Welcome to Year 5! We are really looking forward to an exciting year ahead working with all of you. We will be using the blog to keep you updated on what we have been doing in class and school. This is also a place where you will be able to find information such as any school trips and/or upcoming events.

For more information PLEASE come and speak to myself or any member of staff. We are always there to help with any queries 🙂

Kind Regards

Mrs Nickerson 

Curriculum Homework- Y5 Autumn 1 Homework project

Curriculum Newsletter- Y5 Parent Pamphlet Autumn Term 1 Year 5

Week beginning 11.2.19

English

In English this week, we have been exploring illustrators and improving our writing to make it super descriptive. We have been learning how to use commas to extend our sentences and improve our work.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been exploring shape. We have done work on regular and irregular polygons and have been sorting them in different ways.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have been doing science. We have explored metamorphosis and the life cycles of insects. We have also planted different parts of a flower to find out which will produce a new flower.

We took part in the Sunderland singing festival and the children did an amazing job. I am super proud of them all!

Certificates

Head teacher’s award: Year 5 for super signing at the festival

Maths award: Jennifer for trying super hard with shape

English award: Leo for working super hard at his spellings

Golden table awards: Jaidyn and Jack

Have a lovely half term!

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

 Week beginning 04.2.19

English

In English this week, we have been writing our own stories based on our class novel ‘The wind in the willow’. We designed our own animal characters and story plot based in the Wild Wood.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been exploring reflection and translations. We have worked hard reading 4 quadrant coordinates.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have been doing lots of singing. We have been practising our songs ready for the festival next week. We have also been learning about how to look after money and investments as part of our PSHE.

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

 Week beginning 28.1.19

English

In English this week, we have been reading and listening to ‘The wind in the willows’. We have been learning all about the characters and exploring the way it is written.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been learning how to calculate area. We learnt how to measure the area of large surfaces like the playground.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have been doing lots of singing. We have been practising our songs ready for the festival. We had a fantastic day celebrating number day! Thank you to all of the parents for attending and to the children for trying really hard.

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

Week beginning 21.1.19

English

In English this week, we have been completing our work on persuasive writing and exploring the difference between formal and informal writing styles. We have been writing letters to the Prime Minister to persuade her to help save the Ganges river.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been doing lots of work on written method of division and using the bus stop method.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have being exploring the work of Claude Monet. We have been sketching and paining in a Monet style. We are making our own 3D clay lily pads.

Certificates

Head teacher’s award: Casey for always been a good friend

Maths award: Jack for working super hard on division

English award: Mackenzie for a fantastic letter to the Prime Minister 

Golden table awards: Jennifer and Katie

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

Week beginning 14.1.19

English

In English this week, we have been looking at modal verbs, relative clauses and continuing out persuasive writing. We have been writing an advertisement for an Amazon River cruise.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been looking at rounding numbers. We have used these skills to round money and distance to solve a range of problems.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have being exploring the water cycle and major river from around the world using Google maps.

Certificates

Head teacher’s award: Miley for working hard in every lesson

Maths award: Freya Pennington for her super rounding

English award: Rhianna for working super hard on her advertisement 

Golden table awards: Cole and Mackenzie

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

Week beginning 7.1.19

English

In English this week, we have been looking at persuasive writing. We have looked at the features and persuasive language choices, including emotive language. We have begun to write a persuasive letter to link to our topic.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have been looking at Roman Numerals and negative numbers. The children have used their knowledge to answer problem-solving questions.

Topic

In Topic this week, we have begun to look at our new topic – Rivers of the World. We have looked at different rivers around the UK and different types of rivers and the features of them.

Certificates

Head teacher’s award: All of Year 5 for being welcoming!

Maths award: Charlie M for working very hard on negative numbers.

English award: Aaliyah for excellent persuasive writing

Golden table awards: Tilly and Jennifer

Attendance

Our attendance this week was      %.

Reminders

P.E this half term is on a Monday. Please make sure your child brings in their full P.E kit, including appropriate footwear, into school on this day.

Spellings are handed out on a Monday and should be learnt at home throughout the week to be tested the following Monday. Children also complete daily spelling sessions in school.

Homework is handed out on a Wednesday and should be handed in the following Monday.

Week beginning 3.12.18

This week has been fun-packed! We had a fantastic time on Thursday with our visiting athlete who told us all about his journey to become an 800m runner representing the GB athletics team. We took part in a variety of keep-fit activities to raise money for a great cause. Today has been particularly exciting with our visit to the Centre for Life. We had terrific fun skating at the ice rink; learned all about what it’s like to be an astronaut in space and even had a ride on the Polar Express. What a wonderful adventure!

Maths

In our Maths this week we’ve been learning all about fractions. We’ve found out all about different equivalent fractions, as well as converting fractions into decimals.

