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Offham Primary School

Orange Class (Year 5)   

What are we doing in Term 1?

Welcome to Orange Class! We can't wait to delve into some exciting learning with you.  In term 1 we will be learning:

Maths: Roman numerals, place value to 1,000,000, rounding and addition and subtraction and inverse operations.

Writing: 

SPAG: Revise Year 4, Modal Verbs, commas to clarify meaning, relative clauses, formal language, similes and metaphors, antonyms and synonyms, semi colon, colon and dash 

 Genre: letter of application, narrative, diary, non-chronological report, poetry, speech writing.  

Reading: Shackleton's Journey

Science: Properties and changes of materials

Geography: A study of Ancient Greek life and their achievements

French: Do you have a pet?

Art: drawing and painting

Computing: Word Processing

PE: Swimming and Hockey

RE:  Why do some people believe God exists?

PSHE: Well-being

Music: composition and notation

What can you do at home?

Daily practice of timetables and daily reading. Times tables are going to underpin everything we learn in the first few weeks - we need the children to be confident in recall and remainders. 

Practise spellings for the weekly spelling test.

Complete any of the optional tasks on the class page.

 

Contact information

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

The year 5 team

lrose@offham.kent.sch.uk   (Monday- Wednesday)

bseabrook@offham.kent.sch.uk  (Thursday and Friday)

 

Year 5 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 and Mrs Seabrook  

The Year 5 Team.

 

 

 

KS2 Optional extra home - learning tasks

Homework Task 1: English/Reading

Task: Write a diary entry describing one of the most challenging moments of the expedition.

Include:

  • What has happened.
  • How you are feeling.
  • Details about the Antarctic environment.
  • How the crew are working together.
  • Your thoughts about Shackleton as a leader.
  • Powerful vocabulary and descriptive language.

Challenge: Include a short piece of dialogue and use evidence from the book to make your writing historically accurate.

Homework Task 2: Geography

Task: Create a presentation called “A Day in the Life of an Ancient Greek child"

For an Ancient Greek child, investigate:

  • Homes and family life.
  • Food.
  • Education.
  • Entertainment.
  • Gods and beliefs.
  • An achievement of Ancient Greek civilisation that still influences us today.

Challenge: Compare an Ancient Greek belief about gods with a belief held by a modern religious person.

Homework Task 3: Well-being & PE – My Healthy Me

Task: Create a “Well-being Week” plan for yourself.

Plan seven days and include activities that support your:

  • Physical health — e.g. swimming, hockey, walking or another form of exercise.
  • Mental well-being — e.g. relaxing, spending time with family, reading or being outside.
  • Sleep.
  • Healthy eating.
  • Time away from screens.
Challenge: Can you set a goal and achieve this? 8,000 steps a day for example.
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