Changes to our homework policy…
Read moreYear 5 Homework due Thursday 18th April
Spellings
accommodate
accompany
according
achieve
aggressive
amateur
ancient
apparent
appreciate
attached
available
average
SPAG
The children have been given a set of grammar and punctuation questions which have been stuck in their books.
Science- Materials
Pick an object/material in your house and analyse its properties by using the table to help you.
Year 5 Homework Due Thursday 28th March
Spellings
Tricky words again for this week with the first 4 words being our new spellings and the rest are previous tricky words that we have done this year.
bruise
nuisance
recognise
criticise
buoyancy
fictitious
superstitious
immediately
necessary
receive
determined
obedience
English
Will be on IXL;
T1- Identify base words, prefixes and suffixes.
Y3- Use the correct homophone
Art- Poetry
Mrs Mather has set everyone the task of finding/writing your favourite poem in your homework books. You can either select a pre-written poem and stick/write this in your books or you can create your own.
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 21st March
Spellings
This weeks focus has been words ending in -cial or -tial that sounds like shul. Plenty of practice will be needed as some words have slighty different endings.
official
essential
special
partial
social
confidential
artificial
initial
financial
torrential
crucial
influential
Maths
We have been looking at rounding at our place value retrieval this week. Complete the following IXL. Jotting will be key to help working these questions out.
A13- Rounding: up to thousands place
Assembly Practice
Scripts have been handed out and stage direction has just begun so it is vital for children to practise their lines and to remember when to come in.
Year 5 Homework- Due 14th March
Spellings
Our spelling focus this week has been silent letters. The first 6 spellings are our new words and contain a letter which is very quiet. The other 6 words are previous silent letter words that we have already learnt.
average
desperate
temperature
vegetable
frequently
equipment
glisten
whistle
bustle
thumb
subtle
debt
Maths
Will be on IXL;
H13- divide 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers
A10- Writing numbers up to one million in words: convert digits to words
English
In our discussion texts, we have been using facts to provide more information and to persuade our reader.
Remember- A fact is a statement that can be proven and is true.
On IXL;
R1- Distinguish facts from opinions
Science- Due on Monday
For our experiment on Monday, we will need some empty 2litre bottles and some empty milk bottles. We will be working in groups so as a class, if we had 10 of each bottle then that would be enough.
Year 5 Weekly Homework- Due 7th March
Spellings
Just 10 spellings this week. The focus for this week has been words ending in -tious that sounds like ‘shus’. Spelling number 6 is a tricky one as it is a xious ending instead but it has the same sound.
cautious
infectious
ambitious
superstitious
nutritious
anxious
scrumptious
fictitious
repetitious
pretentious
Maths
Our times tables knowledge has been a great help for us in our short division lessons. We are getting speedier with these which is giving us more time to tackle the division problem. Games like TTRS and Hit the Button are brilliant for speedy times tables. Have a go at ‘Hit the Button’ and see if you can get over 20 (or even 30!). Tell me your highest score.
Reading
AR has been down this week due to a county update regarding the IP. AR should be up and running by Monday in which we should see plenty of children ready to quiz.
World Book Day- Thursday 7th March
World Book Day is soon upon us so make sure you have your costumes ready for the big day. We are all going to create our own story, simply from our imagination. You will need to bring in a ‘magical object’- This may include a magic feather, a magic stone, a magic jewel- get creative.
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 29th February
Spellings
convenience
muscle
disastrous
neighbour
interfere
rhythm
awkward
familiar
immediately
curiosity
receive
hustle
Maths
We have just begun our big division topic which is closely related to our times tables. Regular times tables practice will be needed to help your child access the content. There are lots of fun times tables games to play online such as Hit the Button, Maths Bingo and TTRS.
Kindness Homework
As we have now swapped our Lenten boxes with our Year 2 partners, the children will now need to fill these boxes with money earned from acts of kindness. The children are to write a list of the acts of kindness they intend to carry out in order to raise money. This may also include doing some extra chores around the house to help you parents!
Year 5 Half Term Homework
Reading
We are currently at just over 4 million words as a class on our word count for the year. At Christmas, we set a target of 10 million words before the end of school in summer. We are currently halfway through the year so the more everyone reads- the closer we will get to the target!
Spelling
This weeks focus has been words ending in ‘shus’ but spelt -cious. After half term, we will then be focusing on words with -tious endings so it is important we that we practice over half term to learn the difference.
spacious
vicious
precious
suspicious
conscious
delicious
ferocious
luscious
malicious
precocious
atrocious
pugnacious
Maths
We will be beginning our big multiplication and division topic after half term so it is vital that the children keep practicing their times tables over the week and they feel confident with all tables up to x12.
Science
For anyone who has not finished their planets fan project- this will need to be competed over half term. The research side has all been done and it is onto the colouring and making of the fans.
They will need to make a small hole through the circle, which is at the bottom of each sheet. Then you will need to place a split pin through each sheet (one by one) to create the fan.
When you have finished, take a picture of your child with their fan project so that the photo can go in their book for evidence.
