Welcome to Year 5!

Miss MacSween and Mrs McFetridge.

Please remember to make sure you are signed up to Class Dojo to see what we have been learning about in class.  If you're not sure how to go about this, just ask Miss Mac.

In Maths, we will be focussing on, revising and deepening our understanding of the 4 operations of numbers, i.e. +, -, x, ÷.   Clicking on each of the operations will explain the method we use in Year 5.

We will continue to focus on the speed and accuracy of our mental maths skills, our knowledge of our times tables, and using and applying our maths in problem solving and reasoning situations. 

In English, we will be focusing on enhancing our reading, writing and speaking and listening skills.     We will be basing most of our learning through a variety of texts and media.  To begin with, we will read 'The Lost Book of Adventures' by the Unknown Adventurer, and then we will write myths: creating characters (heroes, villains and monsters) and settings.  These will be based on our learning from the Myths of Ancient Greece.

You may also wish to take a look at this link -  it will be the 'hook' for the start of our theme. 

In writing, as well as writing in a variety of genres, we will  unpick how good writing is created - by looking at converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes, Verb prefixes, Relative clauses, Modal Verbs, Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph, Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time, number or tense choices, Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis, and Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.

In World Knowledge, our theme will be 'The Legacy of Adventure - Myths, Mysteries and Mayhem' and we will be focusing on investigating 'the legacies the Ancient Greeks left us'

Through this theme, we will deepen our geography, history and citizenship skills. 

Click on the image to find out more!

We'd love to hear your suggestions as to what we could investigate as part of our theme.  Please email any ideas you have to fmacsween@highfield-blacon.cheshire.sch.uk

Useful websites:

Maths

• http://www.mathletics.com
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering 
• http://www.primarygamesarena.com
• www.mathszone.co.uk 
• http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com
• www.subtangent.com 
• https://www.mathplayground.com/
• http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths
• http://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-numeracy-glossary-for-parents

English

• BBC Spellits (Spelling games) (KS2)
• BBC Bitesize (Spelling and grammar) (KS2)
• Arcademic Skill Builders (Literacy and maths games) (KS1 & KS2)
• Crickweb (Literacy and maths educational games) (KS2)
• Kids Spell (Create your own spelling lists & games) (KS1 & KS2)
• Fun Brain (Maths, reading and spelling games) (KS1 & KS2)
• Learning Games for Kids (Spelling and word games) (KS1 & KS2)
• Eduplace.com (Levelled spelling and vocabulary games) (KS1 & KS2)
• PrimaryGames.com (Spelling rules, incl. vowels, blends, plurals etc) (KS1 & KS2)
• ICT Games.com (Look, cover, check game) (KS1 & KS2)
• The Times Spelling Bee (Listen to a word and spell it) (KS2) (14 day trial: £1)
• Manythings.org (Aimed at ESL students but includes useful spelling & vocabulary games) (KS2)
• Spelling city (Vocabulary and spelling interactive activities, printable worksheets, games) (KS2)

Please let Miss MacSween know if you have any other useful websites to add to the list!