Welcome to year 5!

Your teachers are: Mrs Chappell & Mr Daly

carolinechappell@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk            montydaly@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

Hello and welcome to Year Five!

Weekly update Year 5 team: 26.4.24

KEY DATES:

6^th May – Bank holiday

21^st May – KS2 sports day

27^th- 31st May – Half term

In English, we have continued with our ‘Children of the Benin Kingdom’ book, which the children are thoroughly enjoying! We have been learning about parenthesis and relative clauses to add extra information to our writing.

Our shape topic has continued in maths by learning how to use protractors accurately to measure and draw angles. This is a topic that they found tricky at first, but we have persevered and they are showing signs of improvement!

In science, we ran an experiment to test the thermal insulation of different materials. We filled different material cups with hot water and tested how much the water cooled down. We found out that paper cups were the best to store our hot drinks in and used our data to create a bar chart. We also spent some time discussing Earth Day, which took place this week, which has the theme of ‘planet vs plastic’ this year.

We finished the week with some DT and music. The pupils have been creating a design which uses a CAMS mechanism to reveal a hidden message or picture. Next week, they will be building their design. In music, we honed in our singing skills by learning a Ghanaian song. We also thought about improvisation in music and discussed how Jimi Hendrix used improvisation in his live performances.

Finally, over the past couple of weeks there have been a lot of children in homework club. Please continue to encourage the children to complete their TTRS, spelling and reading homework by the end of the week. 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Chappell & Mr Daly

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.

Please remember to read the Head teacher’s letter for this week.

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:

TTRS is up and running.  We are asking everyone to complete 15 garage sessions per week (15 minutes). Pupils can then play games of their choice once this is complete.

Spellings homework:

Teachers will check the online logs every Friday. We are now using the 'Spelling Shed' website for our spelling homework. Each week, teachers will set an assignment for your child to complete. This assignment involves them playing 10 spelling games (there are 10 questions per game) linked to their learning in school. Please ensure that your child has logged in and had a go at accessing some of the games in their assignment. If you encounter any difficulties, please let us know as soon as possible.

Summer Term First Half

Our topic this half term will be a history focus, learning about the English Civil War and the Battle of Stamford Hill. 

In science, we are looking at the properties of different materials. 

In DT, we are going to be designing and making a cams mechanism which will reveal a hidden message!

In PE this half term, we will be doing netball and dance.