A very warm welcome back to everyone! We are into Summer 1 and have a lot of exciting learning coming up over this half term.

Even though it was only a short week for the children, we have covered so much already! In Maths, we have been continuing with our learning of everything decimal numbers. We have considered how we can compare and order decimals - making sure we look at the largest place value column first.

In Science, we finished off our 'Animals, including humans' topic from last half term. We looked inside a cracked egg to investigate the different parts which help support an embryo. The children were fascinated by the fact they could see the air cell within the shell! The children went on to then either researching or creating their own animal, explaining its life cycle and suggesting ways that the animal can be protected from extinction.

We have begun planting our designated food for this half term...  cantaloupe melons! We will keep the seeds in the classroom while it is still relatively cool outside and hopefully soon we will see sprouts! 

Home Learning Please ensure that children are ‘in the green’ on Doodle.

• English – Adverbials of time, place and number

• Maths – Rounding decimals

• Spellings – (homophones) 

  1.	you're
  2.	your
  3.	there
  4.	their
  5.	they're
  6.	our
  7.	hour
  8.	are

Reading should be at least 5 times a week and an adult needs to sign to acknowledge that this is happening. Please ensure you are completing the reading record at home.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Charlotte Preston

Dates for next week:

Enrichment Clubs start back

Wednesday 22nd April - Class Photos (smart uniform)

Thursday 23rd April - 9am - 10am - Year 5 parent meeting regarding secondary schools and 11+ consortium assessment

Thursday 23rd - Oliver after party

Friday 24th April - Ryun Beeson - workshop about Farms and lambing season

Emails sent this week:

School Lunch reminder 

Welcome back and newsletter link

Summer Term Enrichment Clubs 

Y4 & Y5 Football Tournament 

Y5 ( 6 selected pupils) Junior Games Maker Training 

Oliver cast - after party

Y5 chasing payment for Viking Day