Year 5 Friday Blog - 4.10.24
Date: 2nd Oct 2024 @ 11:37pm
Dear parents,
Welcome to the Year 5 Friday blog!
Information Update
The PTFA
The first PTFA Disco of the year, with LJ Events, is Thursday, 17th October:
Reception, Y1 and Y2: 5.45pm-6.30pm (a parent needs to accompany their Reception child)
• Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6: 6.45pm-7.45pm
Tickets are on sale from the school office. Please send £3.50 in a named envelope with your child and tickets will be sent home with your child. Tickets are £3.50/child in advance or £4.00 on the night. Ticket price includes a drink. Tuck shop available on the night. If you can offer some time to help out please contact Helena ([email protected]) or the school office and we can add your name to the list of helpers. We hope to see you there!
Please support our PTFA - they support every class and have helped raise funds for some fantastic resources in Y5!
Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.
Homework
Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading records asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference.
Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below and a link to spelling frame.
Please note that our spelling quiz will be on Thursday 19th September and our times tables quiz will be on Friday 20th September.
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Times tables - Please use the Times Tables Rock Stars website to practise the times tables. We will be revising all times tables in year 5 and further developing related division facts. Times tables test will take place each Friday.
Information update
It's important that the children use the latest versions of the app and and website to ensure they receive the most secure, feature-rich and enjoyable experience of Times Tables Rock Stars.
Solution - if playing at home
If using the website at home, parents could you visit play.ttrockstars.com/reset to load the latest version in their device's browser. Otherwise update the Times Tables Rock Stars app from the app store.
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I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes, every night, on each of the websites.
Our learning this week in Year 5
PE
The children have build on their recent learning bowling overarm from a stationary position or a short run up. They have then thought as a batter which is the best position to stand in, which space is best to strike the ball into and how to score the most runs giving reasons for their thinking. They also had to consider being the fielder and how best to cover the space. The children have taken this into a game situation this week which they thoroughly enjoyed.
English
This week, the children have devised their own mythical creatures in order to write an independent non-chronological report. They have explored the use of formal wrting and how to use a backstory that explains the history of their creature. The children also used aspects of descriptive language which helped to bring their creatures to life.
On Thursday we celebrated National Poetry Day where we read and discussed the poem One by James Berry. The children were able to explain that the poem was describing how everyone is unique and how wonderful that is. From this they drew pictures of themselves and explained what made them unique.
Maths
This week, the children have completed the addition and subtraction unit. We have been using various methods, such as estimating, rounding and bridging then choosing the most efficient one to complete calculations.
Science
In our Science session this week, the children have completed a camparative and fair test through investigating advertising claims about the absorbancy of different types of paper towels. They designed an investigation to ascertain which one was the most absorbant, recording their results and writing a conclusion about their findings.
Computing
This week, the children have been creating a physical concept map based on how we can look after the environment. This shows how we can organise information.
Have a fantastic weekend!
The Year 5 team