English

This week we’ve been writing our own comparative non-chronological reports. We have written about what it’s like for astronauts living on the International Space station. We’ve reported on how they eat, sleep, keep clean and stay fit and healthy. Perhaps we have some future astronauts on our hands?

Topic 

This week we have been looking at the work of the great artist Vincent Van Gogh. We have closely studied the colour, technique and style of his paintings. Our favourite painting was Starry Night which we then tried to recreate for ourselves. The children created some very colourful works of art!

Reminders

Please remember to send in your sponsor money as soon as possible. Also can I ask that you please return your homework and bring your reading books in to school next week. Please also ensure that you bring your PE kits to school for our lesson on Thursday.

Week beginning 30.11.18

We’ve had lot’s to keep us busy in year 5 this week, getting ready for the Christmas fayre. We had a great time making Christmas decorations, which I’m sure will go down a storm!

Maths

In our maths this week we’ve been getting to grips with the long multiplication method. The children found it very tricky at first but they kept persevering until they got it! We have been working hard to master our times tables too which came in very handy.

English

This week we have been looking at a non-chronological report about a alien academy. We have looked at the features of the report and had a go at writing our own. We have tried to include a range of features from relative clauses and parenthesis to technical vocabulary. Our writing has been simply out of this world!

Topic

We’ve had a geography focus in our topic this week as we learnt about the African country of Morocco. We have identified the country on a map and looked at it’s physical and human features. We have enjoyed learning about it’s culture, food and it’s architecture too!

Week beginning 05.11.18

We’ve been very busy in year five this week! We particularly enjoyed our trip to Silksworth Sports centre on Friday, where we took part in an excellent sports leadership workshop. Some children from Year 5 were super lucky this week and got to be interviewed by Tim West – a presenter at SunFM radio station. Tim came into school to record all of KS2 singing a Christmas song for the radio, and some Year 5 children were chosen to do a special job for him which will be played on the radio in a few weeks time! How exciting!

Maths

In our Maths lessons, we have been learning all about prime, square and cubed numbers. We have been able to identify these numbers and explain what type of numbers they are. We have solved some tricky reasoning problems too!

English

In English, we have been continuing out class novel, Cosmic. We have explored how the author chooses descriptive and comic language to make the story interesting for the reader and have written our own descriptions. We have also looked at how we write a dialogue, as well as finding out all about modal verbs.

Topic

This week we have been finding out about planet Earth and how it moves through space. We have learned that it spins around on its own axis, as well as orbiting the Sun. We have also found out some fantastic facts about the other planets in the Solar System.

Certificates
Head Teacher’s award: Casie Humphrey for being an excellent role model and helping out in class.
Maths award: Charlie Morris for great work identifying square numbers.
English award: Tilly Clifford for excellent descriptive writing.
Golden table awards: Cole Moss and Jordan Turnbull.

Attendance
This week’s attendance was _____%

Reminders

Please ensure your child brings in their full P.E kit on Thursday. English, Maths and Spellings homework have been given out and should be completed and returned to school by Monday. Also please remember to read regularly with your child. We recommend that they read 3 times a week.

Week beginning 29.10.18

What an exciting week in Year 5! We had a fantastic Halloween day on Wednesday where children attended a spooky disco! Sweets, treats and games were available and everyone’s costumes were fantastic!

Maths

In Maths this week we have been looking at multiples and factors of numbers. We have been identifying multiples of numbers up to 100 and identifying factors including common factors of whole numbers. Tricky work but the children worked very hard!

English

In English this week we have begun to look at our new class text ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The children have predicted what the story could be about and have answered questions about the first part of the text. We can’t wait to find out what happens next.

Topic

In Topic we looked at the importance of Armistice Day and wrote emotive poems to honour the war veterans and soldiers who fought for us. We have begun to look at our Earth and Space topic which we will develop next week.

Certificates 

Head Teacher’s award: Freya Pennington for brilliant listening and working hard in all lessons

Maths award: Jayden Beckwith for excellent understanding of multiples and factors

English award: Miley for excellent inference and deduction skills

Golden table awards: Tilly Clifford and Esther Conrady

Attendance

This week’s attendance was _____%

Reminders 

P.E in Y5 will be on a Thursday. Please ensure your child has brought in their full P.E kit for that day. English and Maths homework has gone out this week as well as Topic homework and Curriculum Newsletters.

Week beginning 15.10.18

Maths

In Maths this week we have been developing our addition and subtraction knowledge, including using our problem solving skills to answer word problems. The children have worked really hard on some tricky numbers!

English 

In English this week we have been writing a narrative linked to our learning of The Alchemist’s Letter, the children wrote some fantastic narratives using lots of different language features. Well done everyone!

Topic 

Our learning in topic this week has been linked to Science. We have been learning about forces and we completed an investigation this week – check back soon to see some photos of our investigation!

Certificates

Head Teacher’s Award: Casie Humphries for always making good choices.

English Award: Kenzie Johnson for using good descriptions in his story.

