What a lovely and reflective week it has been in Year 5. Our worship leaders this week led us in a beautiful and heart touching liturgy on Tuesday as this marked Armistice Day. We used this as a time to remember those who are resting in heaven and to never forget. The children took a display poppy to write down the name of their loved one who are were remembering. In RE, we have continued looking into the life of David as Mrs Gregan reflected on his reign as king and the children referred to scripture to support their reasonings. To finish off, the children created their own crowns to reflect the qualities of King David. Later in the week, we analysed David’s famous Psalm 23 which portrayed his relationship with God. The children then reflected on their relationship with God to create their own psalm. Can you remember what number your psalm was and why we chose that number?
In English, we have zoned in on our non-fiction texts and started to look at the features of an article (can you remember all 8 features?) We applied this knowledge by analysing our first article text. In Maths, we have been continuing with negative numbers and have been applying these into various contexts such as temperature, sea level and hotel floors. We then broke down tricky word problems of these examples and created number lines to help answer these questions. In Geography, we have been looking into the countries and cities of the world as we expand on our knowledge of the world map. This week, we have been looking at capital cities- how many capital cities can you remember? In PE, we have begun our new sport of netball and have been applying various different types of passes.
Conversation Starters
In ‘My Happy Mind’ this week, we looked at different scenarios when our mind thinks we are in danger when our body isn’t actually in danger. Can you remember which part of the brain is working when this happens? Share the examples we discussed in class and see if your family members can relate to this.
Riddle of the Week
Test your parents on today’s riddle.
Poor people have me.
Rich people need me.
If you eat me, you’ll die. What am I?
Let’s Celebrate
Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. Our winner this week goes to Martha. You are just so faith-filled Martha! You have such a positive outlook on life and you treat everyone with such kindness. Your learning partners really do appreciate these qualities and this allows you to build such loving relationships amongst school.
Learner of the Week: This week, our learner of the week goes to Ava for being an focused and enthusiastic learner. I have noticed a real shift in your focus and enthusiasm in this new half term Ava. You have reflected on the advice given to you by your trusted adults and have applied yourself brilliantly to all aspects of your learning and this is really starting to pay off- fantastic work!
Notices
Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.
Travelling Nativity has started to go home so please use this as a special time to connect with Jesus and to get you in the Christmas spirit! This will need to be brought back in the following school day.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.
Monday 17th November PJ Day- Please bring £1 in to help raise money for Brian House so you can spend the school day all comfy in your PJ’s. Children can bring a reasonable sized teddy into school to keep them company whilst they are working super hard.
Monday 17th November- Next week as part of our HRSE currciulum we will be splitting the class and joining up with year 5 to learn all about girl’s and boy’s bodies- if you would like to know what is being covered please look at our curriculum overiew for HRSE on the website, follow the button below to help direct you. Mrs Harrison will be delivering the girls lesson and I will be delivering the boys.
Friday 21st November Year 5 Football Tournament- Those children playing in the school football team have a tournament at Poolfoot Farm, Thornton Cleveleys 1pm-4pm. Please pick your child up at 12:20pm and take your child to the venue. Their football kits will be handed back to them prior to the day. Please liaase with other parents to arrange pick ups if possible.