English

Last week, the children wrote a suspense narrative focusing on weaving action, dialogue and description throughout. They wrote some incredible stories, and it was a brilliant way for children to showcase their skills from the year. This week, the children will be writing a flashback, this links to our class text and the main character flashing back to a key event in her life. The focus on the flashback is using a range of clauses for effect.

Maths

Last week, the children were focusing on 3D shapes. They learnt how to describe and compare 3D shapes based on their properties, built shapes from nets and explored circles. This week, the children are starting the volume unit. Alongside this, we will continue to work hard on arithmetic as a year group.

Thematic 

Last week, the children studied artwork to advertise the railways. They looked at advertisement posters from the past and compared them to modern day posters. The children learnt about bias and how it encourages people to visit Broadstairs. On Friday, the children visited Howletts as part of their conservation learning and it was such a fantastic day! This week, the children are going to be learning about environmental changes such as wind farming and planning their DT project; to build a wind turbine.

 

Key Dates 

Thursday 3^rd July- Transition day

Friday 4^th July- DT day

Monday 7^th July- Upton’s Got Talent AM

Friday 11^th July- Summer fair

Friday 18^th July- Last day of term

 

Homework

- Please read with your child at least 3 times a week.

- All children have been given a ZPD to help them identify the correct books for their reading level. Once your child has read their book, they will need to complete a quiz on it before getting a new one. These quizzes can be done either in school or at home on Accelerated Reader using the log-in codes found in their reading records.

Welcome (renaissance-go.com) 

- Children should be playing TTRS at least 3 times a week to build their confidence and fluency with time-tables knowledge.

- Mathletics homework has also been set for the children to complete by next Friday.

- Please see the homework menu attached for our thematic homework. This can be completed in the homework book provided if you wish.

The Year 5 team