YEAR 5: 2007-2008
Happr New Year and welcome back to Spring term 2008.
We have got a short term upto Easter but it is going to be action packed with lots of learning and hard work.
We have enjoyed the theatre group that showed us how to eat more healthily. We also enjoyed having the firemen in who showed us a safety video and let us look how their fire engine worked. We are waiting this week for a ROBOLAB workshop for Year 5. This covers vital skills in Science/ DT and ICT. Some of the Year 5 children completed this in Autumn term at Sellafield, they found it really exciting and worthwhile. Some of St. Benedicts pupils are also joining us to share the experience with Year 5 which will be great fun.
Year 5 are going sports crazy this term we have hockey, cricket and rugby training. Coaches are coming in to provide this training which will take place on Mondays and Thursdays (as part of our PE lessons) for the next four weeks. Please can you make sure your child has a suitable kit for these days.
* Just a reminder about Winmarleigh the dates are the 23rd-25th May, which is the first week of the half term holidays.
Last term we were discussing our learning in year 5 and here are some of the things we have said:
"Learning happens everywhere you go"
"You never stop learning."
"We know learning is going on when people are talking together and sharing ideas."
CLASSROOM LEARNING
Literacy - analyse different forms of writing i.e. Myths, legends, fables, narrative poems similes, adjectives, connectives, metaphors, direct and reported speech, explanation/ instruction texts, comprehensions, grammar work,speaking and listening skills.
Numeracy - place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percentages, handling data, shape, space, measurements, money, problems
Science - keeping healthy, ROBOLAB
I.C.T. - spreadsheets, ROBOLAB, analysing data and asking questions
R.E. - Inspirational people, Cafod, Easter
GEOGRAPHY - the Mountain Environment, Geography and numbers
MUSIC - Painting your thoughts with sound
ART - talking textiles
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY - moving toys, ROBOLAB
P.E. - invasion games, hockey, cricket and rugby coaching
HOME LEARNING
11th January - Mountain climate worksheet
17th January - Visit the Lake District poster
24th January - Numeracy - Time yourself worksheet
31st January - Literacy planning a myth (see attached file below)
Half term Feb - keeping a food diary (see attached file below)
21st Feb - Numeracy worksheet
28th Feb - Science
6th March - DT Bringing in equipment for making sweets next week (see equipment list)
13th March - Prepare for monster spell next week. Learn spellings from January 08 to now please.
Easter holidays - History research on the Tudors
*New Summer term spelling list is attached below (Mrs.K-G/Mrs.J and Mrs.R Group) all on the one sheet
Click on the alien to play a space game!
Spellings for Spring Term for Mrs Korwin-Granford's /Mrs Jones Literacy Group
these are given out each week on Monday.