Good Morning Year 5
How have we got to week 11 of home learning? These weeks just seem to be flying by and I can hardly believe it! What I do know though, is that you all continue to amaze me with your hard work and for that I am so proud of you all!
Thank you to those of you who sent me updates of what you have been doing. I love receiving these and so if you haven’t yet done so, please ask your parents to send me a quick email and a photo of something you have been doing. ( year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk )
Have a look at what some members of Year 5 have been doing…
This week’s learning focus:
English:
Keep up with your daily reading. Aim to read for at least 20 minutes a day.📚
Free Ebooks can be accessed at https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk Click on “My class login” and enter the username and password I sent to you last week. Through this login you can also access Oxford Owl Spelling, which is the same as the Read, Write, Inc spelling scheme we have used in class. You’ll find the spelling activities in the Extra Practice Zone when you first log in. See parent guide for support.
Bedrock - Complete at least three times this week. A really big well done to those children who are completing this every day! 👏🏻🌟
Writing task - The new Pie Corbett Talk for Writing unit has not yet been released so this week I would like you to have a go at the story below, which was also released by the Talk for Writing company. Please work on this over the next week and send me a copy of the completed writing once you have finished it. The Cloud Swing is a lovely short story written by Eithne Gallagher, which tells of a young child’s magic journey on a cloud swing around Italy under lockdown. Once you’ve read the story, I’d like you to plan and write your own trip through lockdown. You could choose a magic carpet or have your own cloud-swing or microlight to magic you to wherever you want to go. Please use your best joined handwriting and check your spellings.📝
Education City - Reading & Spelling tasks have been set.
Sumdog - a Spelling assessment has been set this week. (Please see note about Sumdog below)
Maths:
White Rose Maths - The videos for this week’s lessons can be found at https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/. Download this week’s worksheets .
The answers for the worksheets can be accessed here: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
MyMaths & Education City - I have set tasks on these sites which reinforce the White Rose Resources and allow you to practise the skills.
TT Rockstars - Daily for 10 minutes. This week I have set up a Times Tables Battle between the Year 5 boys 👦and girls 👧. The battle commences at 9am today and will end at 3.30pm on Friday. I’ll be checking on the progress of this battle throughout the week. Good luck!
Note about Sumdog - Our subscription to Sumdog is ending this month so I have not set any maths (or grammar) activities on Sumdog this week. I would prefer you to prioritise MyMaths & Education City once you’ve done your White Rose Maths lessons. However, you will still be able to use Sumdog and have access to premium games at the moment if you wish. Once the subscription ends, you will find that some access will disappear.
Additional work/resources:
• Week 11 Learning Project The theme of the project this week is all about Transport.🚗 🏍 🚋 ✈️
• https://www.oddizzi.com This week’s new challenge from Oddizzi is Food and Farming
• #OnlineSafetyAtHome pack 7 from ThinkUKnow
• Father Jim continues to update his website for the children. If you have any questions for Father Jim, please look at the Children’s page on the Church Website. https://www.olablackpool.org/children-s-page He’s looking forward to all your questions.
• ¡Aquí se habla Español ! If you want to continue learning Spanish, a lovely fun app called Duolingo (free version) is a great place to start. Why not try 10 minutes a day and see how much you can learn. Let me know how you get on!
Take care, miss you all!
Mrs McVey🙋🏻
