Good morning Year 5! I’m sorry that we are all at home today and we are not getting to build our final frame structures in DT!.
If you would like to have a go at home, I would love to see your creations!
Spellings
Symbol
Mystery
pyramid
oxygen
symptom
physical
system
typical
crystal
Egypt
English
On Monday and Tuesday, we will be writing our final non-chronological reports on Ancient Egypt. This weekend, think about what subheadings you have planned. Research each area at home so that you have all the information you need on Monday.
Challenge: What do the following words mean?
Relative clause
Parenthesis
Fronted adverbials
Adverbial phrases for cohesion
Pronouns
Proper nouns
Challenge: When you complete your research, can you include an example of each word in your writing.
Maths
There is a TTRS competition set up between Cormorant and Puffin Class. Let’s see who will win!
This week, the children have worked really hard across all subject!
We have had so many exciting lessons and opportunities this week with our Artist Zoom call!
The children all really enjoyed art this week, where they created a piece that was influenced by their chosen artists (Rebecca Burnets, Claude Monet and Adam Dix). Below are just a few amazing examples!
SPELLINGS
Please practise the below spellings:
Nuisance
Neighbour
Occupy
Opportunity
Parliament
Persuade
Physical
Prejudice
Profession
Privilege
As ever, thank you to all parents and children for their continued resilience in both supporting children at home and working so hard in school!
This term in Art, our topic has been ‘painting’. We looked at 3 painters with very different styles: Claude Monet, Rebecca Byrne and Adam Dix.
Today we had a Zoom call with artist Rebecca Byrne. She showed us her studio, her thinking chair, her sketchbook and some of her artworks. We were really impressed by how big some of her artworks were!
We prepared lots of interesting questions to ask her and spent the afternoon interviewing her and learning about her life.
After all our learning this term, we had a class debate on whether Ancient Egyptian artefacts should be returned to Egypt.
The children used chromebooks and non-fiction books to research Ancient Egyptian artefacts. We then came up with reason for and against our debate question.
Finally we had a class debate and had a final vote! Some ideas were very interesting and persuading and the overall vote was very close!
This week, both year 5 classes attended the Whitgift Primary Project at Whitgift School. Whilst there, they had the opportunity to use computers and learnt about coding a microchip and robot as well as create a stop motion animation! The children really enjoyed the science lesson, where they used Bunsen burners to observe what happens to different materials when heated. In P.E, all the children took part in football matches and enjoyed working as a team.
Below are a few pictures from Cormorant Classes trip
Spellings
Stifling
Blistering
Pampered
Accommodate
Accompany
According
Achieve
Aggressive
Amateur
Ancient
Homework
Reading diaries – Make sure you read and complete your reading diaries over the weekend for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, ready to be signed on Monday.
Remember if you do not complete your reading diary or do not bring it in, you will receive first a yellow card and then a 10 minute detention.
Maths – TTRS competition! Puffin Vs Cormorant! Who will win?
Puffin Class: Monday 7th November and Tuesday 8th November
Cormorant Class: Wednesday 9th November and Friday 11th November
Things to remember:
Full school uniform Packed lunch Water bottles Rain coat
As the weather forecast is set to rain, it is essential that all children wear rain coats and sensible footwear. Depending on the weather, it may be a good idea to wear wellies and bring a spare change of shoes in bags. After we get off the bus there is a short walk to Whitgift School, so children will need to be prepared!
This week’s Spellings are(to be learnt and tested at the end of the week – Summer 2 Week 5).
Criticise
Embarrass
Apparent
Leisure
Harass
Opportunity
Existence
Disastrous
Controversy
Occupy
Literacy task SUMMER 2 WEEK 5
Ancient Olympics Comprehension
As we get closer to Sports Day, and given our ‘topic’ of the Ancient Greeks, we thought it a good idea tocreate a fact file about your chosen Ancient Olympic Event. (Hint Hint, it may be useful if you could get this done before Wednesday’s history lesson)!
As you know, in Maths this week we have been learning about volume. Volume is the measurement of the space inside a 3-Dshape . We can use cubes to measure the volume inside shapes. To calculate the volume of cuboids we can use the formula length x width x height to find out how many cube units fit into it.
Year 5 had a great day yesterday learning about reproduction of plants! We even had a go at reproducing our own plants by taking trimmings and placing them in water. Over the term, we’ll observe them and watch as they grown new roots ready to be planted again.
Maths – This week we have been working on using the column method for addition and subtraction.
For your homework this week complete the following questions:
English – This week we have been learning lots of skills to help us with our biography writing.
Homework:
Research your chosen famous figure for your biography.
Make sure you know:
When were they are born?
What are they famous for?
What’s their family like?
Where did they go to school/university?
Any other important information.
Spellings – Words with the spelling rule: -cious -tious
Luscious
Anxious
Spacious
Delicious
Precious
Cautious
Suspicious
Infectious
Nutritious
Gracious
Reading diaries
Fiction – Who is the main character in your book? What descriptive language has been used to describe them? How do you think the story will develop next?
Non – fiction – What is your book about? What are the different chapters about? Is there a glossary? What new words have you learnt?
The children have shown real resilience throughout what has been a challenging week of learning, how amazing!
P.E: The children were learning to attack and defend in rugby.
Art: The children were exploring different types of perspective art, taking photo’s and sketching their own!
Homework challenge: Take your own perspective photograph of somewhere really interesting! (You can use it to sketch in our final art lesson!)
EnglishHomework
This week, the children have been given two tasks to complete on the provided resources.
The children have been reading all about the Ancient Egyptians during our reading lessons over the last few weeks, they can use this information for their homework this week.
Howard Carter was the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb! Feel free to research more about him to help you with your chosen writing!
Maths Homework
This week, the children have been building on their knowledge of addition and subtraction using a range of strategies. Below are the two short tasks that the children have been set and provided with.
Spellings
Caught
Century
Certain
Circle
Complete
Different
Decide
Describe
Difficult
Disappear
A Few Reminders…
As we all know, the weather is changing and becoming a lot colder/wetter! Please can we ensure that all children have a waterproof coat and a water bottle every day.
Please encourage the children to bring their Reading Diaries in every day.
Homework must be completed and brought back into school by the following Friday.
E.g Homework was given out today (30/9/22) this must be brought back in by next Friday (7/10/22). Failing to complete homework will result in a yellow card/10 minute detention every time after.
Finally, well done this week to each and every one of you! Have a safe and restful weekend!
Selsdon - Year 5 