Good Morning Year 5 (Year 4 please scroll to the bottom of this blog)
Well I can’t believe that we’re already only two weeks away from the end of this Summer term and the end to your time in Year 5. Normally we would be reflecting on the year that we’ve had, looking forward to your new class and you would have had a transition or “Moving up” day as we call it in school. This year we are unable to do this but today, as well as all the work that I have set for you for this week, you will need to visit the bottom of today’s Year 6 blog to see a special transition task that Miss Slater has set for you which will need to be completed and sent to her by the end of this week. I will also be doing a similar thing for Year 4 to virtually welcome them into Year 5.
As usual Year 5, you have made me very proud with all the hard work that you continue to do whilst at home and I thank you for working hard and I thank your parents for continuing to support you and for keeping me informed of all the great things you are doing. I would also like to say a big thank you this week to all of you who took part in the Times Tables Rock Star competition against Year 6 last Wednesday. We didn’t win this time but it was great to see so many of you trying so hard to earn your points. See below for some more TTRS battles I’d like to see you get involved in this week.
Lastly, I would also like to express how proud I am of all those children who took part in the virtual Pop Idol and Blackpool Musician of the Year competitions. I was so impressed with all your entries and I’m so glad that I didn’t have to judge them because it really would have been such a difficult decision to make. I am however proud to say that going through to the main competitions are some children from our class. Well done to Megan for getting through to the Pop Idol competition 🎤 and well done to Claire and Reuben for getting through to the Blackpool Musician of the Year competition 🎷. I wish all of you, and Alana from Year 6, the best of luck in the finals.
Take a look at what some of Year 5 have been up to this week…
Sports Day 2020 - Get involved for your house!
This year’s 'Sports day' will take place starting today, Monday 6th July, until Wednesday 8th July. If you have not already done so, please take a look at the sports section of our school website for further information about our sports day from home and school. It is important that everyone participates as you will contribute to your house team possibly winning! You will need to complete the challenges within those days and email me your entry with one photo of yourself completing a challenge by 4pm on Wednesday. Any after 4.00pm will not be counted. After the event, photos will be displayed on the Sports page of our website. http://www.ourladyassumption-sch.co.uk/pesports-news
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 previously. 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.
Writing task - Due to the transition task that Miss Slater will be setting you this week (see the bottom of Y6’s blog for details), I will not expect the Pie Corbett Talk for Writing Pack (unit 5) ‘The Ultimate Guide to Elves and Sprites’ to be finished until the end of next week. For your writing task this week, please prioritise Miss Slater’s transition to Y6 task/s instead. 📝
Education City - Reading & Spelling tasks have been set.
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. Also, this week we have two TTRockstar battles that I would like you all to get involved in. The first is on Monday 10am till 12pm against Year 6 - this will be our second chance to try and win against them! The second battle will be against Year 4 on Thursday 10am till 12pm. Good luck Year 5 and please make sure you all get involved with the battles and do your bit for Team Year 5.
Additional work/resources:
• Week 13 Learning Projectt The theme of the project this week is all about Celebrations. Please note that the Learning Project themes may be a little out of synch with other classes over the next few weeks. However, if Year 5 have siblings in other classes and you prefer to work on the themes using their project theme, that’s fine.
• https://www.oddizzi.com This week’s new challenge from Oddizzi is Physical Features
• #OnlineSafetyAtHome pack 8 from ThinkUKnow. This week’s theme is all about keeping safe online whilst gaming.
• 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!
Hope you all have a lovely week and don’t forget to visit the Year 6 blog to find out about your transition task for Miss Slater.
Mrs McVey🙋🏻
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Year 4 - Welcome to Year 5
Good Morning Year 4,
Firstly I just want to welcome you all to Year 5 and tell you how excited I am to be teaching you from September. On Thursday I met with Mrs Cunningham-Kay to talk about you all and it was lovely to hear how hard you have all worked this year and how proud she is of how you’ve all continued to do this at home over these last few months. It has been an unusual end to this school year and although we are not able to meet in the Year 5 classroom for our usual transition or moving up morning, it’s lovely that we get the chance to do this virtually.
Although I have taught you Spanish for the last two years and we’ve already been able to get to know each other, there are still so many things that I would like to know about you. If we had been in school together I would have started by sharing some things about myself and I would have shown you my “Me” box. Instead, I’ve created a little video to help you get to know me a bit better…
Now that you know a little more about me, I’d like you to tell me about you. Below are some things that I would like to know about you and it is up to you how you respond to them. I have attached a booklet that I made that you can write in, or you may prefer to write a letter, make a poster or even a video - there are few templates below which you may use if you wish. If possible it would be lovely if you could send a photograph of yourself with your work, which I can then share on the Year 5 blog at a later date. However you choose to respond to my questions and share your thoughts and feelings about you, I would like you to send these to me at my email address year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk by Friday 10th July.
1) Tell me about you. Describe yourself. What do you like/dislike? What hobbies and interests do you have? What are your strengths? What are your ambitions?
2) What have you been doing while school has been closed? How have you found home learning? What fun things have you been doing? Have you tried anything new?
3) Your Year 4 achievements/areas for development. What did you enjoy most? What did you find difficult?
4) What are you looking forward to in Year 5?
5) Do you have any worries/concerns about coming back to school or being in Year 5?
Thank you Year 4. I look forward to hearing from all of you and I will be in touch with you again soon.
Mrs McVey 🙋🏻
All about Me booklet (with lines)
