Sports Day 2014

Sports Day for Year 5 will take place on Tuesday, 8th July at 9.15. Your child will have been sent home today with a slip confirming their team colour. Please could they bring a t shirt with their team colour on it and black or blue shorts on the day.

Many thanks

Homework

Homework: Week beginning 30^th June 2014

From now on homework will consist of spellings and mathletics each week due to assessments, performances and transition week.

Spellings week 30/06/14

Objective: To transform words – making comparatives.
A		B			C
1	taller		angrier	heavier
2	tallest		angriest	heaviest
3	longer		busier	weightier
4	longest		busiest	weightiest
5	higher		funnier	wealthier
6	highest		funniest	wealthiest
7	smaller		happier	unhealthier
8	smallest		happiest	unhealthiest
9	bigger		earlier	wrigglier
10	biggest		earliest	wriggliest

Spellings week beginning 7^th July 2014

Objective: To transform words – converting nouns or adjectives in verbs (and revision of verb endings)
A		B	C
1	interesting	education		attention
2	interested	educate		attend
3	suggesting	reduction		decision
4	suggested	reduce		decide
5	appearing	proposal		magnet
6	appeared	propose		magnetise
7	surprising	critic		achievement
8	surprised	criticise		achieve
9	answering	confusion		collaboration
10	answered	confuse		collaborate

Wimbledon Open!

Today the Wimbledon open will begin with Andy Murray playing just after lunch, so cross your fingers after lunch. And write comments if Andy will make it two in a row. There should be lots of competitive players like Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and more players. Who do you think is going to win the championship? Write your opinion.

By Oliver

Architecture post:

Architecture is an interesting job that is creative! It helps your brain to run wild and think of new ideas! Do you want to have a unique house? If you do this is the right dream for you. A mind full of new ideas to expand. Picturesque and wonderful buildings as far as the eye can see. A brain ready to explode with new creations. Think for all the credit you will get for being a genius, like Zahra hadid , greg  lynn,thom mayne and many more.Hope you understand! By Karima

FACTS ABOUT BALE!

Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Wales national team as a winger. Bale began his professional career at Southampton, playing at left back and earning acclaim as a free kick. He was born on the 16^th of July 1989.

 

Do you know the height of Gareth Bale? He now has the height of 6meters. He is known to be one of the best football players!!

By Hassan and Kacper!

Nocturnal creatures

By Jaya

 

 

Nocturnal creatures are misunderstood beauties. The only reason they keep away in the day is that their predators are around then. Animals such as Owls, Foxes, Hedgehogs and Porcupines are common creatures of the night. If you met an owl or Hedgehog you’d find all they want is a hug. They do have certain ways of defending themselves though which understandably put others off.

Guaranteed, when you meet a nocturnal animal, they shall squeak, creep closer to you (providing you don’t make any quick movements) and stand so close to you, you could stroke it.

THE LOVELY LIFE OF AVESTAA

My Name is Avestaa and I am 10 years old. I like to do a lot of things, but my least favourite by a mile is playing football.

 

 

One of the things I love doing is reading and I have read the book above, but it is in a series and I have only read number 2 and 3 in the series because I couldn’t find number 1.      

One of my favourite things are animals mainly cute ones like horses kittens ect.

5MD in ICT

5MD are learning about blogging and will be creating their own blog posts which you will see here in due course. Please feel free to make appropriate comments, ensuring that you only use your first name.

Spellings

Homework: Week beginning 16^th June 2014

 

Monday:

See spelling post

Tuesday:

Mathletics. If your child cannot access Mathletics at home, please let us know. Thank you!

This homework is due in by Monday, 23rd June.

Wednesday:

Imagine you are out for a walk in the woods one day when all of a sudden you come across this gnarled tree. You start to take slow, steady steps towards it when you hear a sudden click, like a lock being undone.  A small door appears to open on the side of the tree and you can see a definite light glowing from within …

Write an imaginative story about what could happen when you come across this tree.This homework is due in on Thursday, 19^th June.

Thursday:

Interview an adult that you know about a time in their lives when there was a big change for them e.g when they got their first job, started a new school, moved to a new country.

·         How did they feel beforehand?

·         How did they feel at the beginning?

·         What happened afterwards?

·         What strategies did they use to help them deal with change?

This homework is due in on Monday, 23^rd June.

Friday:

When we visited the British Museum, we saw some marbles that had been brought to England from the Parthenon and other famous sites in Greece called the ‘Elgin marbles’. Your task is to research the Elgin Marbles and find out why there is a big debate about them! This is due in on Monday, 23^rd June.

Rocket launch- bottles needed!

As part of an exciting experiment for science week, Year 5 will be launching rockets on the field. We need 40 empty 2 litre plastic bottles in order to give as many people as possible the chance to launch a rocket. If you have any 2 litre bottles at home, we would really appreciate it if you could bring them in on/before Thursday. If any parents would like to assist on Thursday morning, please do let us know.

Thank you!

Spellings

Topic half term homework

Research the Ancient Olympics:

Why did the Greeks hold the Olympic Games?

What events took place in the Olympic Games and who took part?

What are the main similarities and differences between the Olympic Games then and now?

This homework is due in on Monday, 2^nd June.

