Welcome to London Bridge Class
Class Teacher: Miss S. Winser (Howard’s Curriculum Lead)
Teaching Assistant: Mrs R. Verma
Homework:
Handed out on Fridays,
Returned by Wednesday,
Please remember that homework is an important building stone in the child’s learning and development. The children will receive Dojo-Points for completed homework as well as particularly outstanding contributions.
Daily Reading:
To help further develop the children’s reading and academic development, please support and encourage the children to read daily for at least 10 minutes. This daily reading should then be recorded (title + pages) in the Learning Diary. We would kindly ask parents to sign/initial the record.
The children will receive Dojo-Points for daily reading.
Recommended reading books for Year 5:
Best Books for Year 5 | Ages 9-10 | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 9 and 10 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Reading Activities:
Once the children have completed reading a book, they then choose an activity related to the book (e.g. book-review, letter to the author, sequel, character profile, alternative cover etc.). This activity is completed in the child’s Reading Journal. Our wonderful teaching assistants will then check, feedback and record the completion of these activities.
The children will receive multiple Dojo-Points to reward exceptional work.
PE:
Our current P.E. days are Tuesday and Wednesday with Miss Handley.
This week we will be focusing on:
Maths– We shall be focusing on how to use the formal written method for addition and subtraction; using rounding to check our answers; and solving multistep problems for addition and subtraction. We shall also be completing an arithmetic paper.
Reading- We shall be going through our recent reading comprehension papers.
Writing- We shall be starting our new talk for writing unit of The Three Little Pigs
PE – Please make sure your child has their full swimming kit (including swimming hats for girls) for Tuesday.
Science – Mrs Adams will be exploring forces with London Bridge class.
Additional Information:
Reading passport challenge – Every child in the school has been given an exciting reading passport to complete. There are exciting prizes to be won. Please encourage your child to take ownership of their passport and strive to complete as many tasks as possible.
Key dates:
18th May – Whole class and individual photo day!
19th May – Non-uniform day. The Friends of Howard are asking each child to ‘bring a bottle’ in return for wearing their own clothes.
This week we will be focusing on:
Maths– We shall be focusing on how to accurately translate a shape across a grid and identify the shape’s new coordinates. We shall then be revising the formal written methods for addition and subtraction.
Reading- We shall be starting our new class read Skelling, by David Almond. We shall be completing a reading comprehension paper in class and going through techniques afterwards.
Writing- We shall be starting our new unit of letter writing. We shall be writing complaint letters this week and therefore we shall be focusing on the planning, writing and editing process to ensure we include all of the important features of a letter.
PE – Please make sure your child has their full swimming kit (including swimming hats for girls) for Tuesday.
RE – We shall be looking our new topic of Judaism.
Science – Mrs Adams will be exploring forces with London Bridge class.
Additional Information:
Reading passport challenge – Every child in the school has been given an exciting reading passport to complete. There are exciting prizes to be won. Please encourage your child to take ownership of their passport and strive to complete as many tasks as possible.
Purchasing a copy of Skellig – Should your child want to read along in class, copies of Skellig can be purchased from The Book People here.
Choir – The choir is restarting, please see Mrs Hughes for a letter.
Key dates:
18th May – Whole class and individual photo day!
19th May – Non-uniform day. The Friends of Howard are asking each child to ‘bring a bottle’ in return for wearing their own clothes.