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It's Christmas!! What a great Christmassy week we have had. Although, there have been an awful lot of bugs and germs about, as well as snow and ice! This week, we have worked hard to complete our Geography unit on Informal Settlements and our English unit on Biographies. Our maths work has been based around the Twelve Days of Christmas and we have undertaken a creative writing task, based on winter. We have also had a few Christmassy afternoons this week. On Monday, we enjoyed Magic Martin, and he really was Magic! On Tuesday, we undertook our Christingle Service at St Peters Church, which was wonderful. then today, we have enjoyed board games, party games and a Christmas film to end the Autumn term. (There are some pictures on Dojo) I hope that you all have a great Christmas and that you all stay on the Nice list. We are returning to school on Wednesday 4th January, so I will see you next year! Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! Another extremely busy week in year 5! Thank you to all of the parents that attended the Christmas Fayre last week and the Carol Service today. - superb music and singing it made me feel very Christmassy! This week, Hazel class have been working hard on our English unit based on biographies, we have been researching and writing our own biographies about famous people. We have worked hard in Maths, on both assessments and defining what a fraction actually is (See photos). In Geography, we explored the conditions in Informal Settlements and what could be done to improve them. On Wednesday, we had Christmas Jumper Day and enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch, we played an invasion game outside in our Christmas jumpers afterwards. (see photos) The children have enjoyed their Music session with Miss Boyce this week, really getting to grips with Christmas songs and their R.E. session with Miss Penny, when they learnt more about the Islamic holy building - the mosque. We ended the week today, with a P.E session with our Saints Southwest coach Mrs Edwards, There is a digital copy of this half term's Wider Curriculum Home Learning on Dojo and the website, as well as paper one, which came home with the children last Monday. For this, there is a choice of activities, I would like to see 1 completed activity by Thursday 15th December, which is next Thursday. Although this is our optional home learning, the activities are creative and fun and there is lots of time to complete this so I would be delighted to see some really good quality pieces. In terms of home learning, I sent a letter home after half term, outlining expectations, as well as a recording sheet for time spent on TTRS, which will renew every week. Please take the time to fill this in, as multiplication tables knowledge has such an impact on the children's Maths learning. I would like the children to spend 25 minutes a week on TTRS, this can be 5 minutes every day, or blocked to fit around what you are doing at home. I will also be in class during some lunchtimes, if children cannot access TTRS at home. Spellings are also on Dojo. Can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home every day, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. This is to promote reading for pleasure as there is nothing better than a good book. Remember, that you are your child’s greatest role model, so if they see you enjoying a good book, it really promotes good learning habits. I have posted a list of great websites to practise on - see the links on this page. Next week we will be completing our unit on biographies in English, working on multiplication and division in Maths, Physical and Chemical Changes in Science and trying to solve the problems of living conditions in Informal Settlements. Please look out for upcoming events, the next one is the Carol concert in St Peter's on Sunday evening and then our Christingle Service in St Peter's Church on Tuesday 13th December at 2pm - we hope to see you there. Have a great weekend, whatever you are up to - enjoy your family time together. See you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! Another extremely busy week in year 5! Today, we saw the Christmas Fayre - can you believe there's only 23 days to go? Thank for your entries to the decorate the bauble competition, they are superb (see photos). The elves in Hazel class have also been busy making pop up Christmas cards as their DT project, I hope you were at the Christmas Fayre to buy one - they're amazing! This week, Hazel class have been working hard on our English unit based on biographies, we have written our own short biography based on the author of Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling (our latest class reader). We have worked hard in Maths, exploring multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 for which we used a lot of manipulatives to help us (see photos) and completing our end of unit assessment for Multiplication and Division. In Science, we looked at what a chemical change is compared to a physical change. In Geography, we explored the 2 informal settlements Dharavi and Rochina, which are in India and Brazil respectively. The living conditions here are different but both very poor. The children have enjoyed their Music session with Miss Boyce this week, really getting to grips with Christmas songs and their R.E. session with Miss Penny, when they learnt about the 5 Pillars of Islam. We ended the week today, with a P.E session with our Saints Southwest coach Mrs Edwards, based on Uni-Hoc, we learnt about passing, tackling and shooting and put it into practise in match play. There is a digital copy of this half term's Wider Curriculum Home Learning on Dojo and the website, as well as the paper one you've already received. For this, there is a choice of activities, I would like to see 1 completed activity by Thursday 15th December, which is the last Thursday before the end of term. Although this is our optional home learning, the activities are creative and fun and there is lots of time to complete this so I would be delighted to see some really good quality pieces. In terms of home learning, I sent a letter home at the beginning of this half term, outlining expectations, as well as a recording sheet for time spent on TTRS, which will renew every week. Please take the time to fill this in, as multiplication tables knowledge has such an impact on the children's Maths learning. I would like the children to spend 25 minutes a week on TTRS, this can be 5 minutes every day, or blocked to fit around what you are doing at home. I will also be in class during some lunchtimes, if children cannot access TTRS at home. Spellings also came home this week and the new spellings are on Dojo. Can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home every day, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. This is to promote reading for pleasure as there is nothing better than a good book. Remember, that you are your child’s greatest role model, so if they see you enjoying a good book, it really promotes good learning habits. I have posted a list of great reads for year 5 children on the button at the edge of this page, if you are unsure, or need ideas as to what your children should be reading. Next week we will be continuing our unit on biographies in English, Fractions in Maths, Physical and Chemical Changes in Science, and Islam in R.E. Please look out for upcoming events, this will be updated on Dojo on Monday. Have a great weekend, whatever you are up to - enjoy your family time together. See you on Monday Mr F |
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