Welcome to Year 5 - Pollinator Class!

 Year 5 is a big step-up and in Pollinators we are enjoying new and exciting learning opportunities. We are stretching and rising to the challenges as we continue building on previous learning. We often revise and recap our learning to ensure it is embedded and secure.   

Now we are in the Spring term we are enjoying a new exciting text to read 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. We began the book with an exciting morning, when we pushed through the fur coats of the Narnia wardrobe and entered our classroom full of props and clues about the book. We used our observation skills to find many objects. This book is a classic heritage text and also a great example of a portal story, where we emerge into another land. We are building up to write  exciting and tense narratives, involving a journey through a portal to another world.

Loving the portal stories? Why not read 'The Land of Roar' by Jenny Mclachlan or for readers who can take on a longer text, 'The Tale of Truthwater Lake' by Emma Carroll. 

Our second writing journey will be writing a guidebook to explain a new world to our readers.  More imagination!!

Here are our routines across the week;

PE Days remain as  Tuesdays (outdoor) and Fridays

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.

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

Our previous text that we have finished last half-term was  called 'Some Place More than Others.'In this book, set in New York, Amara discovers her ancestors and her roots. We learn a little about some of the heroes of Black History through the book. See our practice poems (below) as we build our skills-and finally our 'Suitcase poems.' They have arrived, get out the tissues- for our emotional suitcase poems. What makes you? What would you pack in your suitcase?  

In Maths this half-term we will revisit multiplication and division  and addition and subtraction as we approach problem solving, learn to measure angles and complete work on using different measures. Lots of interesting maths to learn that is useful and practical in our everyday lives!