Our teachers are Mrs Davies and Mrs Elmore (5DE) and Miss White (5W). Our teaching assistants are Mrs Morton-Sherwood, Miss Durbin,
Mrs Boyes and Ross.
Important Notices:
- 5W will have PE on a Monday and 5DE will have PE on a Tuesday. Both classes will have PE on a Wednesday. PE kits must be worn on these days and must consist of navy shorts or jogging bottoms and the correct colour t-shirt. No logos please.
- Reading records will be collected and checked on a Friday.
- Spelling tests will take place on a Friday.
Term 4 Learning - Class Links
This section is for children's use in class - links will be added and can also be explored at home.
Unique Voice Questionnaire -
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Times Table Rock Stars Login - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
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Purple Mash School Login Page: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/wheatfield-bs32
English & Reading
In our English lessons this term, our writing will be based around our class book 'Clockwork or All Wound Up' by Philip Pullman. Our writing this term will focus on how to create setting and atmosphere in a narrative followed by writing a non-chronological report and finally we will spend some time focused on poetry at the end of the term.
Through whole class reading lessons we will explore the skills of vocabulary, inference, prediction, explaining and summarising. Please engage in our whole school reading challenge to support your child’s reading at home. For every 50 reads they can choose a reading book from Mrs Carver.
For more information on our chosen class book click HERE to view our book map.
Maths
During the Spring term, we will be covering the following objectives in our maths lessons:
- Multiplication and Division - multiply numbers up to a 4 digit number by a 2 digit number using a formal method, divide a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
- Fractions - finding fractions of quantities and amounts, using fractions as operators
- Decimals and percentages - including converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, ordering, comparing and rounding decimals
- Perimeter and Area of shapes
Our Year 5 Fluency expectations are as follows:
Number bonds to 10 and 100
Addition and subtraction within 1000
Count forwards and backwards in powers of 10 up to a million
Times tables and division facts up to 12x12
10, 100, 1000, 10 000, 100 000 more or less than
Factors and multiples
Count through 0 to negative numbers
Doubles and halves
Square, cube and prime numbers
Practising these will help your child feel secure and confident in maths. If you would like more information about any of these, or some suggestions for activities to do at home, please get in touch with Mrs Davies, Mrs Elmore or Miss White.
Home Learning
Maths:
Children need to continue learning for their maths planets; alongside continued practice of times table and related division facts. Maths Planets will be tested each Friday and multiplication grids will be completed throughout the week.
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Reading:
We ask that you read with your child 5 times a week. This only needs to be a 10 minute session and you don’t have to finish a whole book every time. We will be continuing with our ‘Reading Challenge’, so make sure you record each read in their log book as this will contribute.
Reading does not have to be limited to the books children bring home from school. It can include any books they have at home, reads with siblings or reading books from the local library.
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Spelling: Children are given a list of spellings at the start of each term, which will be tested each week. These spellings are in their homework book - click HERE for an online PDF version.
Children are also expected - by the end of Y6 - to be confident in the Y5 and 6 Statutory spellings. You may want to practise these at home with your child too. You can find these below:
Useful Resources
Contact Details
If you have any urgent queries which cannot be answered after school or by making an appointment then contact us via the school office:
Arbor
office@wheatfieldprimary.com