Learning and Achieving Together
Saffron 2022-23
Welcome to Year 5 and Team Saffron
Your teacher is Miss Smith
Your teaching assistants are Mrs Botha and Miss Routledge
What a busy half term we’ve had!
In Science this half term we have found out that Earth spins on its own axis to create day and night and orbits the sun in 365 days. We also learnt that the Earth, moon and sun are all roughly spherical and that the sun is just a regular dwarf star! In Design and Technology, we took part in the K’Nex Challenge, designing and building cranes to lift a heavy weight.
As Geographers we have been finding out about the features of rivers and learnt that the erosion that rivers cause, changes the shape of the landscape. In RE, we have looked at authority figures and discussed who these could be at home, in school and in the wider community. In PSHE we discussed Relationships, both with friends in school and on the Internet and we watched some interesting videos that have taught us to really think carefully about the dangers of the Internet and what information we share about ourselves.
In French, we learnt the names of some items of clothing and how to use adjectives of colour and size to describe them.
Have a wonderful half term everyone!
Weekly Home Learning
Times Table Rock Stars and Spellings each day
Reading (5 times per week or 7 times for the challenge)
The optional home learning task for this term is related to our topic 'Enchanting Earth'.
In class, we will be learning about rivers, mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes.
You might like to research lots of different rivers around the world or just focus on one river or you might want to research mountains or do a combination of rivers and mountains. You might like to research how earthquakes or volcanoes work or their devastating impact on humans. It is entirely up to you!
Things to think about:
You could create a poster, information booklet, PowerPoint presentation, a model, a video (Newsround style).
Well done to our half-termly award winners for self-belief:
Sam, Humza, Tia, Evelyn - Rose, William
Well done to our weekly stars:
Freddie & Tansy |
Arav & Rocco |
Humza & Sam |
Kavi and Keira |
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1. William 2. Kavi 3. Arav 4. Fletcher 5. Sam 6. Thomas 7. Zac 8. Bahar 9. Freddie 10. Rubie
| Tansy Keria Emily Arav Evie H Bahar Freddie Thomas Kavi Evelyn Ruby Amelia Ella | Rocco William Zac Sam Fletcher Rubie T Humza Tia Maryam |