Lenten Boxes
Easter will soon be approaching us after half term so the children will need to make a lenten box in order to swap with another child. The children could use butter tubs, plastic container, small cardboard box- it’s up to you! (Just make sure it is fully cleaned first)
Here are some examples of last years to help you out.
Year 5 Homework Due Thursday 8th February
Spellings
This weeks focus has been double letter words. The first 6 spellings are our new words from this week and the remaining 6 are previous words that we have learnt this year.
immediately
suggest
marvellous
necessary
programme
recommend
accompany
accommodate
appreciate
attached
aggressive
according
Reading
With only one week left until half term, the children should be aiming to finish their book so that they can get a new one for the half term- including a new target.
Science- daily interaction for the whole of February
Now the children have learnt the 8 phases of the moon, there homework will be to check each night which phase is currently in motion. This homework will begin on Thursday 1st February and the children will track this in their calendar. If you are going abroad somewhere in the southern hemisphere during half term, then make a note of this on your calendar and what the phase is in that country.
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 1st February
Spelling
This weeks focus are words ending in -ant, -ance and -ancy.
distance
defiant
hesitancy
assistant
elegance
vacancy
tolerant
relevance
pregnancy
observant
buoyancy
instant
English
We have been creating lots of desciption in our sci-fi writing by using various techniques such as;
Extended noun phrases
Modifying verbs and nouns
Personification (imagery)
Similes
The children are to complete a set of extended noun phrases by using the pictures to help them.
Science- daily interaction for the whole of February
Now the children have learnt the 8 phases of the moon, there homework will be to check each night which phase is currently in motion. This homework will begin on Thursday 1st February and the children will track this in their calendar. If you are going abroad somewhere in the southern hemisphere during half term, then make a note of this on your calendar and what the phase is in that country.
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 25th January
Reading
All children have been given a post it note which should be inside their reading book. This is a target that they have set for themselves in the time to complete the book. Big house points up for grabs for each target complete.
Spellings
This week we have looked at homophones again but have focused on ‘near-homophones’ which are words with the same sound and very similar spelling. The first 8 spellings focus on this theme. I have attached some of the techniques that we used to help differentiate these words. It would be great if the children could practise writing these words in sentences. The next four spellings are other homophones that we have covered this year.
affect
except
practice
advise
effect
accept
advice
practise
aloud
passsed
guest
stationery
affect effect accept except- The words that begin with an a are verbs
advise practise advice practice
words ending in se are verbs. Words ending in ce are nouns.
Maths
Will be on IXL. We have began to focus on multiples in relation to factors.
D9- Choose a multiples of a given number up to 12.
K10- Square numbers.
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 18th January
Spellings
The focus this week has been spellings with the ee sound which is spelt ei. The first 9 spellings focus on this with the final 3 being previous tricky words that we have covered.
receive
deceive
ceiling
receipt
conceit
seize
protein
caffeine
conceive
determined
familiar
persuade
Maths
Will be on IXL to practice our factors work. Children are to jot down their ‘factor bugs’ to help present their work and any further jotting such as their times tables are advised.
K3- Identify factors
English
In English, we have been reading/analysing a sci-fi story to look of how we can improve the chosen word classes (noun, adjective, verb and adverbs). Our focus has also been to choose the appropriate word to fit the context.
S2- Using stronger verbs
Year 5 Christmas Homework
Reading
Lot’s of time to finish our books so we are expecting lots of quizzing when we come back. If you have finished a book at the beginning of the holidays, then continue reading as the book may be available to quiz on Accelerated Reader.
Maths
The children have been given times tables sheets to complete over the holidays. These focus on some of the trickier times tables. It is important that we practice our times tables over the break and master these to prepare us for our multiplication topic when we come back.
Year 5 Weekly Homework- Due 20th December
Spellings
develop
determined
familiar
definite
awkward
persuade
especially
guessed
rhythm
curiosity
Christmas Concert Practice- PRIORITY
We have now finished all of our concert practice sessions and with our concert being on Monday, it s crucial that children spend the weekend going over any of the songs that they do not know as well. All of the songs and lyrics are on last weeks blog.
The song in particular that needs the most practice is ‘While Shepherds Watched’. This is because each class sings a different verse so it is more independent of each child to loudly and confidently sing the lyrics. We are singing Verse 2 which is;
“Fear not,” said he for mighty dread
had seized their troubled mind
“glad tidings of great joy I bring
to you and all mankind
Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 14th December
Spellings
silence
absence
magnificence
intelligence
obedience
dependence
innocence
patience
confidence
evidence
Christmas Concert Practice- PRIORITY
With only two whole group practice sessions left, it it vital that we are practicing our songs for the KS2 Christmas concert. Here are the videos from our previous practice sessions. Some children have lost their lyric sheets so I have uploaded the lyrics for all of our songs down below.
