Road's End Writing: Newspaper Reports

As part of their module on newspaper reports, 5AC watched a fantastic and mysterious short video called Road's End from the Mystery Shed on the Literacy Shed website.
They discussed what they thought was going on in lots of detail, then worked together to plan a newspaper article based around the main event.
With the class plan for support, they wrote their own articles.  A few examples of what they produced are included below.

Seth

George

Isabelle

Emily

100 Word Challenge Showcase Week 2

Most weeks, some classes take part in the 100 Word Challenge. Last week, for the first time this academic year, some of our children's writing was chosen for the Showcase. A link to the writing by Lucy (5AC) can be found below.

Click here to read Lucy's writing. After reading, you could leave her a reply about her work too.

Well done Lucy!

Place Value

We've been checking that our understanding of place value is correct...

The Characters of Twelfth Night

Today, we thought about the relationships in the play and how we could describe some of the characters.

This work was created by Matthew & Chloe.

Ben K's Twelfth Night Storyboard

We're Magical!

In groups, Year Five children were asked to, 'Film something, that is impressive when watched in reverse.' These are ten examples of what they came up with.

Water Colours

We're starting to learn how to use watercolour paints. Here is some work from three pupils, including Tobias, Romarn and Nika:

Hercules Waldorf-Franklin III Writes from The Moon

Today, 5BR/LM read 'The First Hippo on the Moon', by David Walliams. 

After reading the book (which we all enjoyed), we wrote letters from Hercules Waldorf-Franklin III back to earth about him being stuck on the moon. Some of the letters can be read below.

These letters were written by Amy O, Natalie O, Alfie War & Nika B.

Chloe and James Time Travel

Today, we wrote about time travel. Below is the writing completed by Chloe and James.

Home Learning Information for Year Five

This coming year, the home learning expectations are as follows:

Each week, there will be  either a written or Mathletics task set. These will link to End of Key Stage Expectations for arithmetic or reasoning. (20 minutes)

Weekly, we will set a grammar and punctuation activity to consolidate our work in class.(20 minutes)

In school, we have a weekly focus on a spelling rule. A list of spellings to learn that follow the week's rule will be provided. (20 minutes)

Children should read on a daily basis. Renaissance Home Connect enables parents to see information about your child's progress within Accelerated Reader.

This home learning will be set on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. Home learning will begin on Thursday 14th September.

Class teachers will let their class know the day of the week spelling tests will take place. 

We subscribe to:
Accelerated Reader
Mathletics
Spellodrome
Times Table Rock Stars

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Year Five Curriculum - Autumn 2017

100 Word Challenge Showcase Week 40

Most weeks last year, 5DA/LM took part in the 100 Word Challenge. During Week 40, the last week of the year, Olivia's writing was chosen for the Showcase. A link to the writing can be found below: 

"The day the merry go round came alive!!" by Olivia

If you have time, please add to the comments she's already received about her work. Well done Olivia and good luck in Year Six! 

Y5 Dates for This Term

Important dates for the coming term:

September 2017
4th	Training Day One- school closed to pupils
5th	Term One begins
5th – 8th	Open Door Week
7th – 15th	Life Education Bus
13th	#AskCJS
22nd	Jeans for Genes Day
25th	Clubs begin
29th	Macmillan Coffee Morning
October
4th	Individual Photograph Day
5th	West End in Schools (Shakespeare in a Day)
6th	Open Day
11th	#AskCJS
16th – 18th	PCLRs
23rd – 27th	Half Term
30th	Term Two begins
November
15th	#AskCJS
17th	Children in Need
20th – 24th	Road Safety Week
30th	Edinburgh Bonus Day - St Andrew’s  Day
December
1st	Christmas Decoration Day
13th	#AskCJS
18th	Panto
19th	Carols at St Mary’s
21st	Christmas Dinner
21st	Last Day

Year Five Curriculum Jigsaw

So that parents can be informed about what their child will cover in the coming year, we are sharing a copy of the 'Curriculum Jigsaw':

A printable version of the jigsaw can be found here.