Offham Primary School

Orange Class (Year 5)

Home Learning for Monday 24th March (water affected day):

Maths - Area and Perimeter Bookle 

Maths - Multiplication and Division Recap Booklet

Please remember we have full access to NUMBOTS and TTRS too.  Both support and embed number skills in many areas of maths. Certificates will be printed this week too as we know the children love these!

English - Please spend this time researching more about your chosen person for your biography.  Note down facts and life events as well as anything else you think is important to include in your biography. There are some helpful hints and videos on biographies here. Biography hints and tips!

Spellings - please practise your words in your chosen style.  This could be spelling pyramids, rainbow writing or using them in sentences. The spelling words can be found on Class Dojo.

Reading - read for pleasure today! Enjoy a book (or two) with someone or alone.  There is a book review below that we would love to see brought back in and we can proudly display in our book corner to help others chose a book in the future.

Book review

There are also some tasks set on Purple Mash for you to complete! Enjoy!

 

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

 

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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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