English

This week, the children wrote their internal monologues from our main characters points of view. They used rhetorical questions to express their feelings, alongside ambitious and emotive language. In SPAG, the children were learning about homophones and simple and complex sentences. Next week, the children will be writing an Anglo-Saxon quest story based on our story. They will focus on using a range of clauses.

Maths

This week, the children have been solving problems with fractions using division, rounding decimals and consolidating their understanding. Next week, we will be finishing our fractions and decimals journey with our post-unit quiz and beginning our next unit, angles. 

Thematic 

This week, the children learnt about the events in Sutton Hoo. They researched the findings and events that followed. They have started writing their newspaper reports and will continue doing them next week.

Mandarin day

The children carried out a range of activities on Chinese New Year, including; writing a fact file about the Myth of Nian, Chinese methods of multiplication and making paper snakes to celebrate the year of the snake. In the afternoon, the children also took part in Tai Chi and sang in the hall. 

Sir Link Alot

This week, year 5 are recapping level 3 key words.

Key Dates 

Wednesday 5th February- Matilda trip to Chatham and Clarendon. A reminder for a packed lunch on this day, a coat and water bottle, and the children can bring a £1 to buy an ice lolly during the interval. 

Monday 10th February- Museum and poetry recital

Wednesday 12th February- Visit to St Peters Church

Homework

- Please read with your child at least 3 times a week.

- All children have been given a ZPD to help them identify the correct books for their reading level. Once your child has read their book, they will need to complete a quiz on it before getting a new one. These quizzes can be done either in school or at home on Accelerated Reader using the log-in codes found in their reading records.

Welcome (renaissance-go.com) 

- Children should be playing TTRS at least 3 times a week to build their confidence and fluency with time-tables knowledge.

- Mathletics homework has also been set for the children to complete by next Friday.

- Please see the homework menu attached for our thematic homework. This can be completed in the homework book provided if you wish.

Have a great weekend!

The Year 5 team