Rayne Primary and Nursery School

Teacher: Mrs Londors/Mrs Kind

LSA: Mrs Eagleton, Mrs Scales (1:1), Miss Barnard (1:1) and Mrs Humphreys (1:1)

Welcome to the Spring term in Year five. After a change of teaching staff for Hazel class, the children have shown just how resilient and collaborative they can be and are giving their best efforts to all of their work- we are really proud of them.

Topic

This term our topic is Stone Henge as we focus on the questions, “Who first lived in Britain?” and “Who built stone henge?” This theme will be linked to our foundation subjects as well as our English.

English

We are using Clive King’s Stig of the Dump as our stimulus, producing our own character descriptions, diaries, narratives and non-chronological reports. We will use the text to develop our reading comprehension skills too. The children will also being using Spring to provide inspiration for poetry closer to the end of term.

Reading Diaries will be checked weekly (including keeping a record of home reading for our Reading Olympics Challenge) and reading will be taught throughout the week.

Maths

In maths this term we will be focusing on fractions and the use of the four operations to calculate with fractions. This includes mixed numbers, improper fractions, ratio, decimals and percentages. We encourage the children to continue practising their times tables as often as possible at home, either on Times table Rockstars, Sumdog, Hit the Button or any other app or method which they enjoy. This will really support the work they are doing in lessons.

Extra Notes

Our P.E. days this term are Tuesday and Wednesday, however as always we will be flexible so please ensure P.E. kits are always in school. Please check the children have a full kit including a white T-shirt, shorts, trouser and trainers. Hair should be tied back and children need to be able to remove their own earrings, if they choose to wear them to school.

Your child should bring their reading record and reading book to school every day, along with a named water bottle. All uniform, coats, and winter wear should be clearly labelled so that it can be returned to your child in the event that it is lost.

Homework will be sent home on a weekly basis and will include:

* Your child reading their reading book each night. This needs to be signed by the adult who heard them.

* A piece of Maths work based on the classroom learning from that week or a reading comprehension.

* Spellings. Your child’s progress will be reviewed at the end of each half term.

* A short piece of comprehension to allow the children to regularly practise these skills.