This week in Year 5

This week the children in year 5 Calipso enjoyed a trip to the Peckham Library and Year 5 joined Year 6 for a workshop looking at discrimination. On Friday children to part in Red Card to Racism. Earlier in the week both clashes created a piece of art relating to the work of Yinka Shonibare and learned about his creative process.

All children have been given homework which is due on Tuesday, Homework will be set on Fridays and due in the following Tuesday every week. The expectation is that the LAC work in their red homework books be completed to a good standard, at least 30 minutes being spent on a task weekly.

Also children have been given banded books and reading records to complete tasks weekly, reading at home continues to be a very important part of developing skills for year 5 and 6.

Notices

Friday 25th October last day of term, normal end of day time

PE kits needs to be brought in but not worn on Tuesdays

This week in Year 5

This week the children in year 5 have been learning about the space race and considering all the people involved. In Maths they have been looking at consistently doing addition and subtraction with large numbers.

All children have been given homework which is due on Tuesday, Homework will be set on Fridays and due in the following Tuesday every week. The expectation is that the LAC work in their red homework books be completed to a good standard, at least 30 minutes being spent on a task weekly.

Also children have been given banded books and reading records to complete tasks weekly, reading at home continues to be a very important part of developing skills for year 5 and 6.

Notices

Mental Health Day on 10th of October

PE kits needs to be brought in but not worn on Tuesdays

Next week Thursday (10th October) children will be visiting Peckham Library

This week in Year 5

The new year 5 classes have been working hard and producing excellent work. Children have been working on their Blast Off! Learning across the curriculum unit learning about space and what figurative writing techniques can be used to describe it.

All children have been given homework which is due on Tuesday, Homework will be set on Fridays and due in the following Tuesday every week. The expectation is that the LAC work in their red homework books be completed to a good standard, at least 30 minutes being spent on a task weekly.

Also children have been given banded books and reading records to complete tasks weekly, reading at home continues to be a very important part of developing skills for year 5 and 6.

This week PE was changed from Tuesday to Thursday however this was a one off to accommodate a year 6 school trip.

Notices

PE kits needs to be brought in but not worn on Tuesdays

Following the letter sent home early in the week children need to be in school uniform

School trip to Science museum next Friday (27/9/24)

This week in Year 5

This week in Year 5 we are continuing to study The Great Plague in out LAC lessons. As part of this work we have been doing an extended write where we are writing a newspaper report imagining that it is May 1665 in the middle of plague in London. Children have applied a range of skills to draft, edit and publish excellent newspaper reports.

Also this week the children have been learning about their emotions and how to regulate them in a program of learning run by external professionals called Brain Buddies.

This summer term we are lucky enough to have coaches coming into the school on Friday afternoons to teach the children cricket skills.

Notices

Parents Evening on the 15th of May with some meetings being held on other days during the week

PE kits needs to be brought in but not worn on Tuesdays and Fridays

Reading Records need to be brought in Monday and Friday with 3 tasks being completed each week. Children should be practicing their reading every night and benefit from discussing what they are reading with adults.

This week in Year 5

This week in Year 5 we are continuing to study North America learning about the different countries and biomes that exist within the continent. As part of this Language we are practicing use figurative language to describe and developing synonyms for common words like big and pretty.

In Maths we have been working with fractions. Comparing and converting so they can be easily worked with. Fractions are closely linked to Timestables and we suggest children use Times Tables Rockstars to support their learning in class.

As part of the LAC topic we went to The Horniman Museum. The trip was to support our learning about North America and we saw many artifacts from the continent.

Notices

PE kits needs to be brought in but not worn on Tuesdays

Reading Records need to be brought in Monday and Friday with 3 tasks being completed each week. Children should be practicing their reading every night and benefit from discussing what they are reading with adults.