Gloucestershire

A typical week in Gloucestershire: 

This week in Gloucestershire 5

Week beginning Monday 30th September

This week, Gloucestershire have worked hard in English to write persuasive letters to the main character. They used modal verbs and fronted adverbials to make their letters particularly convincing.

In Maths, we are nearing the end of our addition and subtraction unit of learning and the children have been demonstrating a strong knowledge of column methods. We have been using bar models to compare calculations and decide which will give a greater answer while also working on breaking down longer word questions. 

In Geography, we have been looking at time zones around the world. We have discussed why we have time zones and how we can calculate the time zones in other countries using GMT.

This week, we had our RE lesson in the church. The children were very engaged, coming up with thoughtful questions and offering some insightful answers.

Gloucestershire 5 have PE on Monday and Thursday in term 1.

Spellings will be issued on a Wednesday and tested on the following Wednesday.

Times Tables will also be tested on Wednesdays. Next week we will be testing the 6 times tables.

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Home Learning

Home learning and spellings will be set each week on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. 

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication skills taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.

You should be practising for at least 30 minutes a week.

We have a TT Rock Star of the week. Look out to see who the first one is!

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Rapid recall of multiplication is essential for success in maths and Times Tables Rockstars gives you self-confidence, recognition and motivation to improve.

We will have a times tables check each Wednesday.  Next week it will be on the 6's

Challenge yourself to beat your score, build your knowledge and watch your confidence sore, as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

Spelling

The link below will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/

This document contains spelling strategies that are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words: Southborough's Spelling Strategies

Spellings will be tested (including using them in a sentence) on Wednesdays. 

Reading

In Year 5, children should be reading for a minimum of 15 minutes per day.

All children have been given a new AR bookmark and know their AR bands. They have selected a book to read at home and school.

Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader. Some helpful questions to ask the children as they read have been pasted below. 

Please note: pupil login details have changed slightly due to an upgrade that has taken place on the Accelerated Reader platform. Pupil login details (user name and password) should now be enter in all lower case (no capital letters at all). These login details are used each time your child quizzes a school reading book which carries an accelerated reading quiz code.

Music Knowledge Organiser

Below is the music knowledge organiser for this term's music topic. To help with their in-class learning, please can the children read over this each week.