The Year 5 Team

Curriculum Overview

This week in Sussex 5:

Wednesday 5th November.

We are enjoying listening to our class text 'Cosmic'.  The main character Liam went on a theme park rollercoaster that was really for adults, not small children.  He is definitely a thrill seeker!  The children have designed their own rollercoasters this week and have written a report about them to persuade others to ride it.  They are going to be planning and writing their own stories this week about their rollercoasters - it will be interesting to read what happens during the ride and whether they survive!

We are starting our Fractions unit of learning this week, beginning with equivalent fractions and understanding that 1/2 is the same as 2/4, 4/8, 3/6 etc.  We will be converting fractions into improper and proper fractions as well.

In history we have been answering the question 'Why were the Shang dynasty warriors so successful in warfare'  We have listened to a podcast explaining how they attacked other tribes and looked at photo evidence of weapons they used.  We decided that they had better materials and strategies to be able to defend and attack their enemies and were very skillful in their pursuit to win.

In geography this week we have moved onto human geography around the world.  We played 'top trumps' comparing the population figures on different continents and thinking about why some continents have bigger population densities than others, linked to the actual area of the continent.

Our Foundation subject home learning starts tomorrow.  Please see the document at the top of the website to see which group your child is in and which subject they need to study first.  Please send the homework into school on Tuesday so the children can feed back to one another about their learning.

Spellings will now be set on a Wednesday for testing on the following Wednesday.

Times tables will be tested on a Friday - this week we will be testing 9 x table and some of us will be tested on the 19 x table.

A typical week in Sussex 5

Home Learning

Spellings - starting Monday 6th October.

Multiplication Tables

Weekly practise of multiplication tables is vital in supporting mathematical development. Below is a chart of the 36 essential facts to learn. This is especially helpful for children who are almost fluent.

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/

Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!

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

To continue to learn times tables, this website is useful:

Times tables games - Learn them all here!

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book. 

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

Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

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