This half term we continue to work on our comprehension skills looking at letters and diary entries.  We continue to read Podkin One Ear as our class book.

At home: children should be reading daily to increase their fluency and build their vocabulary. Ask them if they came across any new vocabulary when they were reading and define it for them.

In writing we continue to think about how writers craft sentences for effect learning about different ways of starting a sentence, shrinking sentences for effect and also adding clauses such as relative clauses, to enhance descriptions.

At home: The basis of writing, is reading - ask your child to collect amazing phrases or words they wish to use in their writing. Discuss different types of writing with your child, such as instructions, news articles, non-fiction pieces, blogs etc. When they are writing at home, ensure they employ their spelling strategies they have learnt in school. 

In Maths, Year 5 will begin by learning about negative numbers and move on to think about short multiplication and division strategies.

At home: it is important that you practise times tables as they form the basis of all our learning in UKS2.

This is a study on Christmas that goes beyond what Christmas is and why it is important to Christians but it also begins to touch on what the significance of Jesus coming has on the wider world.

At home: discuss your beliefs with your child and ask them theirs. Do they know other people who may believe differently? 

This half term the children are learning about forces.  This spine cements understanding that forces act to either speed up or slow down.

At home: discuss which items in your home are powered by electricity. Do you have items powered by alternative energy sources?

History: How did a pile of dragon bones help to solve an ancient Chinese mystery?  The Shang dynasty

Art: What is cubism?

French: French football champions

PE: Gymnastics

Music: How can we create music with multiple sections?