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.
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Maths – This week in maths, we shall be learning the following:
I can read, write and order decimals.
I can round decimals with two places.
I can multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
I can solve problems with decimals (up to 3 places).
English – We shall be finishing our new topic, Travel Brochures. We will be designing, writing and creating our travel guides.
Science – We shall be finishing our lifecycle unit this week with a plant exaperiment.
Computing – We shall be creating a quiz this week, on Scratch!
Reading – We shall be writing our book review for Room 13, by Robert Swindells. Thanks to the Friends of Howard for our lovely class sets of books so that we can all read along! 
PE – We have swimming on Tuesdays and our PE session on Thursdays.
French – We shall be continuing to look at the weather.
Art – We shall be drawing images from photographs, based on areas around Whitby.
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.
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21st & 27th March – Spring term parents’ evening
Well done to the whole of Year 5 – and their parents – for all those lovely costumes and “book in a box” activities for World Book Day! We were completely blown away!
[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 – We shall be continuing our unit of fractions. This week, our learning objectives are:
I can find fractions of an amounts
I can convert between fractions and decimals.
I can read, write and order decimals.
English – We shall be continuing our new topic, Travel Brochures. We will be researching, planning and writing our own guide to Whitby.
Science – We shall be looking at comparing life cycles.
Computing – We shall be creating a quiz this week, on Scratch!
Reading – We shall be continuing our new class novel, Room 13 by Robert Swindells. Thanks to the Friends of Howard for our lovely class sets of books so that we can all read along!
PE – We have swimming on Tuesdays and our PE session on Thursdays.
French – We shall be continuing to look at the weather.
Art – We shall be drawing images from photographs, based on areas around Whitby.
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]
21st & 27th March – Spring term parents’ evening