Year 5; Sphinx Class

This term we will be practicing ball skills through Netball. This will be on Thursdays.

Daily reading – 20 minutes of a good quality text. This can be fiction or non – fiction. Please encourage reading for pleasure and enjoyment.

Doodle Maths – Complete set assignments, these will link to current learning topics or gaps in learning.

Doodle Spell – Weekly spellings, these will be tested on a Friday.

Spellings are currently being sent home as a paper copy while I await Doodle login details. If you need another copy, I have plenty of spares and they are update on the class window each week 

Blue group: 

Straight, Campaign, Contain, Brain, Claim, Faint, Waist, Praise, Complaint, Afraid

Red group:

Symbol, Lyrics, Mystery, Symptom, System, Crystal, Oxygen, Physical, Typical, Rhythm

Follow the link for the Autumn Spelling Bee words. 

If your child would like to enter, they need to have got a score of 35 correct to get through to the Bee! This will be held at the end of term so get practising! 

Lights, Camera, Action. Please see the overview for this term’s learning. We will be embracing all things film! I am looking forward to seeing all the amazing work we will complete this term. 

Lights Camera Action Overview.pdf

What a wonderful first week back! It has been great hearing about all that has been going on over the summer holidays. I have enjoyed getting to know all the children and getting to see their personalities flourish! We have had a busy week settling in to new habits and routines. Thank you for the cooperation and patience while we settle in.

Well done to Isacc and Leon, our two Stars of the Week this week!

This week we have been given the absolute pleasure of participating in a STEM workshop sponsored by the RAF. We learned all about how AI can help Air Traffic Control in identifying UAPs (the new name for a UFO!). We also had the treat of recreating the moments the typhoons are sent to identify the UAPs and were able to automatically slingshot a paper airplane!

We also had our photo day and all children looked so smart! As the weather does start to tick further in to cold, wet and windy conditions, please ensure your child has a coat and spare trousers/shoes for outdoor play.

Well done to Molly and Jasper, our two Stars of the Week this week!

It's been another exciting week in Year 5. We kicked off our week with a pair of science experiments. One experiment was a short term experiment in water propagation. Hopefully in a week or so, we will have sprigs of herbs with roots forming showing the process of asexual plant reproduction. Our other experiment will hopefully bring colourful results in the spring - we planted 6 troughs with various spring bulbs. I have been so impressed with how the children have been showing responsibility and checking on their plant, assessing if it needs more, or even a fresh change of, water. 

Our topic lesson this week led us to become film critics of the highest standard, reviewing the cinematography, plot and characters of a variety of films. Somehow a Charlie Chaplin film from over 100 years ago still has the power to make us laugh!! 

Next week should give us some equally fun experiences and lessons with our European Day of Languages on Friday. We are going to be exploring Greece and sampling some Greek foods!! 

Well done to Reuben and Bella, our two Stars of the Week this week!