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   Class Reading Books for Spring Term

 

 The London Eye Mystery: Siobhan Dowd: Amazon.co.uk: Dowd, Siobhan:  9780141376554: Books

          

Notices 22.01.25

The children have been given a moon diary to complete each night as part of their science learning for this half term. Please ensure your child brings it to school on Mondays with their other homework to be checked by their teacher. 
Dates for Year 5

 

Please remember the children should have a healthy snack for morning playtime. 

New lunch menu- please discuss meal choices with your child so they know what the choice is for that day.

Reading record - please can you remind your child to write in their reading records each week and bring it to school every Monday. They should be writing at least 3 entries per week.
Glue sticks - Please send one in for your child to use.

Water bottles - Please ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school with them each day so that they can hydrate regularly throughout the day.
This noticeboard will be updated on Wednesday afternoons to share homework and keep you updated with life in Year 5.
Teachers:
Sycamore - Mrs Gill (Mr Guy on a Friday)
Chestnut - Miss Lee
Support Staff
Ms Webb
Mrs Bridges

Reading for Pleasure books for class

As part of our focus on reading in school, we would like to develop the lending library of books within each class. This will enable the children to foster a passion and love of reading at Belmont and ensure that they have access to high quality texts.

Please find links to the book list that has a variety of books that we would love to have in class.  Once a book has been donated to the class we will add a tick to show we now have it.  Please check the list to ensure that the book that you would like to donate is one that we don't already have. These books will be stamped to show who has generously donated them and shared with all the class.


The books come from the Recommended Books for Year 5 List which can be found below.

Recommended Reading Year 5

Word Aware

Our topic this term is Awesome Earth

Please see the attached vocabulary list for our new topic. This list is part of an initiative called Word Aware that we are using in school. We thought it would be helpful to share this list so that you can use some of these words at home when discussing the topic. If your child speaks a different language at home it would be helpful to discuss and translate these words using your home language. 

Spring Curriculum Tree Y5

Word Aware Grid Awesome Earth

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge organisers can be accessed through Google Classroom. 

Sycamore Google Classroom

Chestnut Google Classroom

 

Handwriting 

As you may be aware Belmont uses a cursive handwriting scheme for those children who can consistently form all non-cursive letters correctly. Here is a link to the handwriting guidelines to enable you to support your children in practising letter formation at home. 

Belmont Handwriting Guidelines

Cursive handwriting sheets to print

Cursive handwriting sheets to print 2

 

Routines

Monday

Homework and reading records due 

Spelling dictation

Tuesday

PE: Outdoor

Wednesday

PE: Indoor (Chestnut)

French: Sycamore 

Thursday

French: Chestnut

Friday

PE: Indoor (Sycamore)

Calendar/Key dates

 

Home Learning  22.01.25

Home learning will be set via Google Classroom and using Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling CGP books. For further information about Home Learning and ideas on how to support your child please click here

Reading

Daily (at least 20 mins)

Reading Record books must be brought into school on a Monday to be checked.  We encourage children to write a reflective comment when they have read. Children are encouraged to read aloud often to an adult and discuss what they have read. Children should share their opinions, inferences and/or predictions about what they read. Children are able to change their reading book whenever they need to. 

Y5 Recommended reading list 

Grammar & Punctuation

Set on Wednesday  CPG  52 and 53 and due back on Monday.

 

Spelling

Set on Wednesday and tested through dictation the following Monday. The word-lists for years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 are a mixture of words learners frequently use in their writing and those which are often misspelled. Some of the listed words may be thought of as quite challenging, however with enough practice and resilience we know you will get the hang of them! 

Year 3 and 4 Word List

Year 5 and 6 Word List

 

 

Words with suffix -ship

membership
ownership
partnership
dictatorship
championship
craftsmanship
fellowship
apprenticeship
citizenship
sponsorship

Maths Set on Wednesday p24 and due back on Monday.
Times Tables

Please find below two links to games online for times tables practice. An alternative way for children to practice their speed and accuracy! There are options to practice a particular number or to have mixed questions, enjoy!

Times tables speed test: https://www.timestables.co.uk/speed-test/

Hit the button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Creative Home Learning On Google Classroom- 13th January due in on 31st March
 
Learning in school this week:
English The London Eye Mystery
Maths

Multiplication

Learning in school next week:
English

The London Eye Mystery

Maths Multiplication

 

French 

French homework is optional but we recommend children use Year 5's French Google Classroom, Linguascope and Belmont's French Website to consolidate what has been taught in class.

French Google Classroom

French Google Classroom

All year 5 children have be invited to their French Google classroom where they can find French tasks and activities. 

Belmont French Website

Belmont French Website

Go to Belmont's French website to find out what we have been doing in class and for extra activities and videos. The French website is updated regularly. Children must login to their Belmont Google account to access the website.

Linguascope

Linguascope

 We recommend children use Linguascope regularly to learn French and other languages. The Linguascope link and log in details can be found in year 5's French Google classroom.