Week beginning 5th November 2018

November 4, 2018

Welcome back after half term!

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Maths:
This week, we shall be looking at prime numbers and factors, as well as multiples.

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English:

This week, we shall be starting our new unit, film reviews. In line with our upcoming trips to the cinema as part of the Into Film Festival, we shall be identifying the key features and evaluating what makes a good film review.

SPAG:

We shall be looking at adding brackets for parenthesis. Furthermore, we shall be branching out with our vocabulary and looking at the Y5/6 statutory spelling list.

Reading:

We have started our new class book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Children are more than welcome to purchase a copy to read along in class.

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In Year 5, children are responsible for changing their own books independently. We do ask that children read at home everyday and mark this by a simple comment in their homework diary. Please do encourage your child to read aloud, even though they are in Year 5, to build the stamina with their fluency.

Example comment:

Name of Book: Gangsta Granny

Peter read from page 12-16. He struggled on the words ‘inspiration’ and ‘necessary’.

PE:

Our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child has their full PE kit on these days.

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Music:

Soundstart lessons, with Mr Regan, shall start this week. This is where Year 5 pupils will have the chance to learn both the guitar and keyboard.

RE:

Mrs Forde will start to teach the children all about Christianity on Wednesday afternoons.

PSHE:

We shall be writing a letter to Bradley, from Carla – two characters based in our class novel from last half term.

Computing:

We shall be looking at word processing skills and how to use features to write a newspaper report.

French:

We shall be looking at the unit of pets this week, As-tu un animal?

History:

We shall be introducing our history topic this half term, Ancient Greece.

Key dates:

9th and 14th November – Film trips

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