Welcome to London Bridge Class
Class Teacher: Miss S. Winser (Howard’s Curriculum Lead)
Teaching Assistant: Mrs R. Verma
Homework:
Handed out on Fridays,
Returned by Wednesday,
Please remember that homework is an important building stone in the child’s learning and development. The children will receive Dojo-Points for completed homework as well as particularly outstanding contributions.
Daily Reading:
To help further develop the children’s reading and academic development, please support and encourage the children to read daily for at least 10 minutes. This daily reading should then be recorded (title + pages) in the Learning Diary. We would kindly ask parents to sign/initial the record.
The children will receive Dojo-Points for daily reading.
Recommended reading books for Year 5:
Best Books for Year 5 | Ages 9-10 | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 9 and 10 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Reading Activities:
Once the children have completed reading a book, they then choose an activity related to the book (e.g. book-review, letter to the author, sequel, character profile, alternative cover etc.). This activity is completed in the child’s Reading Journal. Our wonderful teaching assistants will then check, feedback and record the completion of these activities.
The children will receive multiple Dojo-Points to reward exceptional work.
PE:
Our current P.E. days are Tuesday and Wednesday with Miss Handley.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#e59dfa” ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – This week in maths, we shall be learning the following:
I can add decimals with the same amount of decimal places across 1.
I can subtract decimals with the same amount of decimal places across 1.
I can add decimals with different amounts of decimal places.
I can subtract decimals with different amounts of decimal places.
I can add and subtract wholes and decimals.
English – We shall be continuing our unit, biographies. We shall be editing an existing biography and planning a biography about Albert Einstein.
Computing – We shall be finishing up typing and designing our travel brochures.
PE -Swimming resumes this week. Please ensure PE and swimming kits are in school.
RE –We shall starting our new unit with Mrs Forde.
Geography – We shall be looking at the location of Whitby, in relation to the UK.
Art – We shall be looking at different perspectives.
Music lessons will be taught by our Soundstart teacher, Mr Regan.
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End of half term – 24th May
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#e59dfa” ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – This week in maths, we shall be learning the following:
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I can add decimals within 1.
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I can subtract decimals within 1.
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I can find complements to 1.
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I can add and subtract decimals with the same amount of decimal places.
English – We shall be starting our new unit, biographies. We shall be identifying the key features of the text, editing an existing biography and giving our presentations based on our research over the Easter holiday/
Computing – We shall be finishing up typing and designing our travel brochures.
PE -There are no swimming lessons this week. Swimming resumes w/b 29th April. Please ensure PE kits are in school.
RE –We shall starting our new unit with Mrs Forde.
Geography – We shall be looking at the location of Whitby, in relation to the UK.
Music lessons will be taught by our Soundstart teacher, Mr Regan.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#befa9d” ]Key dates.[/dropshadowbox]
End of half term – 24th May