Week beginning 3rd February 2020

Global play day 

Global Play Day took place on the morning of February 5th from 8.30am to 11.10am. Children were able to bring in ONE toy or game from home on this day. This year’s theme was ‘Games Around the World’ and we provided lots of multicultural activities for your children to participate in as well as some old favourites. 

We wrote recounts of Global Playday. We had to remember to use paragraphs and time connectives such as first/next/after a while/eventually/subsequently etc

In preparation for out research on energy, we had to think of the key questions we wanted to answer.

After deciding our key questions, we began researching data online and in books.

We usually have weekly spelling tests? This one was about the spelling patterns 'able' and 'ible'

Our learning next week...

• School is closed on Monday
• PY sports Day is on Friday morning and it's a half day

English

• Further use of time connectives such as first/next/after a while/eventually/subsequently etc
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• There were mixed results on our ible/able spelling tests this week so we are going to retest the same vocabulary again next Thursday. The full spelling lists are in last weeks blog.

• Becoming an expert in one form of energy and creating a factsheet.

Science

• Further learning about lifecycles.

PSPE

• The whole school is celebrating Thriving Week. This learning will concentrate on the themes of Building Friendships, Learning about Food and Mindfulness.

Maths 

• Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed.
• Plot specified points and complete shapes.
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• These are being continued from last week

This week in Maths, Y5 has really "stepped into" directions. Learners have had the opportunity to explore how to listen to directions, give directions and write directions using key vocabularies such as quarter turn to the left, the intersection of Elm and 1st Street, go straight to the corner of Dog Street.

This week has allowed learners to comprehend and apply their knowledge and skills of speaking, listening and directing in our Maths sessions.