Year 5 blog

Spellings
familiar

committee

especially

persuade

mischievous

care

bear

where

chair

air

Apostrophe for possession

Can you rewrite the sentences below using apostrophes for possession which will shorten the sentence.

The web belongs to the spider.

It’s the … _______________________________

The basket belongs to the lady.

It’s _____________________________________

The collar belongs to the dog.

It’s ________________________________________

The ball belongs to the boys.

It’s _______________________________________

The cave belongs to the dragons.

It’s __________________________________________

Times tables this week- THE FABULOUS FOURS (Cup of tea!)

We had great fun using the Lego to create our own fairground rides with 2control NXT.

We programmed our instructions, thinking carefully about the inputs and outputs, so that our circuits changed in response to a touch sensor.

We have been exploring reversible and irreversible changes. There was a lot of indepth discussion about the effect of heat and what it can do to change materials. We were able to identify when a material can change state and be returned to its starting state.

Our bookfair will be back in school during the last week of term. It will run from Tues 9th-Thurs 11th February.

The competition this term is to design a book mark which shows your love of reading. The criteria are:

High quality presentation
Original ideas
A clear ‘love reading’ theme.

The deadline for entries is Friday 5th February. The winner will receive a £5 voucher to spend at the book fair.

In addition to spellings, literacy and maths homework, we will be focusing on one times table a week. This week it has been 3s. Impress your family and friends with your quick recall of 3 time table facts. Parents, why not fire some quick 3 times table questions at them to keep them on their toes?

Spellings
environment

language

vehicle

twelfth

bruise

Group 2-

here

near

clear

cheer

steer

Commas

Identify the main clause and subordinate clause in these sentences. Use this to help you put commas where they should go.

In the centre of town the market was being set up.

The boy feeling content lay back on his bed.

As soon as they spotted the car they stopped running.

The cat which by now had nearly reached the top of the tree watched me carefully.

Giggling quietly they both made their way home.

We have enjoyed creating a playdough Earth to help us to identify and visualise the different layers.

What does the structure of the Earth consist of?

Can you describe the key features of each of the layers?

Andy Timings, our music teacher has available slots for any child who wishes to take up the opportunity for guitar or brass lessons.  Please speak to the office or contact him directly if you are interested.

Tel: 07904 644007

Email: guitartutortimings@hotmail.com

Yesterday we started making our brilliant volcanoes and today we will be painting them. We have used bottles as our base so that we can make them erupt once we are finished!

We have been amazed with some of the fantastic homework projects the children have brought in. Here are some pictures of just a few of them.