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Immanuel and St. Andrew CE Primary School

Year 5 Class BulletinTerm 2 November 2011

Dear Parents / Carers,

Welcome back to Year 5! The class has had a fantastic start to the year and Im looking forward to the rest of

the term. It was great to see you all over Parents Evening and to have an opportunity to share targets and

progress. The school journey to Carroty Wood went extremely well and the children are still talking about it. It

was a lovely opportunity for the children to spend time together and take part in team building activities as well as

some challenging ones, such as high ropes! Thanks again to all the parents that contributed food for the trip. The

food was delicious and meal times were one of the childrens highlights thanks to your generous donations and Mr

Robinsons cuisine!

If you have any questions, queries or concerns, please come in and speak to me in the playground before school. Youcan also email me on; nwehbe@immanuelschoollambeth.org.uk

Miss Natasha Wehbe

Topics this termKnowledge and understanding of the world(History and Geography)

We are continuing with our topic on WW2 as the

children are immersed in it and we have some more

exciting activities planned! This term we will be

looking more closely at evacuation and rationing. We

may even do some cooking (an activity I know the

children are keen to do!) We also have another trip

planned and our Literacy units are based on our

learning of WW2.

(Science)

The science focus will be Healthy Living. Children will

learn what makes a balanced diet, the effect of their

diets on their bodies and how maintain healthy

lifestyles.

Creative development continued

Children will be studying WW2 artwork and will

create their own artwork based on paintings we will

study and compare.

RE

During this unit we will be identifying the main

characters in the Christmas story and their impact

then and now. We will also be looking at the

significance of Peace.ICT

Multimedia- Spreadsheets/ Powerpoint

presentations

PPAOn Tuesdays, Mrs Hoare will be in class for the whole

afternoon teaching Year Five Science.

Important Notes

All homework will be set eachThursday and is due

back the following Tuesday. It can be returned

earlier if completed. We have had a disappointing

start to the term as numerous children did not

return their homework this week. Please encourage

your child to be responsible for their homework and

faithful in returning it on the correct day.

Homework diaries should be in school everyday as

they are a useful communication tool between

myself and you as parents. If your child is unable to

complete their homework, please write a note in the

homework diary and I will sign it.

Spellings will be given out every Monday and the

children will be tested on a Friday.

Reading Books

Children will continue to receive a new book fromthe school reading scheme on a Friday. It is very

important that children bring their books and book

bags to school on a daily basis.

Could I also encourage you to listen to your child

read and question them about the text at home?

Reading books have already been handed out.

PE

Indoor PE-Dance - Wednesday afternoons

Outdoor PE Netball skills - Monday afternoons

Kit required: navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms and pale bluet-shirt. Trainers are needed on Mondays.

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Dates for your Diaries

Thursday 10th November Cycle training recommences

w/c 14th November - Anti Bullying Week

Tuesday 15th November Class Assembly

Friday 11th November - Class trip to HMS BelfastThursday 8th December - Immanuels Got Talent Charity event 6.00 p.m.

(an evening for adults and families)

Monday 12 December Christmas Concert at Lewin church 6.00 p.m.

(an evening event for all families & friends of Immanuel)

Friday 16th December Last day of school normal finish time

Tuesday 3rd January Start back into Term 3

Numeracy

In numeracy we will be focusing ondeveloping skills in these areas.

Multiplication and division by 10, 100,

1000

Addition/subtraction of whole numbers

and decimals

HTU U, TU U, U.t U and HTU U

Estimating and measuring weight,

length, Capacity

Readings from scaleTime: 24-hour clock, timetables,

calendar

Solving multi-step problems, using a

calculator where when appropriate

Estimating and checking results

Estimating, measuring and drawing

angles

Angles in a straight line

Drawing shapes with parallel and

perpendicular lines

Coordinates

Two lines of symmetry

Reflection, translation

Area and perimeter of

regular/irregular

polygons

Formula for area of rectangles

Literacy

We will be learning techniques and strategiesfor persuasive writing. We will look at

different types of persuasive texts and learn

one, using the talk for writing approach. The

children will hold a class debate about whether

children should be evacuated. Following this,

the children will then imagine that they are

living in 1939 and will write a letter to Neville

Chamberlain persuading him for or against

evacuation.

Our next unit is Instructional texts. Again, we

are going to link this to our topic, creating a

How to survive evacuation booklet, which will

include recipes for rationing. Top tips for

making the most of evacuation and puzzles and

games.

We are going to finish reading Goodnight

Mister Tom and move onto some more WW2

fiction there is so much to choose from!

Please encourage your children to read in their

spare time. There are prizes to be had for

children that read any of the recommending

reading list that was given out in term 1.