Year 5
Spring 2
OUR LEARNING THIS HALF-TERM
Mathematics: Short Multiplication and Short Division
Writing: Beowulf - persuasive writing (non-fiction)
The Viewer - journey tale (fiction)
Reading: Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick
History: Industrial Revolution
Science: Earth and Space
RE: Salvation - What did Jesus do to save human beings?
PSHE: Health and Wellbeing
DT: Pulleys and Gears - electric vehicles
PE: Athletics - running
Computing: Coding a game using Loops
Music: Singing Project
KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
History - Industrial Revolution
RE - Salvation - How did Jesus save human beings?
FAMILY LEARNING INFORMATION
Family Learning Week is w/c 16th March – save the whole week in your diaries. There will be a class learning session one morning and then whole school sessions in the afternoons.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our October Family Learning session. If you were unable to attend please find the slides attached. Here, you will find some useful activities and links that you can use with your child to support them with their arithmetic.
October Family Learning - arithmetic
TRIPS
Please look back here soon for more information on upcoming trips.
SINGING PROJECT
Please click here to find all of the songs for Brighter Sounds. Please practice as much as possible so you are ready for the concert at Fairfield Halls on 24th March.
PE DAY
Our PE day is Friday and for all things PE kit related, please check the uniform policy on the website.
HOMEWORK
Spelling
Spellings that Year 5 have explored throughout the week will be sent home on a Friday.
Children have until Wednesday to look, cover, write and check their spellings and put 5 of the trickiest ones into sentences that show they understand what they mean.
You must complete your spelling homework in pencil.
Reading
Children should read with an adult every day for 15 minutes and make sure that their reading diary is signed. Reading diaries should be returned to school every day.
TTRS
Times Tables Rocks Stars is a great tool for practicing times tables. Children should login for 15 minutes each day. Their login details can be found in their reading diary.
WELCOME TO YEAR 5 MEETING SLIDES
Thank you to all the families who were able to attend out Year 5 meeting. The slides from the meeting can be found here.
HELPFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
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Times Tables Rock Stars
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Handwriting |
Reading (eBooks)
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Maths
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Maths
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Maths
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Times Tables Sheets
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SPaG - 10 minute quiz |
Punctuation
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Reading Comprehension
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Grammar |
Sentences
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Reading
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Creative Writing
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Persuasive Writing
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Place Value
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Numbers to 10,000
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Geography
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Remember to always supervise your child when they are online.
If you would like your child to complete extra learning offline, CPG have created workbooks for each year group. These can be purchased directly from the CPG site (click the image below) or from Amazon.
