English

This week, we began the week by writing a description about our own world above the clouds. We introduced this concept as it linked to our new text; 'Who Let the Gods Out,' in which the main character ends up in Elysium, a home for the Greek Zodiac council above the clouds of Earth. Following this, the children drew Elysium based on the description in the book. They used this drawing to then write an up-levelled version of this description. Next week, the children will be creating a wanted poster for the 'Daemon of death' in our story and writing a news report of his escape. 

Maths

This week, the children have finished their unit on angles. They learnt how to find missing angles on a straight line and how to problem solve with angles. Next week, they are going to be adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. 

Thematic 

This week, we started the week by learning about Kindness. Our PD day was focused on kindness and the children created a beautiful piece of artwork to represent this. The rest of the week, we have discussed conflicts, dares and risks, which all link to our PSHE curriculum. Next week, we are going to be starting our topic, Gods and Mortals. We will be learning about life in Athens and Sparta. 

Sir Link Alot

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

Key Dates 

 Thursday 6^th March- World Book Day

Wednesday 12^th March- STEM day

Wednesday 19^th March- Parent engage session 2.40pm

Friday 21^st March- Comic relief 80’s theme

Wednesday 26^th March- Year 5 WOW day and book look

Monday 31^st March- Parents evening

Tuesday 1^st April- Parents evening

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.

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- 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 half term!

The Year 5 team