Friday 11th January 2018 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 5
Friday 11th January 2018 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 5
Looking back:
The children have had a great first week back. We started a new topic, ‘Rivers’, and explored the journey of a river from source to sea. The children have also studied two classic narrative poems, ‘The Lion and Albert’ and ‘Mrs Malone’ and produced some fantastic poems themselves.
Year 5 – Pupils’ Highlights:
- We enjoyed studying the poems, ‘The Lion and Albert’ and ‘Mrs Malone’.
- We enjoyed creating the journey of a river collage.
- We liked the challenge of the area and perimeter work.
Family discussion questions:
Ask your children…
- what they learned about rivers this week.
- to tell you how to calculate area and perimeter.
Looking forward:
Next week we will be beginning a three week writing topic based on a classic story from the past. In maths, we will be ordering and then adding fractions. In our topic work we will be researching some famous British rivers.
Homework in Year 5:
Maths: Given Monday/Return following Monday.
English: Given Monday/Return following Monday.
Spellings: Given Friday/Tested following Friday.
Times-tables: Tested on Tuesdays over a three week cycle.
Wider Opportunities:
Children to practise new music from Wednesday.
Remember to bring all music and instrument guides etc every week.
Spare copies of music are available in the classroom.