N'hamptonshire

A typical week in Northamptonshire

This week in Northamptonshire 5

Week beginning Monday 9^th September

We have had a great start to Year 5! All children seem happy and settled and are getting into the swing of new routines and seating plans.

We have had two exciting Science lessons, studying gravity and understanding the difference between mass and weight, measuring different objects with newton metres.

In PSHE we worked together in a Collaboration Challenge to make the highest tower using paper and sellotape while also working the best in a team!

In English, we have started reading the book Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths!.  The children are already enjoying the story and understanding the characters and their relationships.  We are learning how to use fronted adverbials and how to use commas this week.

In Maths, we have revised using Roman numerals and are now practising using numbers to 1 million, including the place value of digits.

The timetable for this term has been set and Northamptonshire 5 have PE on Wednesdays and Thursdays in term 1.

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

Times Tables will also be tested on Wednesdays.

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 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. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

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

Reading

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. 

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.