              

INSET day Thursday, 22nd May

Don't forget that there is an INSET day tomorrow, Thursday 22nd May. School will resume as normal on Friday.

Literacy homework

A worksheet on idioms was given out today. Please complete the sheet and bring it in on Friday, 23^rd May. Can you think of any other idioms? Write them in a sentence so that they make sense.

Skip-a-thon for the British Heart Foundation

The school will be taking part in a skip-a-thon this Friday. Each class will be given 20 minutes to complete as many skips as they can in that time. If you would like to take part, please bring £1 to school on Friday. All donations will go to the charity.

Spellings this week!

Topic homework

Friday:

Choose an aspect of life in Ancient Greece to research. Prepare some facts to present to the class. Due: Monday, 19^th May.

Early morning Maths.

The early morning Maths group will be going ahead tomorrow morning (Fri) for those who are eligible.

Science homework

Thursday:

Friction in sport: In some sports equipment is designed to increase friction e.g. studs

on football boots, whereas in others equipment is designed to reduce friction e.g smooth surfaces on skis. Choose 2 sports and draw and label either the equipment used or clothing worn which helps to increase or reduce friction. Due: Friday, 16^th May.

Topic homework

Research a battle or war that occurred in Ancient Greek times and write a report about what happened. Who was the war between? What caused the war? Who won? Who were the main people involved? Due: Monday, 12^th May.

Science homework

Use your knowledge to explain how heavy ships float. Try to use as much scientific vocabulary as possible. (gravity, upthrust, forces, balanced, unbalanced, surface area)

 

 Due: Friday, 9^th May.

Maths help sheet.

You should have all taken home a sheet to help with your understanding of decimals, fractions and percentages. Please try to memorise the fraction and percentage equivalents.

50% = ½   (Divide by 2)

Eg, 50% of 40 = 40÷2 = 20.

 

25% = ¼   (Divide by 4) or halve and halve again.

Eg, 25% of 40 = 40 ÷4 = 10.

 

10% = 1/10  (Divide by 10)

Eg, 10% of 40 = 40÷10 = 4

 

1%   = 1/100  (Divide by 100)

Eg, 1% of 40 = 40÷100 = 0.4

 

To convert fractions to decimals, divide the numerator by the denominator.

Eg, 2/5 = 2÷5 =0.4

   

To change a decimal to a percentage, multiply it by 100, or move the decimal point two places to the RIGHT.

 

Eg, 0.75 x 100 = 75%

      0.75 = 75%

Literacy homework

Wednesday:

Choose a Greek myth and re-write it in the form of a newspaper report. Due: Thursday 8^th May.

Spellings

Science homework

Thursday:

This half-term’s topic is ‘Forces’. Draw a diagram of some forces in action. Can you name and label the direction of the forces?

Spellings for this week

Topic homework

Write a profile for an Ancient Greek inventor. What did they invent? Do we still use the invention today?

Parent helpers for the British Museum trip: a plea!

We are all looking forward to our outing to the British Museum on Monday. Thank you to those who have returned their permission slip and donation. We are very grateful for the assistance offered by parent helpers as we cannot run the trips without them. At the moment Year 5 are struggling to reach the required number of adults for our outing to the British Museum. Please do let us know if any family members can join us on Monday. Your help is very much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Miss Davies

Science homework

Find five examples of friction in everyday life.

British Museum

Please could you bring your permission slip and donation money by Thursday, 24th April. Thank you!

Literacy Homework.

Choose a Greek myth that you have read at school or research and read a different one. Re-write the myth in 150 words. Remember to include the features of Greek myths, such as descriptions of the hero or heroine, gods or godesses and any mythical beasts, an explanation of the magical gift or weapon and how it was used to overcome a problem, conflict between the characters and a resolution to the problem.

Spellings!

Science Homework

Year 5      What is Gravity?

Science Homework

1.    What happens when you jump into the air?

Why does this happen?

                 2.What would happen if you jumped into the air on the moon?

3.    Would a golfer be able to hit a golf ball further, or not as far, on the moon? Why?

4.    Walking on the moon is different to walking on earth. This is because the force of gravity is not as strong and so does not pull down on your mass as strongly. Write a short description of what you think it would be like to walk on the moon.

5.    When astronauts carry out repairs on the space station, they have to be very tightly secured. Why do they have to be so tightly secured to the space station?

 

Literacy homework

Can you insert colon and semi-colons into these sentences where you see fit:

1.     Mr Daly had a clear set of demands a giant super-computer, a brand new Ferrari and sack of gold coins.

2.     Mr Scarborough’s intentions were clear no one would be going anywhere.

3.     Mr Baker demanded ‘Why are you here?’

4.     Sir Alex Ferguson announced his best squad Rooney, Berbatov, Jukes, Baker, Scarborough and Daly.

5.     Miss Jukes’ words were powerful the message unforgettable.

     6. Plenty of girls had signed up for the team Miss Jukes wanted to be one of them.

7. Mr Daly won the ball in the penalty area he turned quickly, almost losing control he shot and scored.

8.Mrs Flower’s briefcase contained a letter to her MP an empty box of Thornton’s chocolates three poems about her holiday and a study of Macbeth.