Class Teacher Blog

Welcome to Year 5!

Cedar Class Teacher: Miss Beecroft

Class TAs: Mr Iuliano and Ms Priya

Emails:

cedarclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com

PE Slots - please come to school wearing your PE kit on PE days - children must not be wearing jewellery and long hair must be tied up.

Thursday: outdoor PE (plain white t-shirt, shorts/joggers/leggings, purple Rushy jumper, trainers)

Friday: indoor PE (plain white t-shirt, shorts/joggers/leggings, purple Rushy jumper, trainers)

Friday (15.09.2023 - 20.10.2023): Swimming (normal PE kit, swimwear under PE kit, swimming bag with a towel, underwear and swimming hat for all children)

This Week’s Learning – w/e 22.09.23

In our themed learning, we finished our DT project. The children showed great chopping skills and I was so impressed by how finely chopped some of their vegetable were! They were fantastic at wrapping up their fajitas to keep all of their ingredients inside and all of the children were brave to try something new. They were all really helpful when tidying up and made sure they had cleaned their area. Then, they thought about what they had made and evaluated to show the things they liked or did not like about their finished products.

In English, we looked at different aspects of the Maya civilisation. The children really enjoyed the treasure hunt style activity where we hunted for facts about the four different categories: clothing, jobs, social structure and writing. Then, we looked at the grammar features of an information text. They worked well in teams to create a mind map all about the features. Lastly, we learned how to use brackets to indicate parenthesis. The children were really creative with their ideas of how to add information to describe the nouns in each sentence.   

In maths, we completed some quizzes to show our knowledge from Year 4. All of the children worked really hard to show all the things they knew and were resilient if they were not sure of an answer. After this, we learned how to round numbers to the nearest 10,000 and 100,000.

Next Week’s Learning – w/b 25.09.23

In our themed learning, we will be learning more about the different types and uses of Maya masks. The children will discuss why they were important to the civilisation and how they used them. We will also be analysing different masks to discover which designs we like the best. Also, we will be starting to understand the different Mayan gods and how important they were to the running of the civilisation.   

In English, we will be planning our information texts. We will use the 4 categories about the civilisation as our different sections. Then, we will gather vocabulary that we can use in our writing. After this, we will spend the next couple of days writing our information texts using our plans to support us. Lastly, we will spend some time editing and improving our writing.

In maths, we will be consolidating our knowledge of rounding by rounding numbers within 1,000,000. Then, we will be learning to read and understand Roman numerals up to 1,000. We will be learning how to write them and also how to convert between Roman numerals and our English digits. After this, we will be estimating where numbers are on an empty number line. Lastly, we will be learning how to calculate temperature changes using positive integers.

For our PE lessons, please come to school dressed in your PE kits on Thursday and Friday. Friday is our indoor PE day and we usually request shorts to be worn in the hall – however, if it is a chilly day, you are able to wear leggings/joggers if you prefer this half term as we will not be using the apparatus.

We will be swimming again this week. Please make sure children come to school with their swimsuit under their PE kit. They need a separate bag which has a towel, their swimming hat, goggles if they choose to wear them and underwear to change into. Please make sure they have a coat if it is cold or may rain as we will be walking to and from the pool.

Star of the week:

Chingu and Lullena

Parent/Carer Information – 22.09.23

You can view all of the Year 5 letters on the Letters to parents 2023-2024 page or follow this link for the Year 5 letters.

Gallery

Don’t forget to pop over to our class gallery which we will update so you can see examples of children's work and photographs of some of our exciting activities.

Home Learning

Please make sure you are reading every night with your child. Their reading record needs to be signed every day. Children will earn a raffle ticket every time they have signed their reading record. Then, on a Friday, 2 children will win a prize from the prize jar.

Children should also be completing Times Table Rockstars at home every day.

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday. The children will have a weekly spelling test on a Friday too.

This Week’s Learning – w/e 15.09.23

In our themed learning, we looked at the Maya civilisation. We learned about the different aspects of their lives, thinking about their jobs, clothing, writing and social structure. Then, in history, we thought about how the Maya have influenced modern day life in Mexico. In DT, we designed our fajitas and thought about the ingredients we will use.

In English, we planned our diary entries to show a day in the life of a Windmill Farmer. Then, we gathered vocabulary that we could use in our writing. After this, we spend a couple of days writing our diary entries from the perspective of the Windmill Farmer. The children were fantastic at using adjectives to describe emotions and adverbials of time to show their chronological order. Lastly, we learned more about expectations for editing writing in Year 5.  

In maths, we subtracted mentally using our knowledge of place value. Then, we estimated numbers on a number line. We learned how to calculate the value of intervals using a division sum to work out what the number line was counting in. After this, we started to learn how to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.   

Next Week’s Learning – w/b 18.09.23

In our themed learning, we will be focusing on our DT project this week. We will be using a safe cutting technique to chop a range of different vegetables. We will also be learning how to construct a fajita and cooking some vegetables. We will also have the opportunity to try some traditional Mexican dish that we can put in our wraps.  

In English, we will be looking at information texts. We will start by recapping our knowledge of Maya civilisation. Thinking more about the important facts that we can use in our writing. After this, we will be looking at the grammar features of an information text. Lastly, we will learn how to use brackets to indicate parenthesis in our writing.   

In maths, we will be completing some quizzes to show our knowledge from Year 4. The children will complete some Year 4 transition quizzes to show the things they can remember from Year 4. On Friday, we will be learning to round numbers to the nearest 10,000 and 100,000.   

For our PE lessons, please come to school dressed in your PE kits on Thursday and Friday. Friday is our indoor PE day and we usually request shorts to be worn in the hall – however, if it is a chilly day, you are able to wear leggings/joggers if you prefer this half term as we will not be using the apparatus.

