Mrs Browne

5B

Mrs Leighton

5B

Mrs Bell

5BE

Mr Elston

5BE

Mrs Brown

5BE

Termly Curriculum Focus:

Our Topic this term is Ancient Greece.

 Maths

Place Value - Reading, writing, comparing, ordering and rounding numbers to 1 000 000

Addition and Subtraction - whole numbers with more than 4 digits, using inverse to check and rounding to estimate.

Statistics - reading, interpreting and drawing line graphs and tables.  Reading and understanding Timetables.

Multiplication and Division - multiples, factors, common factors, prime numbers, square numbers, cube numbers, inverse operations and multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000

Perimeter and Area - measure and calculate perimeter, find unknown lengths, area of rectangles and compound shapes and estimate and approximate area.

English

Writing to entertain: Stories with a focus on settings and character descriptions: Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus and The Trojan Horse.

Writing to inform: Recounts and factual reports.

Homework:

Spelling homework will be sent out on Thursdays and it is to be returned on Mondays.

Maths homework will be sent out on a Monday to be returned on a Thursday. This will alternate between Arithmetic books and Multiplication homework.

Learning Logs will be sent out on a Friday and the children will have two weeks to complete them.

PE Days:

Monday and Wednesday - although we would like all children to have their PE kit in school all week.

Library Days: Tuesday afternoon

Other Days: 

Thursday 18th October PM - Year 5 and 6 are visiting Cranleigh Arts Centre to watch a performance of Peter and the Wolf.

Tuesday 6th November - A specialist will be visiting for our Greek Day.