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– Square and cube numbers; multiplication and division problem solving.
Reading- We will be continuing with our class reading book – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. We are focusing on how to answer comprehensions accurately and efficiently.
Writing- We shall be starting a new unit of instruction writing. We shall look at efficient planning methods and how to accurately write and edit a useful set of instructions, using the appropriate grammar and technical vocabulary.
PE – Please make sure your child has their full swimming kit (including swimming hats for girls) for Tuesday.
Geography – Exciting times as we start our new unit of Rivers! We shall be writing a non-chronological report all about a river that we have researched in pairs.
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.
16th March – Trip to Croydon Library for Rhythm and Rhyme poetry workshop.
Netball Club – Miss Handley is looking for keen and enthusiastic players to join her netball team. The club is after school on Tuesdays, please see her if you are interested in joining.
This week we will be focusing on:
Maths– we shall be continuing to learn about capacity and volume; converting between units of time; and revising our calculation strategies for multiplication and division.
Reading- We will be continuing with our class reading book – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The children are thoroughly enjoying the book. We have been looking at the vocabulary in depth will be focusing on being able to skim read to answer questions. We shall be completing a reading comprehension test and looking
Writing- We shall be continuing with our narrative unit. This week we shall continue to write our adventure text We shall also be revisiting the expected grammar expectations for Year 5 encouraging the children to up level their writing.
PE – Please make sure your child has their full swimming kit (including swimming hats for girls) for Tuesday.
Science: Our last science lesson on changing states of materials with Mrs Adams.
Additional Information:
Well done to everyone who dressed up as a book character for World Book Day! You all looked amazing.
16th March – Trip to Croydon Library for Rhythm and Rhyme poetry workshop.
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