Year 5 22nd March - Looking Back and Forth

Friday 22nd March 2019 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 5

Looking back: 

Another week has flown by. The children have written some really well-structured letters of complaint in our English lessons. On Thursday we set up a rusting investigation in science, exploring what conditions will make a nail go rusty. We will look at the (rusty) results in a couple of weeks.

Year 5 – Pupils’ Highlights:

  • We enjoyed the start of the persuasive writing topic.
  • We have liked learning about world rivers.
  • We enjoyed the science investigation exploring dissolving.

Family discussion questions:

Ask your children…

  • What they learned about rounding decimals to one and two places.
  • To show you on a map where some of the world’s most famous rivers are.
  • To tell you why metal objects can go rusty.

Looking forward:

On Monday, the children will have an internet safety talk from the local PSCO. This will support the e-safety lessons we undertake in class. In literacy, we will continue our persuasive writing topic by practising writing a letter of protest. In maths, we will be taking a look at ratio and proportion.  

Please could the children ensure they have PE kits in school. PE this half-term is on Tuesday afternoons, but it is always useful to have PE kits available in school at all times.

Homework in Year 5:

Maths: Given Monday/Return following Monday.

English: Given Monday/Return following Monday.

Spellings: Given Friday/Tested following Friday.

Wider Opportunities:

Children to practise ‘Ode to Joy’ for Weds 22nd March.

Remember to bring all music and instrument guides etc every week.

Spare copies of music are available in the classroom.