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Below are some brief details about our learning this half term and some key information to help the half term run smoothly. Please do keep an eye out for regular information about our class on the new school and any last minute information or changes on the school app.
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English: In class we will continue to follow the Jane Considine scheme which proved successful last year. The children will write a detailed description of Scrooge and write a Victorian set mystery story. Alongside this they will study a variety of texts with a link to the Industrial Revolution, engineering or the Victorians.. Reading: Children are still expected to be reading at home and should all have their own book to take home or one of their own choice, that is at the expected standard for their age . We ask that the children read at home at least 3 x per week. They have been issued with their own Planner in which a parent/guardian should sign to say your child has completed the required reading. The children are also expected to write down 5 new words they encounter during their reading each week and define them in the planner. The planners will need to be checked in school on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. In class we have whole class guided reading on a range of fiction and non fiction texts, 3 x per week as well as daily story time. Some children requiring extra assistance will be heard regularly in class. You can help your child’s progress by hearing them read for at least 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success. Maths: We will continue to follow the White Rose Maths programme of study and for most of this half term the focus will be on formal multiplication and division and a return to more fraction work. Children are also set 3 mathletics tasks each week which should be completed at home. Please email me if you require their login details. We also recommend they keep practising their multiplication tables on TT Rockstars at least 3 times a week, at home, as this will benefit their division and fraction work immensely. They will also continue to use TTRS in school on a regular basis. HUMANITIES HISTORY: Learning about The Victorians and the Industrial Revolution and the huge impact it had and some of the important people from that time such as Dickens, Dr Barnardoand Brunuel. GEOGRAPHY: As we are going to Whitby for a residential we will be undertaking a case study of the town and location. Science We well be looking at the properties of different materials and which van be altered. Grouping materials based on properties including: hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity and response to magnets ; Dissolving ; Separating mixtures ;Reasons for everyday uses of materials ;Reversible/irreversible changes RRE: In R.E. we will be learning more about the life of Jesus, leading up to our big question - What would Jesus do?
Computing: We will be looking at Flat-file databases - Using a database ; to order data and create charts to answer questions.
UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS ART: We follow the new Art Access online scheme of learning. This term focussing on fashion design. MUSIC: This term we are fortunate to have Mr Rickson come in and teach Ukulele every Monday morning for this term which will culminate in a performance towards the end of term.
PSHE – Children will be looking at their mental health and well-being and dealing with feelings. P.E. – This half term in P.E. we will focus on hockey and netball. P.E. Sessions are on Monday & Thursday, so please send your child to school already dressed in their P.E. kit.
Things to remember:
· All children should bring a flask or bottle of water to school. This should be taken home and washed every day.
Please read with your child for 5 minutes every day or questioning them on what they have read. It really is the key to all their future success.
· PE is on a Monday and Thursday for this half term. Children should come dressed in their P.E. kit and will stay in it for the rest of the day. A change of clothing is not necessary. Children need to come to school in a white t-shirt and black shorts or black tracksuit plus trainers. Planners should be brought in for review every Monday, Wednesday, Friday - signed by an adult to say they have heard the child read that week. · Spellings are put on the class blog on a Friday evening. The subsequent spelling practice of the words is the following Thursday. Spelling practice will take the form of dictated sentences. The children will receive a score out of 10 for the practiced words and another score out of 10 for the correct punctuation in their sentences and correct spellings of common words they should already know. · Mathletics homework will usually consist of 3 tasks I have set the children. Please ensure the children attempt these before playing on other areas of Mathletics as their scores are fed through to me and allow me to target any areas the children might be struggling with. If you have lost your login, please contact Mr Routledge · Children access TTRockstars 3 times a week in school, However, it is recommended that they spend 5 minutes on it every day to get super secure and quicker. · Children should not bring anything to school other than book bag, school book, planner, packed lunch and a water bottle. May I remind parents and carers to ensure that all of your child’s clothing is named as it makes finding the right owner so much
. Thank you for your continued support. Should you need to get in touch, please contact the school office or my email address
Glen.routledge@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk
Mr Routledge
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. Thank you for your continued support.
Should you need to get in touch, please contact the school office or my email address
Glen.routledge@adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk
Mr Routledge
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Year 5 Class Blog
week ending 14th March
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog
Hello again,
Another busy week that started off spring like and ended a fair bit cooler. The children have been putting the finishing touches on their balanced argument on the effects of too much screen time ; finally finished percentages and decimals in maths with a very good end of unit test; practised umbrella(?) stitches in D&T ; the different stages of being a human in science (they were completely stunned that they were once the size of a full stop in their mummy's tummy) ; learnt about sacrifice and the stations of the cross in R.E.; and more efficient ways to search for imformation on computer databases. We were also lucky enough to have a visitor from an outside agency to talk about body positivity and how to counteract bullying, sexist and misogynistic behaviours. Next week is parents' evening so we can chat in more detail then.
