Welcome to Year 5!

Your teachers are:

Mrs Chappell:     carolinechappell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk 

Miss Barriball:    hannahbarriball@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Year 5 Weekly Update

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes!  The warmer weather this week has been a lovely surprise and has definitely given us a spring in our step.  We really hope it continues into the weekend for Miss Barriball who is getting married! 💒👰  From Monday onwards, she will be known as Mrs Drew!  We wish her all the best. 💗

Athlete visit Tuesday 17th March - We have Ariyanna McGee, a British athlete, coming to visit our school to talk about her career and do a small workshop with as many classes as possible. Sponsorship forms were handed to the children to help raise money to support this event and raise money for school PE resources. These need to be returned with any donations by Tuesday 10th March. Additionally, you can donation some money towards it here:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stratton-primary-schoolfundraiser

English
This week in English, we have been exploring a new genre of writing: the balanced argument. The children have been practising using conjunctions to skilfully introduce new points and link their arguments with evidence. Our topic for debate was a fascinating one: the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence. We had some very thoughtful and mature discussions as the children weighed up both sides of this complex issue.

Maths
In maths, we have been putting our place value knowledge to the test by ordering and comparing decimal numbers. Next week, we will be moving on to percentages—a topic that often sounds trickier than it actually is!

World Book Day
A huge thank you for your support with World Book Day yesterday. It was wonderful to see the children's fantastic costumes and their enthusiasm for reading.

To celebrate, in Oak, we took inspiration from Joseph Coelho's book, 'Ten Word Tiny Tales'. Please see the photos attached of Year 5 hard at work, creating their own imaginative and brilliantly concise ten-word stories.  Warning:  Some of their tales are fairly gruesome!!!

Computing
We’ve had a fantastic time in computing this week! The children learned how to code their micro:bits, specifically using the radio function. The challenge was to make it seem as if they were 'throwing' an image from one device to another. They absolutely loved it, and we were particularly impressed with their excellent debugging skills when the devices weren't communicating with each other.

Have a wonderful weekend.
 

Mrs Chappell and Miss Barriball (soon to be Mrs Drew)

HOMEWORK

Reading:
Please can your child read 5 times a week, preferably out loud. They have a reading log which will be checked every Friday morning. Please ensure their reading book comes in every day.

Maths:
We are asking everyone to complete 10 Garage sessions per week and 5 Soundchecks (15 minutes). Pupils can then play games of their choice once this is complete.

Spelling:
Teachers will check the Spelling Shed online logs every Friday. This assignment involves them playing 10 spelling games (there are 10 questions per game) linked to their learning in school. If you encounter any difficulties, please let us know as soon as possible.

Important messages/information:

SPARE SHOES:
Please put spare trainers in your child’s bag. In the event of rain, wet play and PE are result in wet, damp shoes. Thank you.