English

This week, we wrote a speech to persuade Bradley's class to give him a chance and to be his friend. The children used all of their existing knowledge about Bradley and how he behaves, to write a speech. They focused on using emotive language alongside persuasive language to engage the reader. Next week, the children will be moving onto 'The Lady of Shallott.' They will be writing a descriptive poem focusing on adverbials.  

Maths

This week, the children have been learning how to read and interpret timetables. They have been studying Olympic schedules and also learning how to read bus times. Next week, the children will be consolidating their learning and preparing for multiplication and division after half term. 

Thematic Curriculum

This week, the children learnt about the human impact on North America's environment. The children learnt about the positives and negatives including deforestation, urbanisation and renewable energy, The children used this knowledge to write a persuasive speech to the North American people. The purpose was to inform them of existing issues and also to suggest how this can be changed for the better. Next week, the children will be learning about Judaism for RE week. Today, the children released the butterflies. See some photos below. 

TTRS COMPETITION

Congratulations to Mr Noble's group for winning the year 5 TTRS competition. Thank you and Well done to all the children who entered the competition. 

Sir Link Alot

This week, year 5 are focusing on level 3 Patient Potter.

Key Dates:

Monday 21st October- Parents evening

Tuesday 22nd October- Parents evening

Friday 25th October- INSET DAY

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