Year 5 Homework- Due December 7th
Spellings
The focus for this week has been double letter words. The first 5 are words we have learned this week and the rest are other double letter words- some of which we have covered already this year.
embarrass
excellent
exaggerate
especially
interrupt
accommodate
appreciate
aggressive
address
access
Christmas Concert Practice
The next 3 songs of our Christmas concert have been practiced this week. Next week, we will begin practicing at church so it is vital that children are learning the lyrics at home so they are prepared.
The Great Our Lady Bake Off & Christmas Jumpers- Friday 8th December
We are one week away from the Our Lady Christmas Bake Off. Both children and staff will be entering separate competitions and everyone will take part in judging all of our entries. This is all in aid to raise money for Brian House- to give children less fortunate than ourselves a wonderful Christmas.
£3 - Bake Off Entry Fee
£1 - Cake Sale
£1 - Christmas Jumper
9:00 - 9:30am - Judging!
This will take place in the classroom for individual bakes and in the hall for the family bakes. The bakes will be judged on 2 things: flavour and festive appearance. Teaching team are judging the taste and the children are judging the appearance -one winner per class. For those children who are doing a family bake, these will come into the hall and Mrs Gregan and Mrs Nel will judge these. Make it special. Have a gingham altar at the front of your class and make it a real event.
Breaktimes - Cake Sale
We will then separate the bakes and have some for the class bake sale and keep some for the parents in the afternoon. The children will be bringing in £1 for the cake sale. See how much is brought in and then decide how much the children can buy.
2pm - 3pm: Parents Carols and Cakes
Year 5 Homework- Due 30th November
Spellings
frequent
patient
ancient
innocent
dependent
intelligent
obedient
magnificent
different
confident
Christmas Concert Practice
We practiced the next few songs of our Christmas concert this week. Please dedicate some time to learning these songs to help make our concert amazing when in church.
Maths- Money
Will be on IXL;
R1- Comparing money amounts
R3- Add and subtract money amounts
Geography- Rivers
Next week, we will be starting our first geography topic of rivers. In preperation, choose one famous river in the world and create a poster about this river. Your poster might include facts such as location, size, length and other interesting facts about your chosen river.
Here is a list of some of the most known rivers around the world;
Thames
Nile
Amazon
Mississippi
Ganges
Yangzee
Rhine
Dandube
Year 5 Homework- Due 23rd November
Spellings
The focus for this week are homophones. There are 3 pairs of homophones in the list that we have learned this week and the rest are other homophones that have been previously learnt.
allowed
guest
passed
stationery
cereal
farther
pear
aloud
guessed
past
Christmas concert practice
We have practiced ourfirst 3 songs of our nativity concert. These songs are;
Joy to the World
Mary Did you Know
Bring him Home (God on High)
Maths
Will be on IXL;
K10- Square numbers
English
Will be in their homework books. The children are to complete the main clauses of the ‘ed’ sentence starters which are about our class novel- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The children are then to research and choose 3 of their own ed sentence starters and write a sentence for each of them about our class novel.
Year 5 Homework- Due 16th November
Spellings
The focus for this weeks spellings are words ending in -ibly and -ably.
understandably
sensibly
comfortably
incredibly
considerably
terribly
miserably
possibly
suitably
horribly
Science- Gravity
In our forces topic, we have been looking at gravity and have experimented with measuring the force of gravity (weight). In the experiment, we were measuring the mass of objects (using a weighing scale) and also the force of gravity of the object (using a forcemeter).
Their 2 tasks for this week are;
1) Find 10 fun facts about gravity- design this into a poster or fact file in your homework books.
2) Measure the mass of 5 objects in your house using a weighing scale. Then using our conversion rate, calculate the force of gravity for that object.
100g (mass) = 1N(force of gravity)
1kg = 1000g
Maths
In our maths lessons, we will be doing 10/15 minutes of multiplication fluency at the start of every lesson to make sure that our times tables are mastered before starting our big multiplication topic after Christmas. This will be on IXL;
D7- Multiplication facts up to 12
Year 5 Homework- Thursday 9th November
Assembly Practice
All lines to be fully rehearsed by Monday- will be practising without scripts.
Focus on fully remembering our prayer and the lyrics to our song.
Song- ‘Count On Me’ by Bruno Mars
Prayer
Please help our world leaders and ourselves to make the right decisions (Red ties)
To keep our world safe and to make peace amongst each other (Blue ties)
We pray that the wars across the world come to an end. (Red ties)
That our world is kept safe by keeping it clean as we tackle climate change. (Blue ties)
And that us people, your creation, can find more peaceful ways of dealing with our differences. (Red ties)
May we remain hopeful that peace and good fortune will come good and that your faith fills the hearts of the world. (Blue ties)
Spellings
The first 6 spellings are new words that we have learnt this week. The last 4 are other tricky words that we have covered this year.
rhyme
rhythm
symbol
system
forty
curiosity
appreciate
invisible
believable
attached
Maths
Will be on IXL;
DD2- Model decimals and fractions
DD4- Place values in decimal numbers
Music- Clarinets
To practice;
Jingle Bells- E G C x 10
Dancing in the street- G G G A G x 5