Year 5
Class News
Year 5 Summer 1 Week 5
Well done for a lovely week Year 5!
In maths this week, Year 5 have begun an exciting new topic on decimals. The children have been learning how to add and subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places, developing their confidence and accuracy with this new concept.
In reading, we have continued exploring Treason. The focus this week has been on developing prediction skills, with the children using clues from the text to suggest what might happen next. The children are finding the story engaging and are enjoying discussing the events and characters.
In English, we have started our new unit on explanation texts. The children have had the opportunity to research their chosen topics and have begun planning their own pieces of writing in preparation for drafting next week.
In History, the children have been learning about King Henry VIII, focusing on his character and personality. They have explored what he was like as a ruler and how his behaviour influenced events during his reign.
In Art, the children created their own expressionist-style paintings. They explored how colour and brushstrokes can be used to show feeling and expression, producing some fantastic and creative pieces of work.
Finally, just a reminder that children should continue to practise their times tables on TTRS regularly and aim to read at least five times each week.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 5 Summer 1 week 4
Well done for another great week, Year 5! A short week this week but full of exciting learning.
This week, in Maths, we continued with our topic of Position and Direction. This has included translating coordinates, looking at lines of symmetry and reflecting shapes in both horizontal and vertical lines. We concluded the week by completing our end of unit assessment. This children did well in this topic, with lots of them being confident with shape and reflection- well done!
In History, we focused on Anne Boleyn. We specifically looked at the crimes that she was accused of, including treason. The children have a real interest in our Tudor topic, with amny of them having bundles of prior knowledge, which has helped them to expand on their learning throughout this topic.
In English, we began our new writing journey; preparing to write an explanation text. This included looking at a WAGOLL, invesgating the key features of an explanation text, and recapping prefixes and suffixes. We are putting a big focus on our spelling during this term, particularly when changing verbs into adverbs using suffixes.
Have a lovely weekend :)
Year 5 Summer 1 Week 2
Well done Year 5 for a great week!
This week, in Maths, we continued our topic of Angles. This has included the children calculating angles on a straight line, around a point, within shapes and discovering the difference between a regular and an irregular polygon. Generally, the children have been successful during this topic, in particular when working out an unknown angle.
In English, we have been continuing with preparing to write a biography, about either King Henry VIII or Anne Boleyn. The children improved a 'WABOLL', and have begun to plan their writing too. Next week, we will be completed our first drafts, before editing and writing our final drafts.
This week, the children also learnt all about Henry VIII's six marriages! The children conducted their own research and wrote a fact file about one of the ladies, and shared their findings with the class.
This led wonderfully to our school trip to the Tower of London on Thursday! We had a brilliant day, learning lots about what the tower was used for in Tudor times. The children behaved beautifully and were given compliments on their behaviour by members of the public! Well done Year 5. What a fantastic day!
Have a lovely weekend :)