WE HAVE PE ON TUESDAY 22ND APRIL.  PLEASE BRING YOUR PE KIT TO SCHOOL

A typical week in Herefordshire: 

This week in Herefordshire 5

Week beginning Monday 30th June

In English this week, the children have been writing exciting alternative endings for a chapter, thinking about what might happen next on Peter's journey. We are starting to learn a lot more about Vola's history and the children have been using this knowledge to create some diary entries using emotive language.

In Maths, we have been learning about converting units of measurement and thinking about what units of measurements are most appropriate for various objects and items in everyday life. 

In Science, we will be looking at mixtures and how we can use filtering to separate these into separate parts

In History, we researched some Greek philosophers and had a go at answering some philosophical questions which caused quite some discussion!

The children had a fantastic time at St Gregory's last week and enjoyed solving crimes in the science lab and making the most of their sports facilities. They have also been enjoying their first bike ability session!

For extra help at home with maths use this link for skills on Decimals

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. 

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

We recommend children in Year 5 children read for at least 15 minutes a day. 

Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader using the parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week:

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Some helpful questions to ask the children and check their understanding as they read have been pasted below. 

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading their current book, children are asked to complete a quiz before choosing the next one:

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

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.