Our last week of this autumn term begun with a end of term performance after learning the ukuele. The children have worked so hard to learn different notes, chords, picking, strumming and reading and compositing music. They played a selection of songs such as Picadilly Circus and Land of the Silver Birch and also gave renditions of Jingle Bells and a Christmas version of Frere Jacques before ending the concert with Rocking all over the World.

Reminders for the first week of Spring Term 2023

Changes to Y5 timetable for Spring 1 Term – Library session will now be on a Tuesday and a new reading passport will be issued for spring term.

PE – 5SC swimming on a Wednesday afternoon until February half term.

No English and Maths homework has been set in the homework books over Christmas. There is Sumdog and TT rockstars available if you wish your child to keep going with maths skills. We would encourage daily reading to maintain fluency for our next guided reading novel. A book review is due for the first week back.

We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a restful break.

We’ll look forward to seeing the children again on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

The Year 5 Team

Hello everyone,

We hope you are well. The children have been extremely busy this week with all their learning. We have studied influential women who changed the world to prepare us when writing our biographies in English. In Maths, we have been working hard exploring equivalent fractions using visual representations and our times table facts.

In Science, we have been conducting numerous experiments to study forces. Last weeks, we studied Nancy Wake- a war hero – and created a parachute just like hers. We wanted to test what would happen  if the enemies tried to shot her parachute down. This helped us understand air resistance and surface area.

A few polite reminders –

• Friday 2nd December is World Cup football day. Most children have signed up to this so please ensure they are sent into school wearing their PE kits and trainers.
• Homework which includes vocabulary, spelling and maths is due on Thursday 8th December.
• Friday 9th December is Christmas Jumper day (jumpers, accessories, tops)
• Monday 12th December at 2.15pm is the Year 5 ukulele concert which parents are warmly invited to.

We hope you have  wonderful weekend,

Year 5 team