LATEST CORONOVIRUS UPDATE

The latest home learning plans for Summer 2  are being emailed out to parents weekly, and are also available to download here by clicking the links below:

Week 1 year 5 Home learning - Heroes

Week 2 year 5 Home learning - Who am I?

Weeks 3 and 4 Home learning - Out of this World

Weeks 5 and 6 Home learning - Transition

Word of the Day

Don't forget, as always we will be available via Mirodo messenger to answer any questions or further explain instructions etc. and are contactable via year5teachers@asquithprimary.org. Please get in touch with anything we can help with or to send us photos, videos or work that you want to share. We have loved hearing all about how the children are getting on with their home learning activities so far.

In these unprecidented times we are trying our best to provide appropriate, curriculum-based work that is fun and provides a challenge, however ultimately this is optional and we appreciate that what they are learning from just being at home with you or working on family projects etc. is just as beneficial and important in these times. 

These sites and the web site are all still being updated if your children prefer to use online platforms:

BUG CLUB - https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login

EDUCATION CITY - https://www.educationcity.com

MIRODO - https://mirodoeducation.com/

PURPLE MASH - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/asquith

TT ROCKSTARS - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Please also visit Top Marks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ (Hit the Button)

Below are electronic copies of the planning and slides that have been sent out in the packs so far.

We hope that you and all our children keep well and hope to see you soon,

Best wishes

Miss Wetherill and Mr Armstrong

Click on this link to see the School's Optional Challenges

 For more useful websites, click here

Basic division method with Mr Armstrong 

Long division with Mr Armstrong

We'd love to hear what you are all doing to keep yourselves busy at home. Whether it's completing homework, being creative with arts and crafts or working out with Joe Wicks please let us know so we can share it on our page. Send your photos to year5teachers@asquithprimary.org

Here we have:

Asher's thank you letter to Captain Tom and planting write up

Daisy's Ancient Greek research poster

Florence has designed her mythical creature, a poster of what the Ancient Greeks wore and a poster about what she has found out so far about the Greek Gods

Harry's newspaper report on the death of the Minotaur

Jessica's write up of her potion, 'Demon Destruction', a research poster about the Greek Gods and her mythical creature

Natasha's write-up of her potion, 'The Night Drift'

Lucy's diary entry written from the viewpoint of St. George

Sarah's myth The Hungarian Horntail

Sarah's view on the best way to govern

Well done and thank you to Cooper who has taken the time and effort to create a wonderfully informative PowerPoint to help with your understanding of the lifecycles of plants. I have already saved it into the Science folder at school for year 5 teachers to use each year when teaching this in the future - great job Cooper!

Well done Harry for your wonderfully creative interpretation of the flanimal home learning; making your own lego bridge flanimal puppet invasion! Also, what an achievement to have grown your own strawberries!

Daniel has been working on this Harry Potter jigsaw with his mum and dad. I think we can all agree they've done a great job with what looks to be a very tricky jigsaw (lots of those pieces look very similar). Well done team!

Oscar S has chosen a great way to create his identity bag as part of his 'Who am I?' home learning. I especially love that he has included his puppy Broxi as part of this! Great work Oscar!

Oscar has been working hard on his DT homework as well as focusing on bin/refuse collectors as part of his 'Heroes' home learning! Keep up the good work Oscar, great to see you showing your appreciation for key workers! 

Another smiling face from our year 5 team! It sounds like Ross is keeping busy and is hard at work with his home learning - well done Ross!

Some more successful pitta bread creations here but this time from Enzo! These look great - well done!

Great to see that Harry has been getting creative with rainbows as well as working hard on home learning - keep up the great work!

It sounds like Harry is working hard at home, lovely to see him smiling in the sunshine here!

Here are some great photos of Oscar completing his DT work and making pitta bread! Looks like he had fun and that pile of pitta breads looks yummy! Well done Oscar - great work!

Have a read through Cooper's instructions to make a game of Tic Tac Toe. Wonderfully written instructions complete with an image to demonstrate each step being carried out - great work Cooper. Let us know if you have a go at following these to make your own!

Jess has been keeping busy and helping mum and dad out entertaining her little sister, and it sounds like Toby is loving getting lots of walks!

Daisy has been very busy over the past few weeks! She has been working, baking, making, creating and even practising her karate - great work Daisy. I especially love the DIY carrot/flute!

Some lovely smiling photos of Rohan to share with you all!  Rohan's dog Boston is absolutely loving all the attention he's getting now that he doesn't have to wait for her to get home from school for a cuddle!

So this is something I'll be trying myself! Florence and Francis have started a “naked eggs” experiment. They have submerged eggs in vinegar and are observing what happens to the shell. 

