Well I can’t believe we’re already at the end of our half term together! The children have all worked well this half term and it has been lovely getting to know them all. They should all be proud of their achievements. I was particularly proud of the children’s free verse poems that they completed in English this week. The poems have been a joy to read and the children have been able to create beautiful imagery that describes a classroom at the end of a school day, using personification, similes, metaphors and interesting synonyms. They have also used other poetic features such as alliteration, rhyme and rhythm. The children have also achieved well in their maths and over the course of this half term they have demonstrated how much quicker and more able they are at completing our ‘fluent in five’ morning maths questions and our times tables. It is their challenge for next half term to improve on their own scores.
Our awards this week:
Maths award - Well done Claire for persevering with her work on decimals. She found them quite tricky to start with but displayed a growth mind set and was able to work through the problems until she felt more confident.
Our reading champions this half term were…
Grace and Megan both completed their first bookmark for reading at home. Well done, girls! Mrs McCooey and I hope to see many more of Year 5 completing their reading bookmarks next half term!
Our golden ticket winners this half term…
Well done to Angelo and Megan who were our golden ticket winners for reading this half term. Golden tickets are given to children in Year 5 every time they read three times in a week at home and get their diary signed. I’m so pleased to see so many children trying to collect their golden tickets. Let’s see if we can challenge ourselves to collect more golden tickets next half term.
Well done Year 5 for all your hard work this half term. I hope you and your families have a lovely week together and Mrs McCooey and I will see you all after half term.