Maths Award: Jayden Beckwith for never giving up!

Golden Table Awards: Leo R and Charlie P

Attendance

Our attendance in Year 5 this week was ______%

Well done everyone 🙂 

Week Beginning 8th October 2018

Remarkable Runners!

The children had a fantastic time when 5 of our children went to Silksworth Sports centre to represent  Burnside in the fun run! Well done to Charlie Morris who won from Year 5!

It has been a wonderful week of performance for the children of Burnside. The Houghton Feast was spectacular and our Houghton Children’s Choir was wonderful!

In English this week, we have been writing a narrative and continue to work hard to edit our writing and improve our vocabulary.

In Maths we have been calculating perimeter by measuring and counting the lengths of sides on shapes.

In topic we have learned about the Battle of Marathon in history and created Greek pots in our Design Technology.

Class Attendance: 95.9%

English Award: Aaliyah Hawthorne for fantastic phrases in her writing

Maths Award: Jayden Beckwith for wonderful attitude and effort in maths

Head teacher Award: Freya Pennington for a super attitude to school and always trying her best.

Golden table: Charlie Morris and Kenzie Johnson

Week beginning 1st October 2018

Super Skipping Stars!

Year 5 had an amazing afternoon with HOOPSTARZ

We learned so many tricks and are now professionals!

(we have a certificate to prove it!)

In English this week we have been writing the narrative of the Alchemist’s letter. The children have thought carefully about the vocabulary they have used and have improved their presentation throughout their story.

In maths we have been subtracting this week with increasingly larger numbers! WOW it has been tricky-why not have a go at home and create a subtraction snake!

Our topic this week has focussed on art and we have been designing Greek vases ready to make them.

Don’t forget this week it is the Houghton Feast, year 5 are singing in the opening ceremony on Friday 5th October 7pm  out side of St. Michael’s church!

Class Attendance:

English Award: Miley Wardle for outstanding writing this week

Maths Award: Jordan Turnbull for outstanding maths work this week

Head teacher Award: Tilly Clifford for a super attitude to learning

Golden table: Katie and Rhianna

Week beginning 24^th September 2018

We have had a great week this week preparing for the Houghton Feast! We are lucky enough to be singing at the feast and enjoyed our rehearsals with Miss Taylor.

In English this week we have been writing letters in role as our character Verideon from ‘The Alchemist’s Letter’ the children have used wonderful vocabulary and focussed on time and feelings.

In maths we have worked on mental calculations with increasingly large numbers. We have solved problems and used our maths questioning to reason about our answers.

In topic this week we focussed on democracy and how the Ancient Greek government was created. The children also wrote diaries linked to their topic of a person who lived in Athens or Sparta.

Class Attendance: 94.7  for week beginning 17.9.2018

English Award: Jack Steel for excellent letter writing

Maths Award: Kenzie Johnson for persevering in maths this week

Head teacher Award: Katie Teasdale for working hard each lesson and trying her best

Week beginning 17^th September 2018

What a great week we have had this week! The children have really shown off their talents in writing by using some powerful language to write diary entries in the role of the Alchemist’s son.

Maths has been a week of decimals and fractions (thousandths) and place value. We have all worked hard to understand that fractions and decimals are written in two different ways.

In PE this week we have been working on Hockey skills. this is something that we have really enjoyed and worked hard to control the very slippery ball with the stick!

Our visitor Miss Taylor came to work with us on the Houghton Feast Project http://www.houghtonfeast.co.uk/

Year 5 children have been chosen to come along and sing with the massed choir of 9 schools at the event. A very exciting time for all of us for the Greatest Show!

Class Attendance: 96.3% for week beginning 10.9.2018

English Award: Jack Steel for his great independent work in English

Maths Award: Leo Wilkinson for trying hard with problem solving in maths

Head teacher Award: Mackenzie Naisbett for being a ‘Great Showman’ in our music rehearsals

Week beginning 10^th September 2018

This week in year 5 we have been writing about The Alchemist’s Letter.

It is a wonderful story about father who makes a machine which turns his memories to gold, but he becomes too greedy and loses everything.

Watch the video here yourself: https://vimeo.com/125527643

In maths we have been counting to 1 million and identifying the place value of 6 digit numbers. We have counted on in steps of 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million.

In topic we have been identifying the features of modern day Greece and its landscape.

Class Attendance: 96.3% for week beginning 10.9.2018

English Award: Aaliyah Hawthorne for her fantastic writing in about the Alchemist’s letter

Maths Award: Rhianna Husband for trying so hard every day this week in her independent work

Head teacher Award: Jennifer Smart for being a real credit to herself joining her new school

 

Reminders

Useful Links for Year 5!

www.purplemash.com

www.readingeggs.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2

www.mathletics.co.uk

www.numeracyworkout.co.uk

ICT Links

www.code.org

www.scratch.mit.edu