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November 2022

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  • How does insulation work?

    Published 25/11/22

    This week, we all worked really hard on our reading, grammar and maths booklets. Some classes still have a booklet or so to go, but we are really proud of everyones efforts in showing what they have learnt under timed conditions. In Science, some classes investigated how effective different meterials are at insulating hot water, with some really interesting results! In English, we have started reading The Matchbox Diaries, which is a fascinating story about a family of Italian immigrants making a life for themselves in the USA in the 1800s. In computing, we have made our first prototype website which we will analyse and improve on next week, then will be adding a range of different media devices to. In Maths, we are about to start an exciting unit on fractions, so any revision you can do on this theme over the weekend will certaihnly be useful!

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  • How varied is the physical Geography on the continent of North America?

    Published 18/11/22

    This week in Year 5, we have explored the continent of North America in Geography, and have learnt about some of the diverse range of physical geographical features which make up this fascinating continent. Please chat to your children about which was their favourite feature and why. In Maths, we have just started the bus stop method of division, and this is a really useful standard method of calculation which means we are learning to be able to do increasingly complex division problems! In English, we have written up our moving and descriptive star writes, which were letters from the Grace in our historical story about HMS Titanic. In Science, we carried out some experiments to see first hand what some reversible and irreversible reactions are, and what is taking place at the molecular level when doing so.

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  • How do modal verbs change the degree of possibility or certainty in a sentence?

    Published 11/11/22

    This week in Year 5 we have been preparing all the necessary grammar and writing practise for writing a letter in the past tense - we will be writing in character as Grace in the Titanic story we have been reading. The specific focus for our writing have been: expanded noun phrases, modal verbs and using visual imagery to show characters emotions, rather than just telling how they are feeling using adjectives. In Maths, we have been revising square and cube numbers and have no moved on to multiplying and dividing whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. In Computing, we have started curating our website content which we are all making as a class in our Year 5 classes. These websites will all be about cyber safety, and will be published at the end of Autumn 2 for younger year groups to use. In Science, we looked at reversible and irreversible changes and how these occur - we will be seeing some of these reaction live on Monday!

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  • How do you know if a number is prime or composite?

    Published 04/11/22

    Great first week back in Year 5! – We’ve made Rangoli patterns for Diwali in RE, started reading a fictional story based on the sinking of the Titanic in English, exploring factors, multiples and prime number sin Maths, separated mixtures in Science using a range of different techniques and started our gymnastics unit in PE.

    It has been wonderful to have everyone back and seeming so happy to be back.

    Please make sure you are practising spellings, times tables and reading every day as well as having a go at the dip and do homework. 

    Have a lovely weekend everyone!

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