -ance and -ancy – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
English
This week we began a new unit; poetry and short stories. In our first lessons, we explored the text; highlighting our initial thoughts about the book and commenting on the author’s style. As the week progressed, we revisited features linked to narrative poetry and used these devices to create poetry around the story’s themes.
Maths
This week we began a unit on multiplication and division. We deepened our understanding of multiples, common multiples, factors and common factors.
RE
This week we looked into how different faith and non faith communities look after the environment, as part of our Big Questions focus this term. We also explored how faith and belief guide individuals in their daily life.
Science
This week, we explored the factors that affect dissolving, including investigating how temperature impacts the time taken to dissolve.
Next week…
Maths – We will move onto; prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers.
English – Short stories around the themes from ‘The Tree and The River’
Home Learning
Please see the home learning criteria stuck into the cover of the book.
Challenge Words – Homework Sheet – use this to review any words from this week
Spellings – words containing ‘ant’– spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
This week…
In English, we completed our two week unit on writing to entertain. Over the week, the children continued to work on writing devices to produce a vivid setting description.
In Maths, we completed our two week unit on addition and subtraction. We covered; inverse operations (addition and subtraction), multi-step addition and subtraction problems, comparing calculations and finding missing numbers.
In RE, our lesson from our topic ‘We Grow by Worshipping God’, was ‘We worship God all year long’. In this lesson we looked at the Orthodox Church calendar and sorted the key feast days.
We also looked at the Jewish festival Rosh Hashanah; a time for prayer and reflection.
In Science, we explored dissolving and solutions and learnt how to observe and describe in detail.
Next week…
Maths – Unit on multiplication and division
English – Poetry based on ‘ The Tree and The River’
Home Learning
Please see the home learning criteria stuck into the cover of the book.
Words ending in -cial and -tial – Homework Sheet– use this to review any words from this week
Challenge Words – Homework Sheet – spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben