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.
Autumn 2 – Week 1 – 1st November 2021
Welcome back to school, happy second half-term of Year 5 & Welcome to …
We hope you had an eventful and energising half-term break.
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
Please remember – our PE days stay Tuesday and Thursday.
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- I can use the columnar method when adding money.
- I can use the columnar method when subtracting money.
- I can efficiently calculate change.
- I can understand and use negative numbers to represent change.
- I can consolidate my times- table knowledge.
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- To create a poem based on key events in the text.
- To develop performance skills.
- To understand key vocabulary.
- To engage in book talk.
- To demonstrate understanding of a character’s feelings.
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- To build an overview of world history. (Why are we studying the Ancient Greeks?)
- To understand chronology. (When was the Ancient Greek civilisation?)
- To investigate and interpret the past. (What evidence do we have for a myth to be true?)
- To build an overview of world history. (How the Greek empire evolve?)
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I can secure and widening a range of Spanish core vocabulary.
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I can explore and explain why there are seasons in some areas of Earth.
Enjoy your Sunday afternoon/evening.
See you tomorrow morning.
Your Year 5 Team.
Autumn 1 – Week 7 – 18th October 2021
Welcome to our SECOND Art week.
Exciting activities lay ahead as well as the half-term break.
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
Please remember that PE days are Tuesday and Thursday.
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- I can link mental and formal strategies when adding decimals/tenths.
- I can add decimals with different amounts of digits.
- I can solve mathematical problems involving decimals.
- I can use visualisations and rounding rules to round decimals.
- I can consolidate my times- table knowledge.
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- To write a persuasive speech.
- To read for performance.
- To engage in book talk.
- To understand a character’s motives.
- To explore new vocabulary.
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- To experiment with cardboard relief.
- To develop a card structure.
- To decorate a card structure.
- I can talk about and reflect on my artwork with developing vocabulary.
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- Life and culture in Spain and Spanish speaking countries.
- I can use a widening range of Spanish core vocabulary.
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I can explore and explain why we have day and night on Earth.
Enjoy your Sunday afternoon/evening.
Your Year 5 Team.