We will be swimming again this week. Please make sure children come to school with their swimsuit under their PE kit. They need a separate bag which has a towel, their swimming hat, goggles if they choose to wear them and underwear to change into. Please make sure they have a coat if it is cold or may rain as we will be walking to and from the pool.

Star of the week:

Lexi-Mai and Petr

Parent/Carer Information – 15.09.23

You can view all of the Year 5 letters on the Letters to parents 2023-2024 page or follow this link for the Year 5 letters.

Gallery

Don’t forget to pop over to our class gallery which we will update so you can see examples of children's work and photographs of some of our exciting activities.

Home Learning

Please make sure you are reading every night with your child. Their reading record needs to be signed every day. Children will earn a raffle ticket every time they have signed their reading record. Then, on a Friday, 2 children will win a prize from the prize jar.

Children should also be completing Times Table Rockstars at home every day.

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday. The children will have a weekly spelling test on a Friday too.

This Week’s Learning – w/e 08.09.23

In our themed learning, we looked at where the Maya fit into our historical timelines and compared them to other civilisations at the time. In geography, we looked at the locations of where the Maya lived and learned more about the countries they came from. We also started our DT topic by looking at the popular cuisines of Mexico. 

In English, we looked at diaries ready to start writing our own based on the video 'The Windmill Farmer'. We thought about the different emotions that the farmer felt as the seasons changed. We looked at the features of diary entries and thought about the grammar that we need to include. Then, we learned how to use modal verbs to show possibility. Lastly, we looked at using adverbials of time to write instructions. 

In maths, we recapped reading, writing, comparing and ordering numbers. We looked at numbers up to 10,000, then 100,000 and then 1,000,000. Finally, we used our knowledge of place value to add numbers mentally. 

Next Week’s Learning – w/b 11.09.23

In our themed learning, we will look at the Maya civilisation. We will learn about the different aspects of their lives, thinking about their jobs, writing and social structure. Then, in history, we will think about how the Maya have influence modern day life. In DT, we will be designing our fajitas and thinking about the ingredients we will use.

In English, we will be planning our diary entries. We will think about the different seasons and the farmers experiences. Then, we will be gathering vocabulary that can be used in our diaries. After this, we will spend the next couple of days writing our diary entries about ‘The Windmill Farmer’. Lastly, we will edit and improve our writing.  

In maths, we will be subtracting mentally using our knowledge of place value. Then, we will be estimating numbers on a number line. Thinking about the intervals on the number line and calculating the difference between the start and end of a number line. Lastly, we will be learning to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.  

For our PE lessons, please come to school dressed in your PE kits on Thursday and Friday. Friday is our indoor PE day and we usually request shorts to be worn in the hall – however, if it is a chilly Autumn day, you are able to wear leggings/joggers if you prefer this half term as we will not be using the apparatus.

Star of the week:

Tommy and Sienna

Parent/Carer Information – 08.09.23

You can view all of the Year 5 letters on the Letters to parents 2023-2024 page or follow this link for the Year 5 letters.

Gallery

Don’t forget to pop over to our class gallery which we will update so you can see examples of children's work and photographs of some of our exciting activities.

Home Learning

Please make sure you are reading every night with your child. Their reading record needs to be signed every day. Children will earn a raffle ticket every time they have signed their reading record. Then, on a Friday, 2 children will win a prize from the prize jar.

Children should also be completing Times Table Rockstars at home.

Spellings will be handed out on a Friday. The children will have a weekly spelling test on a Friday too.

This Term’s Learning – w/b 04.09.23

Welcome back! Our new themed learning is 'Mysitcal Maya’  We will be looking at where the Maya lived, what their lives looked like, the food they ate and much more!  It is a very exciting half term and we have lots of exciting activities planned!

Next Week’s Learning – w/b 04.09.23

We will be starting the week off with lots of activities to get us settled back into school.  We will go through the school rules and create our own class rules together.

We will be learning more about our classmates and the new adults we will be working with, playing lots of games to get to know each other better. 

In our themed learning, we will look at where the Maya fit into our historical timelines and comparing them to other civilisations at the time. In geography, we will be looking at the locations where the Maya lived and learning more about the country they came from. We will also start our DT topic by looking at the local cuisines of Mexico. 

In English, we will be looking at diaries ready to start writing our own based on the video 'The Windmill Farmer'. We will think about the different emotions that the farmer feels as the seasons change. We will look at the features of diary entries and think about the grammar that we will need to include. Then, we will learn how to use modal verbs to show possibility. Lastly, we will look at using adverbials of time to write instructions. 

In maths, we will be looking at reading, writing, comparing and ordering numbers. We will look at numbers up to 10,000, then 100,000 and then 1,000,000. Finally, we will use our knowledge of place value to add numbers mentally. 

 We will start our PE lessons the first week back so please come to school dressed in your PE kits on Thursday and Friday. Friday is our indoor PE day and we usually request shorts to be worn in the hall – however, if it is a chilly Autumn day, you are able to wear leggings/joggers if you prefer this half term as we will not be using the apparatus.

Parent/Carer Information – 04.09.23

Welcome back! 

We are very excited to get to know you all and start our fabulous Year 5 adventure together.  Please feel free to email Miss Beecroft if you have any questions or concerns.

You can view all of the Year 5 letters on the Letters to parents 2023-2024 page or follow this link for the Year 5 letters.

 Gallery

Don’t forget to pop over to our class gallery which we will update every week so you can see examples of children's work and photographs of some of our exciting activities.

Home Learning

Also, pop over to our Home Learning page – here we will post a digital copy of the home learning and weekly spellings in case your child misplaces them!