What a lovely (yet chilly) week it has been in Year 5. We are edging closer and closer to Advent and the weather has certainly arrived early, as seen in the pictures below. Our preparations for advent have been in full flow as we practiced more the songs for our KS2 Christmas Concert, along with preparing our advent station for whole school prayer and liturgy. Next week, we will be making our advent promises as we enter the final week of November!
Speaking of promises, we have delved into some of God’s most famous covenants that he has made such as his promise to Noah and Abraham. The children have been really focusing how both God and his followers showed signs of love, trust, faith and hope in their actions which led to their covenant being so strong and meaningful.
In Science, we have been looking at animal offsprings, in relation to our human timeline, and matching up the names of common animals to their offspring. Were there any names of animals offpspring that you did not know? Can you find out some more that we didn’t cover in the lesson and tell both your parents and your teachers.
In Maths, we have been deep diving into some money word problems and investigating how to tackle some tricky and complicated questions. The children have been able to apply their previously learnt methods to help find the answers to these questions such as column addition/subtraction, adjusting, partitioning and number lining.
In English, we have finished collecting our legends style vocabulary and have begun to read our chosen legend story- ‘The Legend of Gelert’. With us just finishing this story today, the children have been on a rollarcoaster of emotions throughout the read and have been able to express these emotions in their writing.
Conversation starters
My Happy Mind: We put our memories to the test by trying to memorize all 24 character strengths and placing them into their virtues. How many of the 24 strengths can you remember?
Geography: We have looked at biomes and climates to compare different environments of the world. One of the interesting discussions we had was about the difference between a warm and tropical climate. Can you remember what this was?
Let’s Celebrate
Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtue star of the week goes to Louis. All three of your class teachers have spotted you this week Louis being so attentive towards other children in our class. You don’t choose to do this to be recognised or for appraisal, simply just to help others which is just lovely to see. Your calming approach to social situations is really appreciated by your classmates and also your teachers.
Sean for being a reflective learner: I have seen a big improvement since we have changed seats this week. Being able to sit next to your friends, while managing your distractions , can be really hard and this was something you have struggled with recently. However, I have seen a big shift this week and you have been eager to improve your levels of focus and attention to learning. Don’t let your standards drop.
Jacob for being a reflective learner: I have seen a big improvement from you Jacob in this past week. You have really been making some thoughtful decisions in how to apply yourself to both your learning and your attitude around the class. You have been trying and succeeding in taking care of your book presentation and also your responses to social situations. Keep this up!
My Happy Mind Champion of the Week- Seth
Lunchtime Certificates
Role Model of the Week- Toby
Marvelous Manners- Rose
Notices
Eco Activity: On Thursday 28th November and Friday 29th November, our forest school team will be taking a group of children for some wood chipping. If your child’s name is on the list, they will need to bring some old clothes, waterproof coats and wellies/boots in a bag to get changed into. Group 1 will go on Thursday and group 2 on Friday.
Group 1- Joseph, Ciaran, Rory, Lilly, Isioma, Rose
Group 2- Teddy, Gus, Sean, Daisy, Tilly, Poppy
Homework: Make sure to check the homework blog and make sure homework is handed in on time.
Coats: Now the weather is starting to drop and we edge closer towards winter, can all children have a coat with them to make sure they are protected when out at break times.
Travelling Nativity: Please enjoy the wonderful story of the nativity with your child when you receive this. This needs to be brought back into school the following day to allow another child to share this joy. You can take a picture of your child with the nativity and send me this via email.
Own Clothes Day: To celebrate the arrival of December and the festive period, then children can wear their own clothes and also donate a bar of chocolate for the Christmas Raffle. This will take place on Friday 29th November.
Christmas Bake Off: Last year went so well, we just had to do it again! All things Christmas with cakes, bakes and jumpers on Friday 13th December.
KS2 Christmas Concert: This will take place at Church on Monday 16th December. The children will perform the concert twice at 2pm and 6pm.