Year 5 - Autumn 1 - Week 8
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 10:37am
The end of the first half term already! Time has absolutely raced by and it is more than fair to say that Year 5 have worked extremely hard and have already achieved so much.
We have had many highlights so far, including:
- In English, we completed our first Author Book work of this year based on our focus text, ‘Queen of the Falls’;
- We have been reading Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo), Cicada (Shaun Tan), Try (Emma Adams) and With You Every Step (Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield);
- Our visit to Jodrell Bank Space Observatory taught us even more incredible facts about the vast universe beyond our planet;
- Sports journalism sessions with journalist, Gareth Walker, from Literacy Kicks;
- Coding our own Space Shooter game with Jam Coding;
- Speed Stacking and Fitness Circuits in PE;
- Learning about ‘retrofuturism’ in our Art lessons and applying our own understanding to a range of pieces;
- Learning about the vast cultural differences and impressive physical geography of South America;
- Our Mathletes vs. Mathemagicians times tables battles
- BIG Maths and other Maths speed games including Blooket, our introduction to ‘Shootout’ and ‘Spin the Wheel’;
- …plus many more!
Let’s see what the next half term brings! In the meantime, enjoy the break, Year 5!
Some reminders for after half term:
- Spellings have been set as usual via Google Classroom and will be tested at the end of the first week back at school after half term.
- There is no set homework for next week, however the Year 5 ‘Virtual Classroom’ has been updated and attached to this blog, which includes links to a variety of websites and resources. All pupils' individual passwords can all be found on Google Classroom. Don't forget, there is also the ‘Practice’ section on Mirodo where the children can choose any topic they wish to practise for Maths, Reading, SpaG or Science.
- PE for Year 5 will remain on Thursdays and Fridays.