Welcome Year 5/6 children and parents to our class web page.

Every week we will post what your child is learning and also add any important information. 

Thank you for your ongoing support. 

Our Topic this term is:

The Monarchy

 

Earth class: Mrs Ross, Mrs Forster & Mrs Lockyear

Jupiter class: Mrs Hamilton, Mrs Mitchell & Mrs Rawlings

Mercury class: Mrs Cook & Mrs Josham

 

 

 

 

 

Year 5 & 6

 

This Week(20/09/21): 

Maths: We will be continuing our work on place value in numbers up to one million. We will also compare and order numbers up to one million. Check out https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value for lots of great place value games. We espcially love 'Place Value Millionaire'. Have you got what it takes? Please continue to use Doodle Maths and TT Rockstars to practise number skills at home. Doodle Maths is an excellent resource and when used regularly, it can have a big impact on your child's progress. 

English: We will be writing our own diary extract of a day in the life of our queen. We will use the key features of diary writing and edit our writing to make improvements. Our guided reading text is about Queen Elizabeth and our focus will be on retrieval, explanation, inference and prediction questions this week. Our SPaG focus will be apostrphes used as contractions and also for possession. Our spelling focus will also be apostrophes and the associated rules.  Play https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs to consolidate your learning on apostrophes at home. Let us know how you did in the quiz! Please continue to read every day at home because this will help you to make progress in your reading. We check reading records daily to monitor your reading at home and please ask a parent/carer to acknowledge any reading at home with a signature. 

Topic: We will be looking at how and when Queen Elizabeth I became queen. Our big idea is 'Cause and Change'. We welcome any resources you may have at home that will support our learning. All resources coming into school need to be named. 

 

Last Week(13/09/21): 

Maths: We learnt about place value up to 10.000. We used our knowledge of place value to order numbers and explain what each digit represented. We solved problems on place value. Please continue to use Doodle Maths and TT Rockstars to practise number skills at home. Doodle Maths is an excellent resource and when used regularly, it can have a big impact on your child's progress. 

English: We examined a diary extract and picked out the key features of this genre of writing. The children researched and collected facts about the queen's life. Our guided reading text was 'Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverley Naidoo and our focus was on retrieval, explanation and prediction questions. Our SPaG focus was apostrphes. Our spelling focus was using plurals and the associated rules. Play https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3dw4xs to consolidate your learning on plurals at home. Let us know how you did! Please continue to read every day at home because this will help you to make progress in your reading. We check reading records daily to monitor your reading at home and please ask a parent/carer to acknowledge any reading at home with a signature. 

Topic: We looked at the change in power over time from absolute to constitutional monarchy. Our big idea is 'Power'. We welcome any resources you may have at home that will support our learning. All resources coming into school need to be named. 

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Homework

Reading: Please read with your child daily. Reading books will be changed weekly. Please remember to sign your child's reading record. 

Spellings: Please practise the weekly spellings using the bingo grid ideas.  You can find helpful resources for spellings  on our English subject page.

Maths:  All children have access to Maths games using Doodlemaths and TT Rockstars supports rapid recall of multiplication and division number facts. We will check login and password details this week. 

 

USEFUL LINKS

Here are some useful links for you to use when at home:

Maths:

Times Table Rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

White Rose at home: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning 

Top Marks Maths Games: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3

ICT Games: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning 

 

English:

Nessy: https://www.nessy.com/uk/

Free E-Books: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Free Audio Books for Kids: https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122358011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-0