Year 5 Preview Learning Archive 22-23

03 July 2023

This week in English, we will be looking at different types of recount. We will then plan a class write based on the events from the novel Fireweed.

Comprehension: Children will bring in a new comprehension pack home. Please complete the questions and bring them in for marking for 10.07.23.

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on all common exception words for year 5. Please can you help your child learn the ones they are finding tricky. 

For Maths we are looking at converting units. We will convert kg and g, km and m, cm and mm, convert from metric to imperial. For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

19 June 2023

Last week in English, year 5 wrote beautiful poems about the coast and beach. Words cannot describe how amazing these poems are and how much effort has gone into them. This week they are learning their lines and performing them to another class.

Comprehension: Children will bring in a new comprehension pack home. Please complete the questions and bring them in for marking for 26.06.23.

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: immediately, lightning, marvellous and neighbour. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths we are looking at negative numbers. We will learn how to count negative numbers in 1s and in multiples, add and subtract negative numbers. For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

12 June 2023

Last week in English, we looked at features of a poem and analysed a few poems written by others. This week we will generate rich vocabulary, simile, metaphor and rhyming pairs. We will use these write our poem.

Comprehension: Children will bring in a new comprehension pack home. Please complete the questions and bring them in for marking for 19.06.23.

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: explanation, familiar, guarantee and hindrance. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be wrapping up decimals move on to negative numbers. For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

05 June 2023

Welcome back year 5. Hope you had a relaxing half term.

In English, this week we are starting a new unit on poetry. We will read some example poems around the theme ‘Coast’ and analyse the structure and language patterns used in poetry.

Comprehension: Children will bring in a new comprehension pack home. Please complete the questions and bring them in for marking for 11.06.23.

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: according, bruise, conscious and disastrous. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we are continuing with the unit decimals. We will look at how to add and subtract decimals with different number of decimal places, to explore efficient strategies for adding and subtracting decimals and look at decimal patterns. For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

22 May 2023

In English, this week we will be looking at traditional stories with a twist. How different it sounds when narrated from perspective of a different character. We will also analyse different characters from our own model text and have a go at narrating it from a different point of view.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 30 and 31 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next week Monday (22.05.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: opportunity, physical, relevant and sufficient. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will revisiting the unit decimals. We will be using known facts to add and subtract decimals within 1, compliments to 1 and add and subtract decimals across 1. Brushing up number facts with be really useful for this unit.

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

15 May 2023

Comprehension: Please complete pages 30 and 31 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next week Monday (22.05.23).

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

09 May 2023

In English, this week we will finish writing our adventure story and edit it. We will then shift our focus to a new unit. We will be looking at an extract from Harry Potter book called the ‘The Tale of Three Brothers’ by J.K Rowling. We will explore the text in detail, focusing on vocabulary, features of a traditional tale and creating a story map.

Here are some excellent retellings of traditional tales by Hans Christian Andersen available here if you would like to explore them with your child at home: 
English KS2: Tales of Hans Christian Andersen – BBC Teach 

Comprehension: Please complete pages 28 and 29 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next week Monday (15.05.23). 

 
Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: individual, language, mischievous and necessary. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.   

For Maths this week we are learning about Position and direction. We will learn how to read and plot coordinates and how to problem solve with coordinates.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
to help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

 
Many thanks for your continued support, 
Mrs Muneer

02 May 2023

In English, this week we will write an adventure story based on the text we looked at in the previous week.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 26 and 27 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next week Tuesday (9.05.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: especially, frequently, government and harass. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we are learning about Position and direction. We will learn how to read and plot coordinates and how to problem solve with coordinates.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
to help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

24 April 2023

In English, this week we will continue to analyse adventure stories. We will specifically look into various cohesive devices to make paragraphs flow. We will also look into how to integrate dialogues to move the action forward and as well as a tool to convey more information about the character.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 24 and 26 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next week Tuesday (2.05.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: achieve, bargain, convenience and definite. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we are learning about Geometry- shapes. We will learn how to measure angles around a point, calculate angles on a straight line, look at regular and irregular polygons and finally consolidate our knowledge around 3D shapes.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term. To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

17 April 2023

In  English, this week we will looking at adventure stories- what makes a good adventure story and why they are popular amongst children. We will learn the model text ‘Kidnapped!’ and gather ideas which will enable the children to write their own versions later in the unit.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 23 and 24 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next term Monday (24.4.23).  

