Year 5 – Macaws and Chipmunks

Important Information

Weekly Spellings

Spellings handed out on Friday 8th November 2019;

Deceive, receive, perceive, ceiling, receipt, conceit, deceit, counterfeit, seizes, neither

They will be tested on Friday 15th November

CLIC is our daily maths skills practice! Each day, as a starter for our maths lessons, we will ask the children to take part in some quick maths tasks. These will help your child with both their maths knowledge and also their quick recall speed. CLIC stands for Counting, Learn Its (facts you just have to learn), It’s Nothing New (building on existing facts) and Calculations.

This week in CLIC

C – Counting in multiples of 12

L – The 12 times table (revision)

I – Jigsaw numbers up to 1000 (also transferring these skills)

C – Smile multiplication

The year 5 teachers are Mr Czartowski (5 Chipmunks) and Mr Miller (5 Macaws), they will be supported in class by Mrs Czartowski and Mrs Macdonald. Mrs Crook and Mrs Norfolk will be working with the children during PPA sessions (Monday afternoons)

Year 5 is an important year and sees the children make the transition to upper key stage two. In year 5 we look to place more responsibility on the children by encouraging them to be more mature in their approach to their learning. It is important to see the children taking greater ownership of their learning becoming more independent and reflective.

We have recently moved away from Mathletics in school and are trailling a number of other websites where your child can improve their maths skills and fluency. Please ask your child about the following sites (click on the links below).

Sumdog

Prodigy Maths

Spellings

This link shows the Year5/6 spelling list from the National curriculum.

Recommended websites

http://www.literacyshed.com/

http://nrich.maths.org/

http://resources.woodlands.kent.sch.uk/

https://www.sumdog.com

https://play.prodigygame.com/

Reading

The children will be expected to read regularly at home and have a reading record to record this in.  Although we encourage the children to read regularly, this may only be a couple of pages or 5 to 10 minutes. They should also make sure they regularly (at least once a week) bring in their home reading record.

Games and PE 

Can we ask that the children bring a full indoor and outdoor kit with them at the start of the week. Normally, indoor PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon and outdoor games will be on a Wednesday afternoon.