This week's spellings are around the -au- sound
pause
cause
sauce
fraud
launch
author
August
applaud
astronaut
restaurant
Mrs Milne's group:
launch
author
cause
sauce
applaud
Have a great weekend!
Week ending 7th March
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog
Hello again,
Thank you to those who were able to attend the Whitby residential presentation, it was lovely to see you all. For those unable to attend, I have uploaded the main points on to a powerpoint near the top of this blog. Sorry its a bit basic looking but there were issues with formatting etc and just getting that basic info onto here took longer than the original presentation! If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. Please return any meal forms to me by Monday as we have to get the food order in next week.
On Monday, I believe the PCE booking system goes live. If your child is on a support plan, Mrs Milne will be in telephone contact during the week.
Your child should also have come home with an invitation for parents to attend an SRE presentation.
I know some have had issues with mathletics of late, but it should all be working now. I sent the children home with their login details earlier in the week. May i suggest their login details are written in their planners. After Easter, children with more than 2 weeks of outstanding assignments will have to catch up during Tuesday lunchtime mathletics club.
This week the children continued with the ukulele practice; continued writing a balanced argument on screen use for children; Learnt how Christians can make the world a better place through actions; studied maps to find the best road routes from Leeds to major cities; enjoyed double P.E. or made stick people in forest school; and looked at how data can be sorted and analysed in computing. As well as all this we also had a huge day of fun and book related learning for World bok day. Well done to all the work that went into the spectacular questions.
This week's spellings are to practise that most tricky of sentence strings - ough
though
although
dough
doughnut
through
cough
trough
enough
rough
tough
Mrs Milne’s group
though
although
rough
tough
enough
Have a great weekend!
Week ending 28th February
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog
Welcome back after the half term break. This week the children continued to have fun with ukuleles and half the class began their forest school - making camp fires, toasting marshmallows and learning how to make proper knots. Despite the drizzly conditions, the children loved it. The rest of the class did double P.E. so they were quite happy, too! As such, for the rest of this term P.E. will only be on a Wednesday so children only need to come dressed in their kit on Wednesday, unless they have forest school - see the letter for advice on what to bring for that. It did rain this week so waterproof items are best as we are outside all afternoon whatever the weather.
In maths we continued to grapple with decimals and in Guided reading we learnt read about the Titanic's links to Liverpool. In D&T the children revisited previous sewing techniques; for science we matched the most appropriate materials to their uses based on their properties; in geography we looked at the locations of cities withing the UK and in history compared Victorian school life to now. Afterwards, Mr Routledge didn't seem quite so bad!
This weeks spellings are to get more secure around when to use double consonants or not. The key is to relate it to the root word rule. In the test i will give the root word and they have to convert it to either an -ing or -ed ending
stop (so in the test i might asked them to spell 'stopping' or 'stopped')
rip
rope
hop
hope
run
pose
top
sit
pipe
Mrs Milne's group will be the same process
stop
sit
run
hop
hope
Don't forget world book day on Thursday - come as your favourite character.
And on Tuesday, after school, I will be explaining more about the Whitby trip.
Mr Routledge
week ending 14th February
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog
In the excitement of finishing half term I forgot to post the blog. Apologies
The spellings for half term are more homophones, so please learn what they mean as well as how to spell.
principal
principle
profit
prophet
descent
dissent
desert
dessert
draft
draught
Mrs Milne's group
they're
new
knew
would
wood
Enjoy the rest of the half term holiday!
Week ending 7th February
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 5 Class Blog
Hello again,
This week the children began their independent write of a Victorian potboiler; learnt how to multiply mixed numbers and find non unit fractions of an amount in maths; in history we continued to look at the terrible conditions for child workers in the industrial revolution. They promised never to complain when asked to tidy their room again! It has also been children's mental health week so we have been learning how to recognised different emotional states and the steps we can take to try and regulate those emotions so they don't control us. We have been practising. This afternoon the children got quite messy investigating different techniques to separate materials in mixtures using sieving, magnets, filtering and evaporation. Next week the online dinner ordering service goes live so if you haven't ordered your child's meals yet, please do this weekend.
This week's spellings are more homophones so it is imperative that you learn the different meanings
altar
alter
assent
ascent
bridal
bridle
serial
cereal
complement
compliment
Mrs Milne's group
one
won
there
their
they're
Have a great weekend
