Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks WB 13.3.23
Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 2:29pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
Another hard-working week in Year 5. The children particularly enjoyed our science show this morning to kick off British Science Week.
Next week (W.B. 13.03.23)
We have a very exciting week next week to look forward to. Firstly, we will be engaging with a variety of fun science activities to celebrate British Science Week. We will also take part in Forest Schools on Tuesday afternoon. Please send your child to school in old, comfortable clothes and a waterproof coat. On Friday, Years 5 and 6 will attend Wincham Primary School for an online safety workshop.
In our English lessons next week, we will be editing our free verse poems to ensure use of all the poetic devices, including similes, metaphors, rhyme and kennings. We will then work on our performance techniques to perform to an audience.
In maths we will be continuing to develop our confidence when using formal written methods of multiplication and division. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In History and Geography, we will be recapping our learning about different civilisations from across KS2. We will use what we have learnt, to design our own ‘perfect’ civilisation including features from each different time period.
In Art we will continue to explore the Viking ‘Jelling’ style to create a final piece of art using intricate and interlocking patterns.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be a Wednesday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, please do let Mr Beswick or myself know so that we can offer them support in school.
The children should complete page 25 of their maths homework book to be returned by Friday 17th March 2023. This homework is looking at short division.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 17th March will continue to focus on words ending in -ent:
urgent, dependent, obedient, violent, silent, innocent, frequent, ancient
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x