Welcome to Year 5 - Pollinator Class!

 We are now half-way through our year 5 journey! 

In Spring 2, we are jumping into an adventure narrative in the Amazon rainforest. Our funny  and evocative text is Katherine Rundell's 'The Explorer.' We enjoyed the exciting start and will be getting to know the four characters well over the next few weeks, so that we can create our own chapter of adventure. We will then gather these into a class book. 

Spring 2 in Maths means we revisit some of our autumn term learning- to ensure our skills remain sharp. Then, we launch into making connections between fractions, decimals and percentages. We will finish the half-term with some statistics. 

This half-term we will visit Eggar's school for our delayed Pizza Making visit, where we will complete our DT unit by making the pizzas we designed. We will also be learning about siting, spacing and planning a real-life project within our school grounds, which require all our geographical skills. 

Our Year 5 Reading Challenge is a focus for widening our reading. There are twenty fantastic books on our challenge, written by varying authors. We are sharing recommendations in class and working out the most read book. Will anyone read all twenty by the end of year 5? There is still time to do so. We have a collection of the texts available to borrow in class, in the school library and of course, reservable at any Hampshire library.  The texts are in the above picture and in a larger infographic on a link below. Which will be the class favourite? Will it be one of the portal stories? Whilst reading the books is brilliant, listening to some of these brilliant books on audio can also widen our vocabulary and introduce us to new authors. I've heard some of the class parents are enjoying sharing some of these books on audio during car journeys! Let us know which ones you like best. 

Here are our routines across the week;

PE Days will change to Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor) for this half-term

Homework is given on Thursdays- due back anytime before the next Thursday. Please only spend 30 minutes of concentrated time on the task- do ask for help if needed. 

Reading is brilliant and so good for us, it helps us relax and widens our imaginations - we still hope you will read 5 times each week; reading a bit aloud to an adult is great practice and means you can share your story. Ask your adult to record your 5 reads on your record card please. Don't forget to access audio books too- there are such good stories here to fall asleep dreaming of! Use your Sora Library login https://soraapp.com/welcome

Spellings are given and assessed on the following Friday. Words can be tricky in Year 5, so a little practice but done often, is best. Focus on a few words that you recognise first - then build up over the week. You can find this half-terms spelling lists on this page on a tab to the right - called Spellings.  

Timestables Challenge is every Thursday. Practice your speed here https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

And HOT NEWS we  now we have access to Times Tables rockstars too. Practising those speedy skills that we need for our fractions and division work just got so much more fun!  Use your new login to make your account and get practising.  Get your avatar ideas ready! Who will you challenge today.