The Year 5 Team

Curriculum Overview

This week in Sussex 5:

Wednesday 12th November.

The children have been working incredibly hard in English this week.  They have been writing persuasive arguments from the 'dad' in our book to Liam, the main character.  Liam keeps on making mistakes and getting away with 'being' an adult.  Dad is fed up with all the scrapes he keeps getting himself into and wants Liam to just be an 'ordinary 12 year old'.  Difficult when he's soooo tall and has a beard!

The children have also been writing stories, demonstrating their skills of including dialogue and ensuring there is cohesion within their stories - both very important skills for writers to accomplish.

We are continuing our fractions learning, understanding equivalent fractions better as well as turning improper fractions into mixed numbers and back again.  This has been challenging for some of us but it's always good to be able to help each other and solve problems which even the teacher has struggled with!  We are moving onto adding and subtracting fractions next week - learning the rules associated with these calculations in handling fractions.

In history we have been learning about Fu Hao, the mighty female Ancient Chinese warrior.  The children had to think of some questions that they could ask about her life, her warfare strategies and her burial.  They then had to use the resources available to find the answers and write accurate Q&As.

Thank you to all those children and parents who engaged with the home learning.  This week.  It was interesting to hear what the children had found out and wanted to extend their knowledge about.  The children need to move onto the next activity this week and bring in their findings on Tuesday next week.

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