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: variety, vegetable, vehicle and yacht. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.   

For  Maths  this week we are learning about Geometry- shapes. We will understand and use degrees as measure of turns, classify angles, estimate and measure angles and learn to draw angles accurately.
For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support, 
Mrs Muneer

EASTER BREAK

27 March 2023

In English, this week we will write a poem on seasons and we will perform them to the class. We will use language features such as similies, metaphor, alliteration and rhyming word pairs

Comprehension: Please complete pages 21 and 22 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next term Monday (17.4.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: temperature, thorough, twelfth and variety. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we are revising four operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division so that they are more fluent in this essential arithmetic.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
to help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

20 March 2023

In English, this week we will looking at poetry. We will look at the

Comprehension: Please complete pages 19 and 20 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (27.3.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: sufficient, suggest, symbol and system. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we are looking at statistics. Children will learn to draw line graphs, read and interpret table and record information on a two way table.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on addition, multiplication, subtraction and division; therefore, it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as basic number facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
to help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.  
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

13 March 2023

In English, this week we will box up the Instruction text we have been analysing. The class will use the model text to innovate their own instructions.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 16 and 17 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (13.3.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: rhythm, sacrifice, secretary and shoulder. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will learn all about perimeter and area. Children will begin with perimeter of rectangles followed by perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles and area of compound shape.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
to help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version

Year 5- Perimeter and area

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

06 March 2023

In English, this week we will box up the Instruction text we have been analysing. The class will use the model text to innovate their own instructions.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 16 and 17 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (13.3.23).

For Maths this week we will learn all about perimeter and area. Children will begin with perimeter of rectangles followed by perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles and area of compound shape.

Here is a link to the online version

Year 5- Perimeter and area

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

27 February 2023

In English, we will be shifting our purpose of writing focus from persuasion to instruction. We will be looking at example text and we will analyse it to identify the main structure and features. This enable us to map the text and prepare our toolkit so we include all the necessary grammar and language features.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 14 and 15 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (6.3.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: recommend, relevant, restaurant and rhyme. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will learn all about percentages. Children will make link between percentages and fractions, percentages and decimals and use this knowledge to find equivalents fractions, decimals and percentages.

Here is a link to the online version

Year 5 Decimals

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

20 February 2023

In English, we will be focussing on writing a persuasive letter. The class have been building their persuasive skills through debates and discussions. They will transfer these skills into their writing.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 12 and 13 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (27.2.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: programme, pronunciation, queue and recognise. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will compare and order decimals, round decimals to the nearest whole number as well as round it to one decimal place and move on to understanding percentages.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version

Year 5 Decimals.pdf

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

06 February 2023

In English, our purpose of writing will shift from narrative to persuasion. In preparation, we will be looking at modal verbs, adverbs of possibility, brackets and dashes. We will take part in class debates to build our arguments and reasoning in order to persuade effectively.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 10 and 11 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (20.2.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: physical, prejudice, privilege and profession. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we are continuing with the decimals unit. We will learn how to make links between fractions and decimals, converting one to the other. We will recognise tenths, hundredths and thousandths as fractions.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version Year 5 Decimals

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

30 January 2023

In English, year 5 will be writing their own origin story based on Kipling’s ‘Just So’ stories. I can’t wait to read their amazing stories.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 8 and 9 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (06.01.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: occur, opportunity, parliament and persuade. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be completing the fraction unit. We will learn how to find the whole if a fraction is known, problem solve using fractions and move on decimals unit where we will look at equivalent fractions and decimals (tenths and hundredths), decimals up to 2 places.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version

Year 5- Fractions

Year 5 Decimals

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

23 January 2023

In English, last week we looked at ‘Just so Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling. This week we will choose an animal and plan an origin story around how that particular animal got its distinctive feature. We will identify the grammar and language features necessary for writing an effective origin story.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 6 and 7 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (30.01.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: necessary, nuisance, neighbour and occupy. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be learning all about fractions. We will learn how to multiply a unit and non-unit fraction by an integer.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version Year 5- Fractions

