Welcome back to Spring Term 2 in Year 5 where our topic about Rainforests and Climate Change will continue.  Our upcoming Assembly to the children in school will serve to spread our learning about this ongoing problem.  Children will also extend their geographical knowledge of the world when we explore different biomes.  As well as Rainforests, the children will learn about the features of Deserts, Tundra, Taiga, Aquatics and Grasslands!

Our reading of "The Explorer" will extend to writing a new chapter of the book where the children will create a newly discovered fruit!  They will also use their drawing and painting skills to produce amazing artwork.   Have a look at our Medium Term Plan on this blog, where you will find details of all areas of the curriculum.  You will also find the Challenge Home Learning grid for Year 5 which contains activities to complete at home if your child wishes to do something extra, together with this half term’s Create Homework project.  This is a busy half term; World Book Day, Science Week and Maths Week are on the agenda!  More information will be sent to you in due course.

PE this term will be on Tuesdays and Fridays (Cricket and Dance).  As always, please ensure that both indoor and outdoor kits are in school.  

I will continue to set homework online each week for Mathletics.  This will link to the units of work we do in class.  I will also set activities on Seesaw.  Please encourage your child to read as often as possible at home, making sure they take into account the punctuation included in their text.  Reading books can be changed at any time and we also have Library books which can be changed each Thursday afternoon by our Reading Ambassadors. 

Thank you for your continued support.  Year 5 are enjoying this topic and have produced some excellent work in all areas.  I am looking forward to the term ahead and will update our class blog with  activities along the way!

Mrs Blomeley