Wow! What a great half term we have had in year 5. The progress the children have made in reading, writing and maths has been wonderful to see and some of the learning which has taken place in the wider curriculum has been excellent.

P.E. kit - it is getting colder now so jogging bottoms/jumpers are a great idea to include for P.E. kit on Tuesday.

Times tables - please spend a little time each night practising times table questions with the children. They will come home have a range of strategies they have been taught at school including singing, chanting and learning their table facts by rote. We apologise for ruining any nursery rhymes for you by turning them into times table songs.

Next half term:

We have an INSET day on Monday so school will reopen for the children on Tuesday.

In English, we will continue with our character description genre of writing.

In guided reading, we will continue answering questions based around non-fiction texts - our first week back will be about volcanoes.

In maths, we will conclude our multiplication and division topic of work.

In geography, we will start a new unit of work about volcanoes and earthquakes.

In P.E., we will have our first lessons from our new units, gymnastics and netball.

In science, we will look at forces for the first time.

In PSHE, we will look at how our differences make us special.

In music, we will start learning about our new song - Livin' on a prayer.