Here are some photos of Bradley and Ruby completing the obstacle course workout that they created! Why not have a go and let us know how you get on? Great to see you both being so creative and active! 

Here are some awesome drawings that Asher has done as well as a science write up from some planting that he has been doing at home. He has also written a wonderful letter to Captain Tom; thanking him for his fantastic fundraising efforts. Sounds like there is some brilliant home schooling going on and hard work all round! 

Here's Harry W and his sister completing their daily workout with Joe! Well done guys - great effort!

...Just realised that putting the W after Harry isn't all that helpful in our year group!

So this was bought for me (Miss Wetherill) at Christmas and I've just started it... and I 'm starting to regret it! All the pieces look pretty identical to me - might need to use a few of our Asquith values to get through this one!

Okay so, here's the challenge guys! Can you throw a ball up in the air and do head, shoulders, knees and toes before catching it? I've stolen this idea from Twitter, where Matthew Hoggard (a former English cricketer) posted it. This is definitely not take 1 of my attempts so don't give up if you can't do it straight away. If you can do it, have a go and see how many moves you can do before catching it. Let us know how you get on in the comments on the blog or send your videos into year5teachers@asquithprimary.org

I'm hoping to see some of the teachers having a go at this one too (yes that means you Mr Jones!)

BROWNLEE FOUNDATION - Paint Al's Wall Competition CLICK HERE

Your class teachers are Miss Wetherill and Mr Armstrong.

UKS2 is supported by Miss McDermott, Miss Goodwin and Mrs Mountain.

Here you will find useful information about our classes, as well as photographs sharing what we have been doing in school.

PE Days

PE days are Thursdays and Fridays.

We will be aiming to run the fun run (formerly mile run) wherever possible - it would be great if your child could have suitable footwear available in school each day.

Planners

Signed by parents over the weekend and by the class teacher on a Monday each week in class assembly.

Please feel free to use your child's planner as a means of communication if you would like to pass on any messages to their class teacher.

Homework

Homework will continue to be given out on a Friday, to be completed by the following Wednesday. If your child is unable to complete this at home they will have the chance to do so in school on Monday and Tuesday break and lunchtimes in homework club.

Homework club will take place in year 5 classrooms.

Moving forward, we will be setting homework on the website Mirodo. If your child is unable to access a computer or tablet at home, they are able to use these in homework club or request paper copies of homework.

Usernames and planners can be found in the back of your child's planner.

www.mirodoeducation.com 

Children in Year 5 are expected to spend 1 hour on their homework each week. This will consist of spelling practise and a Maths homework, relating to the work covered in class that week. It is expected that your child reads for at least 10 minutes each night as part of their homework from school. It would be really beneficial if you could encourage your child to do this. Please evidence this in your child's reading record in their planner. They can earn teampoints for their teams if their home reading is recorded.

Reading

Children are welcome to take books from the school library, as well as our class library, and read them at home as well as being given opportunities to read in school time. Every child has been given a colour banded book and is expected to have one of these books in their bag or school drawer, in addition to any other books that they are reading.

Bug Club is up and running and login details can be found in children's planners. We sometimes use Bug Club in guided reading sessions, and children will occasionally be set grammar and spelling activities to complete as homework.

Spellings

Spellings will be given out on a Friday and tested the following Wednesday. We are using the Read, Write, Inc. programme where spelling patterns and rules are focused on each day ready to test the following week. These spellings are recorded in planners to ensure that children have the opportunity to practise any they are still unsure of by the end of the week.

Predominantly, we will be practising spellings from the year 5/6 N.C spelling list. The full list of year 3/4 and 5/6 words can be found on the spelling platform of the school website. All children should have access to this, login details can be found in their school planners.

Our Robinwood adventure was AMAZING! 

We are thoroughly exhausted after returning from our three-day residential. We had a brilliant time facing our fears, working as a team and generally having a great time!

In History we have been studying the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England. As part of our learning we enjoyed a visit to the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. Year 5 were excellent ambassadors for  Asquith and had a great day venturing back in time to the city of Jorvik!

In Science we are looking at Space! We spent the afternoon researching and learning all about the phases of the Moon. We used Oreos to help us understand that the Moon is always spherical and that what we see is the Sun's light reflecting off its surface. The best part was getting to eat our posters once we had successfully made them!

English/ Maths/ Science
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize 

www.mirodoeducation.com

www.natgeo.com/uk/

www.ec1.educationcity.com

Reading

www.activelearnprimary.co.uk (Bugclub)

Maths

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

www.ttrockstars.com/

ICT

www.purplemash.com

Mindfullness

https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/

Login details can be found in your child's planners.