This week in Northamptonshire 5

Week beginning Monday 9th June 2025

PE lessons in term 6 will be on WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS.

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

Times Tables will be tested on Wednesdays - on 18th June we are testing mixed tables up to 12 x 12

We enjoyed finishing Odysseus last week.  The children were so captivated by the ending of the story that they clapped when it finished!  There was a lot of book talk about what they enjoyed and why.

We have begun reading our final book of Year 5 - Pax.  It's about a boy and a fox and the children are already intrigued by the story and what might happen.  We have been thinking about how the author has described the setting and characters along with drawing the reader in with glimpses about what might happen in the book.

In maths we are learning about decimals, whilst also keeping up with our maths fluency.  The children have been practising their long multiplication and short division skills to keep them skilled up.

In History, the children are continuing their learning about the Ancient Greeks.  they have studied and compared different ages with the time period - the Myans, Mycaeanians, Dark ages and Archaic Period.

In science we have been learning about insulators.  Next week we will be finding out about soluble mixtures - this will be an exciting lesson!

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.