Lions
Mrs Beardsley and Mrs Mills (Class Teachers) and Mrs Hart (Teaching Assistant)
paigebeardsley@greentrees.wilts.sch.uk
helenmills@greentrees.wilts.sch.uk
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This week in Lions Class: Week beginning 19.01.26
In English this week, as authors, we will begin to write a character description linked to our class text, The Boy At The Back Of The Class.
In Spelling this week, as authors, our spelling focus will be words with suffixes where the base word ends in -fer.
As mathematicians, we will be using the long multiplication and short division methods we have learnt recently to solve a variety of problems in context. We will also begin our second fractions unit, learning to multiply unit and non-unit fractions by an integer.
The children can access ‘Spelling Shed’ using their individualised username and password. Here is a link to the website: https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
Your child can use Spelling Shed to access a range of activities linked to the spelling rules and patterns they are learning in school. The following template, showing spelling strategies we use in class, may be useful when practising at home:
A4 Spelling Strategies Template
WOW WORDS
As authors, we develop our vocabulary by using ‘Wow’ words. These are words generated from our Whole Class Reading sessions and this week we have focussed on finding synonyms for our Wow words . This week’s Wow words:
pylon, particle, generate, discharge
Also this week… We are starting our new enquiry – How can science help the vulnerable?
Braeside
We are all very excited for our residential trip to Braeside in April (Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th April).
Reading
Our class book is The Boy At The Back Of The Class by Onjali Q. Rauf.
Our weekly visits to the school library take place on Thursday.
We do all we can at Greentrees to share our love of reading. This includes sharing book recommendations with our friends. Please use the book review template if you read a book that you think someone else would enjoy. These may be included in our weekly Newsletter or termly Reading Round-up.
Reading for Pleasure
In Year 5, we get to know the following books really well. These are the stories that we can choose from our reading area to read for pleasure.
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- Our Reading Books
Year 5 Enquiries
Our enquiry in Term 1 is: What does space tell us about life on Earth?
This enquiry involves us being Scientists, Geographers and Artists.
Click here for a summary of our Spring Term 4 learning
Click here for a summary of our Spring Term 3 learning
Click here for a summary of our Autumn Term 2 learning
Click here for a summary of our Autumn Term 1 learning
For an overview of enquiries in Year 5, see here.
Pupil Voice
School Councillor: Jasmine
Sports Councillor: Freya
Eco-Councillor: Georgia
Celebration Assemblies
In our weekly Celebration Assemblies at each site, we present awards, certificates or stickers for the following:
- Learner of the Week
- Birthdays
- Team Point Milestones
- Golden Mile
- Pen Licences
You are very welcome to join us for these assemblies in support of your child.
Maths Passports
We encourage children in Lions to practise their mental arithmetic as often as possible at home. Maths Passports are a good way to support this. Next to each skill in Maths Passports, there are three boxes to date. One for pupils (self-assessment), one for parents and the final one for teachers as follows:
We endeavour to check Maths Passports as often as possible.
On the Mathematics page, within the Curriculum menu, is a guide for parents to support the assessment of Maths Passport skills. Assessment tasks can also be downloaded and printed for use at home.
P.E
Our P.E days are Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Home Learning
In Year 5, Home Learning for spellings and maths is set each Monday on Spelling Shed and Mathletics. In addition, children are expected to read daily. We have decided to send the Spelling homework home in the form of a sheet to complete. Your child is welcome to still use Ed Shed to practise but the homework is the sheet. For Maths, the children can choose whether to complete the printed sheet or the Mathletics activities set for home learning.
Supporting your Child at Home
eBooks can be accessed by parents for free if you register on the Oxford Owl website.
Your child should know the multiplication table that they are currently working on and can practise their recall within 6 seconds here.
Additional online resources to practise times tables can be found here and here.