Welcome to Year 5
This week…
In English, we started our new unit, writing to entertain. In this unit, we will focus on setting descriptions. Our core text is ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys’ by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham and Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Over the week, we took a close look at the authors use of figurative language and began to experiment with these devices in descriptive writing.
In Maths, we started a unit on addition and subtraction. This week we used mental strategies, rounding and column method to solve calculations with 4 or more digits.
In RE, we focused on the feast day for our school Patron Saint St Cyprian. We also looked at living the liturgy everyday.
In Science, we explored the process of filtering, this was a very engaging lesson that took us out in the playground to find materials to create a filter.
Home Learning
Please see the home learning criteria stuck into the cover of the book.
Words ending in -tial – Homework Sheet– use this to review any words from this week
Words ending in -cial and -tial – Homework Sheet– spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
This week in year 5…
In English, it was our final week on non-chronological reports. We completed our drafts, edited & proofread with feedback from our peers and our teacher. Then we published our writing and it was put together to create a class anthology.
In Maths, we finished our unit on place value; comparing and ordering numbers to 1,00,000, rounding numbers to the nearest 10/ 100/ 1000/ 10,000/ 100, 000.
In RE, in our unit ‘ We grow by worshipping God’, we focused on the gifts we present at the liturgy.
In Science, we explored the process of sieving and learnt how to draw and annotate a diagram to explain a concept.
Home Learning
Words ending in -cial – Homework Sheet – use this to review any words from this week
Words ending in -tial – Homework Sheet– spellings for next week
Mrs Richards and Miss Oben
This week in year 5…
In English, we are continuing the unit on writing to inform (non-chronological reports). At the start of the week, we focused on adverbial phrases and how parenthesis can be used to add details. In the latter part of the week, we began to plan and note initial ideas for non-chronological reports.
In Maths, our unit is ‘ place Value’. We have deepened our understanding of the following; reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000 (as numerals and in words)/ powers of 10/ 10/100/1,000/10,000/100,000 more or less (recognising patterns and completing sequences)/ partitioning numbers to 1,000,000 / number lines to 1,000,000 (recognising the intervals and increments and placing values accurately on number lines). There is more opportunities to practice these steps for home learning, this weekend.
In RE, in our unit ‘ We grow by worshipping God’, we focused on the divine liturgy and how this service is the work of all the people.
In Science, our unit ‘Materials: Mixtures and separation’. We explored different types of mixtures by making and researching some common examples. Then we explored the process of sieving and learning how to draw and annotate a diagram to explain a concept.
Home Learning
Homework Sheet wk 2 spellings – Words ending in -cious – use this to review any words from this week
Words ending in -cial – Homework Sheet – spellings for next week
Miss Oben and Mrs Richards
Welcome to Year 5!
What a fantastic start to the new year – keep it up!
This week in year 5…
In English, we started our unit on writing to inform – Non Chronological Reports. Over the week, we explored the features of ‘The World of the Unknown: Monsters’ by Carey Miller and ‘The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures’ by Stephen Krensky. We used this research to outline the purpose & audience for non-chronological reports and to then revise different writing devices to create creature descriptions to engage the reader.
In Maths, our unit is ‘ place Value’. Over the course of the week we’ve covered Roman Numerals up to 10,000 and place value of numbers up to 1,000,000. Our home learning this week will give us more practice on theses steps.
In RE, we focused on the feast day ‘The Nativity of the Theotokos’ and the first lesson in the Unit ‘ We grow by worshipping God’.
Home Learning
Homework Sheet wk 1 – Words ending in -tious and -ious
Homework Sheet wk 2 spellings – Words ending in -cious
Have a great weekend,
Miss Oben and Mrs Richards
Dear Ydra Class,
Another brilliant week!
In maths we continued learning about negative numbers. In English we worked collaboratively to plan our Dragons’ Den pitch. We included facts and figures to support our opinions and emotive language to evoke a reaction from the investors. Well done!
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Oben
Your homework is below
Dear Samos
We will not have homework for this weekend because of the Year 5 Residential Trip.
Please revise your spellings for a spelling test next week.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Tsiama
Dear Ydra,
Another fantastic week! Brava!
This week in English we worked collaboratively to complete our advert planning templates and performed our adverts to the class. In maths we completed our decimal topic.
Super effort in science! We had a brilliant time using varying sizes of playdough, sand and measuring sticks to experiment whether the size of an asteroid affects the diameter of its impact crater.
Have lovely weekend.
Your homework is below.
Miss Oben
Dear Samos
For this week you will find your home learning on the link below and inside your books.
Despite the hot weather you have completed many demanding tasks this week and you have been very creative in some lessons.
Thank you for your hard work and resilience.
Please practise your writing speed using a timer at home. Choose a task and set a goal. For example, you can write a short biography about a famous person in 35 minutes. This is all the time you have to complete this task. Use 10 minutes at least to proofread your work.
This will help you with your writing tasks in Year 6.
Handwriting is very important. I have noticed good progression.
Have a great weekend
Mrs Tsiama
Dear Ydra class,
We’ve had a busy week! In English we worked collaboratively to create a radio advert about our school. We also created group and individual inventions, using a range of ideas from a pizza slicer to a handheld umbrella with a drinking cup attachment. Your annotated designs were inspirational!
In maths, we focused on subtracting and adding decimals with different numbers of decimal places, efficient strategies for adding and subtracting decimals and using mental strategies.
In science we learnt about the size and impact of asteroids on Earth.
Your home learning is below.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Oben
Dear Samos
This week we had a great start of our new term.
We started a new book called BIRDSONG and we have already written some great setting descriptions.
We have spoken about the importance of the Saints and how their achievements can guide us with our life choices.
We have started a new unit in Music about BAROQUE and we have presented some good examples in the classroom.
Click on the link below for your homework.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Tsiama