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

16 January 2023

In English, this week we will be looking at ‘Just so Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling. We will create concept maps, which will help them to plan their own origin story in the following weeks. We will use personification to bring the characters to life. We will also learn about embedded clause and finally we will bring these together to write a character description.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 4 and 5 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (23.01.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: lightening, marvellous, mischievous and muscle. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be look into short divisions where we divide up to 4-digit by 1-digit, involving exchanges and remainders.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts as well as their division facts. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.   To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths. Here is a link to the online version Y5 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. · https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

09 January 2023

In English, this week we will be analysing the characters from the text ‘The Jungle book’. We will look at how Kipling uses personification to bring the animals to life. We will take part in drama so as compose authentic dialogues between characters in order to prepare us to write direct speech using the correct punctuation.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 2 and 3 in the CGP comprehension Book Two. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (16.01.23).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: interfere, interrupt, language and leisure. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be look into multiplication by using formal methods. We will start multiplying 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers and finish the week by solving problem involving multiplication.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version Y5 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Muneer

04/01/2023

We will be settling in to school and commencing with our Stunning Start to the Topic for this term – Inventors and Inventions with Lego Building Sessions with Bricks McGee

12 December 2022

In English, this week we will be analysing the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas and creating our own stanzas that will fit the tone and rhyming pattern of the poem.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 28 and 29 (Wolves in the UK) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (19.12.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: identify, immediate, immediately and individual. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be recapping and securing our knowledge of roman numerals, addition and subtraction, addition and subtraction multi-step problems and multiplication and division, which were taught earlier in the term.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version: Y5 – Fractions A.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

05 December 2022

In English, this week we will be watching a Christmas advert (The Greatest Gift). We will start by watching the video and summarising its contents using expressions to time, place and cause to show how the story develops chronologically. We will then plan and write our own diary entries based on the father in the video. We will be using informal language, adverbial and prepositional phrases, expanded noun phrases, a range of sentence types and emotive language.  

Comprehension: Please complete pages 26 and 27 (Hiding Out) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (12.12.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: guarantee, harass, hindrance and identity Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on fractions. We will be recapping adding and subtracting fractions, equivalent fractions and ordering fractions.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Here is a link to the online version: Y5 – Fractions A.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

28 November 2022

In English, this week we will be investigating how to answer specific comprehension reading questions. We will look closely at how to read and understand what the question is asking, how to skim a text for key information, how to select appropriate evidence from the test and how to word and support explanations of the text.    

Comprehension: Please complete pages 24 and 25 (The Wind in the Willows) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (05.12.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: foreign, forty, frequently and government. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on fractions. We will be learning about subtracting a mixed number, subtracting 2 mixed numbers and recapping how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers and vice versa.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 – Fractions-A.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

21 November 2022

In English, this week we will be exploring cohesion, which is about how the structure and content of a sentence or text is linked together to create meaning. We will first learn more about cohesion, then add it in to an existing test and finally we will create our own writing with a focus on cohesion, evaluating how successful we have been.  

Comprehension: Please complete pages 22 and 23 (Poems about knights) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (28.11.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: excellent, existence, explanation and familiar. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on fractions. We will be learning about adding fractions within one, adding fractions greater than one, adding a mixed number, adding 2 mixed numbers and subtracting fractions.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 – Fractions.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 

Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

14 November 2022

In English, this week we will starting a new unit about non-fiction writing. We will be investigating when to use commas to avoid ambiguity or to improve the clarity of our sentences. We will also be using the Titanium music video as a stimulus to write a story opening, write a character description and a summary of the video’s content.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 20 and 21 (A Letter from E.B White) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (21.11.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: equipment, equipped, especially and exaggerate. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on fractions. We will be learning about comparing and ordering fractions less than one, comparing and ordering fractions greater than one and adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths. Here is a link to the online version: https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y5-HL-Spring-Block-2-Fractions-A-2020.pdf

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

07 November 2022

In English, this week we will be completing our unit about descriptive narrative writing looking at using precise detail to create meaning description and a clear atmosphere. We will be planning, writing and editing an invented piece of descriptive writing, trying to use as many of the features learnt as possible. 

