Y5_

Welcome to Y5!

Autumn term 2015

World wars.

Our Autumn history topic is one of our favourites, although this year we will be studying from WW1, right through to the end of WW2, including the inbetween years. We hope to help the children to become more aware of what causes wars and be able to explain in more detail and with more confidence. We hope that the Eden Camp trip enables the children to become hooked and immersed in the topic straight away. We aim to make our classrooms immersive and interactive in war memorabilia too.

Home learning projects & Monteney online.

WW WORDS

Can you find out what any of these words mean…?

Children will be taking on an aspect on war Allies to research in teams and present back to Armistice the class. We hope to include these in our end-of-topic exhibitions.

Air-raid Blitz The children will be using the Y5 blog on Evacuee the Monteney web portal to do lots of work Rationing and commenting on each other’s work, Shelter please visit and feel free to read and add Blackout comments about the children’s work too!

Propaganda Trenches Y5 at Monteney has a twitter account Treaty of Versailles @y5monteney -Please watch out for upRemembrance day

We will continue to learn how to work out maths operations, as well as making maths interactive, learning both inside and outside the classroom. We will also be learning maths more online, using our fabulous new chromebooks!

P.E. We think ‘writing rocks ‘ and reading is ace. We will work hard this year to improve our grammar and become super spellers! Each week the children will have a small set of spellings to learn. We will work with the children to develop strategies to remember spellings and promote a love for literacy!

This half term in PE Y5 have coaches from Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday who will be working with the children in PE sessions to develop their ball skillslucky Y5’s!!

IMPORTANT NOTE… Now we are beginning a new school year please make sure that your child has the correct P.E. kit here everyday. This includes a plain white/blue Tshirt, plain black/blue shorts and black pumps.

Children CAN NOT wear the same t-shirt/shoes they wear as their school uniform.

ICT in the classroom The school has invested heavily in ICT resources to use within the classroom this year. The Y5 children will be using the special chromebooks much more often within learning. They will also be set projects and research and activities on the web-based chromebooks. We encourage all families to follow Y5 at Monteney on Twitter and to read and comment on the children’s work on the Y5 blog on the Monteney web portal.

Dates for your diary Y5KO’s class assembly-Wednesday 23rd September (8.55am) School closes for half term Friday 23rd October School reopens for children Monday 2nd November