It has been another fantastic week in Year 5!

English

During English this week, we have continued working on our non-chronological reports about Antarctic animals. We started off the week by researching and writing two more paragraphs about seals, squids or whales. We got to pick which animal we researched! We then wrote our introduction and summary. To finish off we came together in groups of 5 and each picked one paragraph we were going to write. The final pieces are amazing! Next week, we are going to be moving on to character description and we are going to be describing Shackleton.

Maths

This week in maths, we have moved on to addition. We began the week by looking at column method up to 5 digits. We looked at what is important in column method and never forget regrouping! After that, we concentrated on missing vales and finding mistakes through column addition. Next week, we will be moving on to subtraction up to 5-digit numbers.

Thematic

In Thematic this week, we have continued ‘Across the Pond’. We started the week by naming and locating different major countries, states and cities on a map of North America.  We then moved on to land use patterns for North America and why they were important, and we finished the week by looking at how the different time zones can impact on the time of day it is across the world. Next week, we will be learning how the land was used in more detail during this lesson.  We will explore the transition from nomadic lifestyles to farming and explore some land patterns, such as farming, and compare them to the UK. We will look at examples from Mexico, America and Canada to show how the geography (topography and climate) impact upon what is grown and how. We will then begin to look at the environmental regions of North America.  We will learn to locate and name the mountain regions in the UK and North America and create 3D models of these. At the end of the week we will be learning what a desert is and then locating deserts around the world and in North America. We will know what the world’s deserts can be hot or cold.

LOVE TO LEARN

This week’s LOVE TO LEARN is to practice our -ible spellings. You can make a leaflet showing the rules of these words or create your own dictionary to demonstrate the meaning of these words.

Possible

Incredible

Legible

Terrible

Sensible

Responsible

Forcible

Reversible

Visible

Horrible

 

Our Fact of the week this week has been 6 X 6 = 36 and our spelling rule has been spelling words with the suffix -ible.

Later this term, we will be celebrating Harvest. As part of this, we would like to invite families in to watch our Harvest Assembly. These will take place in the school hall on the following dates:

Tuesday 1st October: 9am Year R and 1 and 2.45pm Year 2 and 3

Wednesday 2nd October: 9am Year 4 and 5 and 2.45pm Year 6

Please enter the school via the main school office.

As part of the celebrations, we will also be collecting food that we will be donating to Thanet Food Bank. We will be taking donations between Wednesday 25th September and Monday 30th September. If you are able to donate, the food bank accepts any tinned, jarred or packet foods that are in date. As a celebration of the donations all children will be entered into a draw to win last years' celebration teddy bears, Kenneth and Susan.

Dates for your diary

Wednesday 2nd October – 9am Year 4 and 5 Harvest assembly for parents

Saturday 5th October – Cross Country

Tuesday 8th October – Flu vaccines

Friday 11th October – Fancy dress Disco Year 1, 2 and 3 from 3.15-4.15pm and Year 4, 5 and 6 4.30pm-5.30pm (Reception do not join us for this disco, as they can find it a little overwhelming)

Thursday 24th October – Parents invited into look at children’s books at 3.15pm

Friday 25th October – Inset day – School closed to children