Offham Primary School

Orange Class (Year 5)

 

Orange Class term 4 newsletter                 

What are we doing next?

Next term we have lots of exciting learning waiting for us!

Science

Space

Geography

 

4 and 6-figure grid references

English

Formal letters

Biographies

Poems

Computing

 

Coding

PE

Maypole

DT

 

Joining fabric shapes

PSHE

Looking out for others

Computer safety: image sharing

Music

 

Enjoying musical styles

Maths

Rounding decimals, percentages, area and perimeter and statistics

French

 

Clothes

RE

How significant is it for Christians to believe God intended Jesus to die? 

Reading

Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

 

What can you do at home?

Continue daily practise of timetables and daily reading.

Practise spellings for the weekly spelling test.

Complete the optional spelling sheet to support your child’s weekly learning.

Complete any of the optional tasks on the class page.

To prepare them for term 4 you might like to look at some maps and understand grid references, practice sewing or play around with coding on Purple Mash.

 

Contact information

If you have any questions, please do come and see us, send us a Dojo message or email us.

Wishing you a wonderful and restful half term.  We look forward to seeing you in term 4.

The year 5 team

lrose@offham.kent.sch.uk

bseabrook@offham.kent.sch.uk

 

Pupil Offer
Homework

Homework is optional and the tasks to complete are below.

A list of spellings will be sent home to practise. In KS2 they will have a written test the following Friday. There will also be an optional spelling sheet for KS2.

We will also expect the children to log onto Numbots and/or TT Rockstars to complete some maths fluency practice.

Daily reading is also a very important part in your child’s learning journey. This can be reading their school reading book and/or enjoying a reading for pleasure book of their choice. 

This will be sent out on Class Dojo by your class teacher on Fridays.

 

Many thanks for your support, 

Mrs Rose, Mrs Seabrook, Mrs Perks, Mrs English and Mrs Morse-Wolfe

The Year 5 Team.

 

 

 

KS2 Optional extra home - learning tasks

 

1) Practise your sewing skills - can you name any stitches?
2) Invent a newly discovered planet - create a video explaining its terrain, inhabitants and position in the solar system.
3) Use a map to explore your local area.
4) Create a moon diary for 28 days, draw a picture of the moon each night. 
5) Complete the purple mash maths quizzes on area and perimeter.
6) Create your own version of the Easter story - comic book, puppet show, animation?! You decide!
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