Comprehension: Please complete pages 18 and 19 (Tracking Basking Sharks) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (14.11.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: dictionary, disastrous, embarrass and environment. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be starting our unit on fractions. We will be learning about finding equivalent fractions to unit and non-unit fractions, recognising equivalent fractions and turning mixed numbers in to improper fractions and vice versa.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 – Fractions

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

01 November 2022

In English, this week we will continuing our unit about descriptive narrative writing looking at using precise detail to create meaning description and a clear atmosphere. We will be planning, writing and editing an innovated piece of descriptive writing, trying to use as many of the features that we have learnt as possible.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 16 and 17 (From a railway carriage) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (07.11.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: definite, desperate, determined and develop. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 and learning to understand and calculate multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. We will also be recapping our knowledge of factors, multiples, square numbers, cube numbers and prime numbers.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Thom

17 October 2022

In English, this week we will be editing and redrafting our writing from last week. We will also be learning about figurative language, creating an atmosphere and how to use show not tell in our writing.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 14 and 15 (Pompeii) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, the first Tuesday after half term (01.11.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: convenience, correspond, criticise and curiosity. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on multiplication and division. We will be learning about prime, square and cube numbers.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 – Multiplication and division

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

10 October 2022

In English, this week we will be identifying grammatical features in the text, recapping our knowledge of commas and relative clauses, practising our redrafting skills and planning, writing and editing the story from a different perspective.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 12 and 13 (The Iron Man) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (17.10.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: competition, conscience, conscious and controversy. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be starting our unit on multiplication and division. We will be learning about multiples, common multiples, factors, common factors and prime numbers.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 Multiplication and division

Remember: 

Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

03 October 2022

In English, this week we will be learning our model descriptive text, understanding the vocabulary used in the text, summarising the text using multi-clausal sentences, asking questions and inferring answers from the text and writing a prequel to the text.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 10 and 11 (The Great Fire of London) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (10.10.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: cemetery, committee, community and communicate. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.  

For Maths this week we will be continuing our unit on addition and subtraction. We will be comparing calculations, understanding inverse operations, multi-step problems and finding missing numbers.

For most of the maths this term the children will need to rely on their times table knowledge, therefore it is so important that they know their times tables facts and can answer questions quickly. Practising a little everyday (2-5 mins) will improve their knowledge and help them to access the maths learning more easily this term.  
To help your learning in Maths please work through some of the pages in your Maths.

Y5 – Addition and subtraction

Remember: 

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday. 
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,  

Miss Thom 

26 September 2022

In English, this week we will be writing, editing and publishing our own recounts. Making sure that we are including all the grammar and punctuation we know so far and completing our work to year 5 expectations. We will also be writing a short descriptive from a picture stimulus.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 8 and 9 (The Tales of King Arthur) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (03.10.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: awkward, bruise, bargain and category. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be starting our new unit on addition and subtraction. We will be adding and subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits, rounding to check our answers and learning mental strategies for addition and subtraction.

Y5 – Addition and subtraction

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Thom

20 September 2022

In English, this week we will be recapping our knowledge of subordinate clauses, expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials and relative clauses. We will also be looking at help the reader to follow our writing by using cohesion techniques. We will be planning our own recount.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 6 and 7 (Why Recycle?) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (26.09.22).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: appreciate, attached, available and average. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be reading, writing and comparing numbers to one million and rounding number to and within one million.

Y5- Place value

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Thom

12 September 2022

In English, this week we will be securing our understanding of relative clauses and complex sentences. We will also be identifying and exploring the features of a recount and shared writing a recount.

Comprehension:

Please complete pages 4 and 5 (An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth) in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (19.09.22).

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: aggressive, amateur, ancient and apparent. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be reading and writing numbers to one million, partitioning numbers to one million, multiplying numbers by powers of ten, placing numbers on a number line up to one million and adding or subtracting 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000 to a number.

Y5- Place value

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Thom

5 September 2022

In English, this week we will be learning a recount text. We will recap our knowledge of word classes (nouns, verbs, adverbs, determiners etc.), simple and compound sentences. We will also learn about complex sentences and relative clauses.

Comprehension: Please complete pages 2 and 3 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, next Monday (12.09.21).

Spellings: The spelling we are focusing on this week are: accommodate, accompany, according and achieve. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 5/6 word list each term.

For Maths this week we will be starting a unit on place value. We will be securing our understanding of numbers to 100,000. We will also be learning Roman numerals to 1,000.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary and make sure your parents have signed it. You should have at least three reads (title of book, pages read and day read). I will collect them in next Monday.
Don’t forget to complete the Maths Frame Multiplication check 3 times, write your result in your home/school diary and make sure your parents sign it off. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
The more you read the better your understanding will be and it will also improve your writing.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Thom