Key Messages: for next week…

• Monday is PE for all of Year 5. Please send the children in wearing their PE kit.
• Thursday is swimming for 5R and 5Y. Please ensure that full swimming kit is brought in on that day. If your child cannot take part, please contact their teacher or the office to explain why.
• Children can come to school in their PE kit on swimming days.
• Please ensure children are wearing correct school uniform and shoes, including a tie.
• Please ensure children are bringing in their water bottles every day, preferably with a sports cap.

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Weekly homework tasks: 

Reading daily – please bring in your reading record signed by an adult.

TTRS - at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes.

Spelling Shed - Friday to Friday

Mathletics – Friday to Friday

Please note, Mathletics has a different login to Spelling Shed and TTRS.

***Well done to everyone who has received a certificate so far for either Mathletics or TTRS***

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Reminders:

Monday 8^th, Tuesday 9^th and Wednesday 10^th July, Year 5 will be going to Broadstairs library. Please see a separate message with the details. If you would like your child to sign up for a library card, please complete the form sent home today and return it with your child on their library day. If your child has a library card already, they can bring it in on their day and sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge and/or borrow books.

Friday 12^th July is the summer fair. Please ensure all resources needed are brought in on the day. Parents are also invited in for a picnic lunch on this day.

On Monday 15^th July, all Year 5 children will have an activities session with a sports coach. Please can children bring in a water bottle and a sun hat/ sun cream as required. Please also provide a jumper/hoodie in case of cooler weather.

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Termly Home Learning Task - Term 6: Tides of Change

This term in Year 5 we will be continuing our topic ‘Tides of Change’. During our thematic lessons, the children will be delving further into the history as well as the human and physical geography of their local area! We would like the children to immerse themselves in the topic during their home learning by exploring another one of these tasks, or a task of their choosing which links. They may present their work in any way that they wish; it could be a presentation, poster, or something that they make, the possibilities are endless. This piece of work will need to be brought back into school by the last week of term. If something is physically created, please can this be brought in or a photo stuck into books so we can celebrate the children’s success!

 We look forward to seeing more fabulous projects.

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English:

In English this week we wrote a flashback as future Ruby looking back at an event that happened in the past. We focused on including parenthesis and correct verb tenses. It was interesting to read where they thought Ruby would be in the future and what her life would be like.

Next week, we will be finishing When the Mountains Roared and will write a persuasive letter to the government about poaching.

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Maths:

This week in maths we looked at how we calculate the mean and its importance in everyday life. We also looked at how we could use different strategies to solve money problems.

Next week we will continue our problem-solving lessons.

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Thematic Curriculum:

This week our afternoon lessons have been DT sessions, where we made wind turbines. We used a variety of materials to make them and included a pulley system to make the blades rotate. Overall, we were very successful.

Next week we will be recording our ‘Lonely Planet’ guides about Broadstairs and Ramsgate.