Autumn 2 Week 1

Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 4:04pm

  What a week! Its been a busy return to school and the holidays already feel like a long time ago but it means that we're nearly at Christmas!

In reading, we introduced our new text:  inventions that changed the world. We enjoyed reading about lightbulbs and telephones whilst identifying what features help readers navigate the information in non-fiction texts.

In writing, we have had a go at using parenthesis. Next week, we will be having a go at applying this to the context of our new genre - explanation texts. It wasn't easy but we had some funny sentences about a boy riding a bike:

The boy, who had a parrot on his shoulder, rode his bike to school.

The boy, who was 440 feet tall, rode his bike to school.

The boy, who shouted hello, rode his bike to school.

In maths, we have been learning about negative numbers and how they are laid out on a number line. I was so impressed with their attitude to their learning that they earned lots of golden time in their lessons this week!

We have finished sketching different Victorian inventions for the front of our CC books so next week we will be able to launch our new topic properly!

Please remember to take a look at the parent overviews on the class page so you can see what year 5 will be learning about this half term and support your child with it.

Have a great weekend and stay safe around any bonfires or fireworks!