Skylarks WB 14.2.22

Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:09pm

Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?

What a super week we have had this week. I have particularly loved watching the children plan their own myths this week. It is clear they have thoroughly enjoyed our books inspired by Norse mythology this half term and they have really taken on board all of our learning. I already can’t wait to read our final stories next week.

Next Week (W.B. 14.02.22)

In English, we will be using our story plans to write our own myths which must include superhuman characters, appropriate settings and exciting quests. We will be aiming to apply all of our learning from this half term on relative clause sentences, using commas accurately and using dialogue to move the story along.

In Shared Reading, we will finish reading our book ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’ which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. Our focus next week will continue to be on making comparisons within the text. Will Odd manage to save Asgard from the Frost Giants?

In maths, we will continue to focus on written methods of multiplication. We will look specifically at the column method to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers.  We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-A-Day activities.

In RE we will continue with our humanism topic. We will be using all of new knowledge about humanism to help us decide how a humanist might react and what they might say in different scenarios.  

In science we will continue to work on our science topic ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will recap our learning from last week on the life cycle of a butterfly, before moving on to look at the life cycle of a frog. We will then use a Venn diagram to compare the similarities and differences between insects and amphibians.  

During our topic day we will be extending our knowledge past the Anglo Saxon era and will be considering what happened when the Vikings invaded Britain. We will learn about the Viking raids, Danelaw and Danegeld.

Our PE day for the Spring Term will be Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.

Homework

In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.

If your child is finding the homework tricky, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.

The children should complete page 24 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 18th February. This homework is looking at written multiplication. Children are familiar with the column method which we use in school.

Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Our spellings for the quiz on Thursday 17^th February will be the next 10 words from the Y5/6 statutory word list:

Identity, immediately, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous

Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?

Miss Beattie x