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Upton Junior School

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10.1.25 Year 5 Weekly News

Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back year 5 and Happy New Year! 

We are looking forward to an exciting term ahead!

English

This week, we introduced our new text, 'Anglo-Saxon Boy.' We spent the week focusing on ambitious vocabulary to write a descriptive narrative opener. Next week, we will be continuing the text and using art as a stimulus for writing a setting description of an Anglo-Saxon farm. Our spelling focus for the week will be the -cious and -tious sounds. 

Maths

This week, we began our journey of fractions and decimals. The children have been drawing, identifying and naming fractions and finding equivalent fractions. Next week, the children will be finding tenths and hundredths as fractions, introducing decimals and comparing fractions and decimals. 

Thematic 

On Monday, we began our week with a STEM day. The children learnt about a range of jobs in science. The children have also learnt about budgeting, critical consumers and ethical spending. They were given a budget and had to choose how to spend this based on the cost of housing, savings and essentials. We also introduced our new topic, 'Marvels of Matter' this week. We learnt how the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain and why. Next week, we are going to be learning about the kings and kingdoms during the Anglo-Saxon reign. 

Sir Link Alot

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

Key Dates 

Tuesday 21st January- B and G to Canterbury Cathedral

Wednesday 22nd January- R and Y to Canterbury Cathedral

Tuesday 28th January- Parent reading engage session 2.40pm

Wednesday 5th February- Matilda trip to Chatham and Clarendon

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 weekend!

The Year 5 team

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Edge End Road
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Kent
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