This week saw the children complete their Ancient Egypt topic and begin their study of India. Please make sure you read the letter that went home with your child earlier in the week regarding the topic and the carnival, which takes place on the 21st June.

In English the children completed their internal monologues based on Little Freak. Our new topic, after half term, is about animals native to India. Your child has been set half term homework where they must choose one of the six animals provided and research facts about the habitat, behaviour and diet of their chosen animal. This must be handed in on the first day back as children will need it for their written work.

In maths we have started to look at shape, making links to properties and angles. Please get children to check their Sumdog accounts as maths homework has been set.

Have a lovely, restful half term break!

The Year 5 Team

In Maths we have been looking at different types of triangles and finding missing angles within them. We have also been using a protractor to measure angles on a straight line and within triangles. At the end of the week we were using our knowledge of the properties of shapes, including their angles to sort into a Carroll diagram.

We have continued working on using different sentence structures and emotive language within English to help write a monologue from the point of view of Little Freak, the character.

We’ve been incredibly lucky this week with extra activities laid on for Year 5. On Thursday afternoon we had a visit from the school nursing team, who led a workshop about healthy eating and sugar content in food. The children weighed cereals, scanned the sugar content in drinks and packaging, saw what excess sugar does to your body and tried a wide variety of healthy snacks. We also had a small drama workshop today, where the children took part in some dance moves, singing and freeze framing of different scenes.

This week, Benita Byju (5E) received the golden key award for always working to the best of her ability and for being a lovely member of the class. Seren Tricker (5E) has her writing displayed on the showstoppers wall. James Riggs (5CW) received the golden key award for being quick thinking and helpful. Leon Hogan (5CW) has his writing on the showstopper writing wall.

Have a super weekend,

The Year 5 team

In Maths we have been looking at different types of angles and how to find missing angles on a straight line or around a point. We will be moving on to measuring angles using a protractor.

We have been looking at emotive language, in English, and varying our sentence structure for effect.

Children have been set some word level homework today. Please see the accompanying letter to give you information about it.

This week, Amelia Morris (5E) received the golden key award for always doing her work to the best of her ability and being a lovely member of the class. Jeremy Lea (5E) has his writing displayed on the showstoppers wall. Joshua Pereira (5CW) received the golden key award for contributing to class discussions. Evie Moseley (5CW) has her writing on the showstopper writing wall.

Have a delightful weekend,

The Year 5 team

In Maths we have continued to practice multiplying numbers by 1 and 2-digits. On Thursday we moved on to looking at different types of triangles and the angles inside of them. This will lead on to measuring and drawing angles next week.

In English we have written character descriptions and empathised with the character. Children have used a variety of sentence structures and worked on using emotive language. They also did some drama hot seating in order to empathise with the character. Next week they will be beginning to write an internal monologue, as if they were the character.

Spellings homework was sent out today. It is due back Friday 10^th May.

This week, Niamh Pope (5E) received the golden key award for persevering with her maths tasks and succeeding with the correct answers. Islwyn Mainwaring (5E) has his writing displayed on the showstoppers wall and Archie Abraham was mathemagician of the month. James Riggs (5CW) received the golden key award for working hard and good contributions in class. Eva Ng (5CW) has her writing on the showstopper writing wall and Christopher Smith is the mathemagician of the month.

Have a wonderful elongated weekend,

The Year 5 team

In Maths we have been recapping how to multiply 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers by 1-digit. Some children have moved on to multiplying a 2-digt number by 2-digits. Please check out the video on the maths blog, which demonstrates the methods used and sets a small homework activity.

In English this week we have been exploring character description, generating vocabulary and sentence structure to describe a monster.

The new summer Reading Passports Challenge went out today – the winners will be having a ‘wacky science afternoon’ at Oaklands.

Creativity Homework sheets also went home this week linked to our new topic ‘Ancient Egypt’. It is expected that at least one piece of creative homework will be completed in this half term.

A letter went out regarding our visit to Chichester Harbour. Please return the slips as soon as possible.

Have a super weekend,

The Year 5 team

Today the children have developed their geographical skills through a study comparison of Waterlooville and the Chihuahuan Desert, on the border of North America and Mexico. They have collaborated to create non chronological poster reports including climate, topography and human features of both places. They have also compared similarities and differences and the position of each location on our planet.

Next week children will be completing their extreme sport reports and investigating a murder mystery in maths, based on line graphs.

This week Andrew Soy (5E) gained the golden key for the improvement in his work rate and understanding. Cameron McIntyre has his work on the showstopper wall. Ruby Garvey (5CW) received the golden key for contributing to class discussions and respecting the opinions of others. Sophie Lictaoa has her writing on the showstopper wall.

Hoping that you have a lovely, sunny weekend,

The Year 5 Team

Congratulations to the winners of the reading Passport Challenge – Tilly, Niamh, Islwyn, Kieran and Faith – who will be going to Rock Up on the 1st April.

This week in maths we have been finishing our unit about time, solving problems to do with various timetables. We are now moving on to statistics – interpreting different types of graphs.

As part of our focus on extreme sports, children have been exploring complex sentences, identifying the main and subordinate clauses. Please ensure that your child’s homework is in on Monday as they will need this to begin their own non-chronological reports.

This week in Golden Key Assembly Cameron McIntyre (5E) received the golden key for increased effort in all areas of work  and Charlie Henderson (5E) has his work on the showstopper wall. Joshua Renji (5CW) received his golden key for making the right choices inside and outside of the classroom. Jacob Kurowski (5CW) has his work on the showstopper wall too.

Have a great weekend,

Year 5 Team