What another great week we have had in Year 5!

In Maths, we have moved onto perimeter and area. The children have worked successfully to understand how to calculate missing numbers in a perimeter and recognise that compound shapes can be broken up into rectilinear shapes to find out area.

We explored the theories scientists originally had about how our solar system was arranged in Science this week. The children learnt that originally, people believed the Earth was at the centre - this is called a geocentric model. The children drew their own heliocentric models to show how the sun is at the centre. 

Everyone has been thoroughly delving into our Writing unit. The children have been demonstrating excellently different toolkit features and I am very much looking forward to seeing how this develops when we move onto a shared then independent write.

In RE, the children learnt that for Muslims, 'Tawhid' is at the centre of the Muslim faith. They learnt that everything revolves around this. 

The children are all aware of what activity for the Changemaker project they are working on. Please support them at home to complete this!

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

• English – Modal verbs

• Maths – Perimeter

• Spellings – (homophones) 

  1.	guessed
  2.	guess
  3.	past
  4.	passed
  5.	mist
  6.	missed

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 bank holiday weekend!

Charlotte Preston

Dates for next week:

Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday - no school

Thursday 7th May - school hall is being used as a Polling Station - Breakfast and after-school Club - please use the ramp entry near the Year 3 & 5 classroom.

Emails sent this week:

 Year 5 Hockey and Rugby Session

Tempest letter for class photo ordering 

Canal festival 

School crossing patrol vacancy