Week 5th October 2020

October 6, 2020

Dear all,

We have now entered October and everyone is working amazingly hard.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#eca8b4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Important dates and times:[/dropshadowbox]

  • Please remember, Tuesday and Wednesday are our PE days.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fdc9eb” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Merits:[/dropshadowbox]

While we won’t have assemblies, we will still keep up rewarding the children with merits which will happen in our Year group at the end of our Daily Mile on Fridays.

 

 

… and … in London Bridge – Superb.

… Sophie and Georgi in Cannon Street Bridge – Well done!

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f8e8fe” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Lesson Content:[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f96b4f” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]English:[/dropshadowbox]

Using our superb text “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker, we will learn and practise to …

  • using clues from a text to analyse a character,
  • empathising with a character’s decision making,
  • creating a balanced argument,
  • engaging with a text with the help of book-talks
  • using relative clauses in our writing.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#55b1ba” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Maths:[/dropshadowbox]

This week, we will …

  • add numbers with more than 4-digits and several exchanges,
  • subtract 4-digit numbers with one exchange,
  • subtract 4-digit numbers with several exchanges,
  • subtract numbers with more than 4-digits and several exchanges,
  • check our work using estimating, approximating and the inverse.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffd7d2″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Spanish:[/dropshadowbox]

  • We will continue to explore the pronunciation rules in Spanish as well as learn basic communication phrases.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d6f6e5″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Science:[/dropshadowbox]

  • We will continue to explore the old scientific “battle” between geocentric and heliocentric view of the “solar system”.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#47bbf1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Geography:[/dropshadowbox]

  • We will pause momentarily before continuing to secure and expand our Locational Knowledge of the world and then specifically the African continent.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f9c487″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]History:[/dropshadowbox]

  • We will continue to explore chronology with a view onto Ancient Greece before moving on to using Myths as historical sources.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#7a1616″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Religious Education[/dropshadowbox]

  • We will explore devotion in Sikhism focussing on the Ek Onkar.

 

For Homework, please seeGoogle Classroom.

 

Have a wonderful week.

Your team in Year 5