Learning and Achieving Together
Saffron 2023-24
Welcome to Year 5 and Team Saffron
Your teacher is Miss Smith
Your teaching assistant is Mrs Archer
This week in Maths, we have been continuing our learning on percentages, calculating percentages of amounts by using a bar model. Next week in Maths, we will be enhancing our understanding of coordinates before learning how to translate and reflect shapes on a grid.
This week in English, we have been continuing writing the remainder of our explanation text of why the Vikings were so successful, focusing on using both causal and subordinating conjunctions and brackets for parenthesis. Next week in English, we will be starting our new unit on Viking Myths.
This week in RE, we have been learning about fasting in different religions and making comparisons between Lent and fasting in other religions including Judaism. In Science, we have been understanding and investigating the effects of friction. We planned and carried out an investigation in groups answering the question - How does friction affect the force needed to move a shoe across different surfaces?
This week in PSHE, we have been learning the health risks of smoking on the human body. We have also really enjoyed World Book day this week, the EFL Barclays Girls Biggest Football event and a visit from Urban Strides.
Next week we are looking forward to Science Week and Red Nose Day on Friday.
Weekly Home Learning
Times Table Rock Stars and Spellings each day
Reading (5 times per week or 7 times for the challenge)
Your optional home learning this term
is to research the Vikings
You might like to think about:
Who were they? Where did they come from?
When did they come to Britain?
Where else did they travel to?
What were the Vikings good at?
How did they influence life in Britain?
What were their religious beliefs?
What were the Viking warriors like?
What were the Viking longships like?
Well done to our weekly stars:
Aaliyah & Logan | Max & Demi |
Kian & Firdaus
| Charlie B & Summer |
Iga
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Top Ten Rockers | Challenge x 7 | Rocking x 5 |
1. Noah 2. Lexie 3. Stanley 4. Charlie 5. Logan 6. Iga 7. Lily 8. Mark 9. Aaliyah 10. Emmie | Emmie - X6 Noah - X6 |
Frankie Stanley Lexie Ryan Lily Noah Mark | Emmie Zac Charlie B Arun Iga Issaynae Tye Charlie Kian Firdaus Demi Logan Kai Aaliyah Eva-Mai Max |