Welcome to Olive Class
During the Summer term, our learning question will be, 'Does the camera ever lie?'. The children will have an art focus this term in which they will learn about Peter Lik, who is a famous photographer and camera manipluation. The children have the opportunity to discuss real issues such as the modelling indusrty and how cameras are used in different ways to create stories.
Some of the questions the children want to find out about are:
What were the inventors intentions for the camera?
Why do we say 'cheese' and 'smile' when taking photos?
Why do we need cameras when we have mirrors?
Do people pretned to be happy on photos when they're really not?
The children will also be working alongside a dance teacher this term to learn a dance which they will then perform to parents. Please keep a look out for the date-this is to be confirmed.
Useful Information
PE sessions are on a Tuesday and Wednesday each week. Please ensure that full PE kits are in school every week.
Spelling lists go home every other Monday, ready for a spelling test every other Friday.
Mad about Maths challenges are updated biweekly.
Homework will go out on a Monday and it is to be returned on the following Friday, giving the children 2 weeks to complete it.
Reading logs are checked each day. Please make sure that these are in school every day. Remember in Year 5, children are expected to read every day!
Please support your child by ensuring they complete all their homework tasks and hand them in each Friday.
Working with United Utilities
RE at BCA!
The children in Olive Class have now finished their RE lessons at BCA with Mrs Tickle. They have been learning about Islam. The children enjoyed being Islamic Detectives and learned lots of new, fascinating facts.
Science Week Fun!
English
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This half term we will be continuing to focus on Explanation Texts. We will use the 'Wallace and Gromit', to enhance learning, along with teaching the skills that are needed for the children to independently write their own explanations based upon a contraption they design.
The children will continue to learn a range of grammar skills. This half term they will focus on modal verbs, commas, adverbials and adverbs.
Maths
We will be working on perimeter and area and volume.
The children will be learning about how to calculate the perimeter and area for a range of shapes. They will then estimate and measure volume.
They will then be applying these skills to more complex problems.
Click on the link below to find thousands of problems for your children to solve at home.
Also we will improve our speed and fluency with mental maths. Remember to choose a challenge from your maths passport to practise every week to help improve your mental maths skills.
Here are some links for games to help improve your mental maths skills.
Push the Button - times tables, doubles and halves and number bonds.
Loop Cards - addition and subtraction facts, doubles and halves and times tables.
Woodlands Junior - lots of different maths games to improve your mental maths.
Topic
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During the Summer term, our learning question will be, 'Does the camera ever lie?'. The children will have an art focus this term in which they will learn about Peter Lik, who is a famous photographer and camera manipluation. The children have the opportunity to discuss real issues such as the modelling indusrty and how cameras are used in different ways to create stories.
Some of the questions the children want to find out about are:
What were the inventors intentions for the camera?
Why do we say 'cheese' and 'smile' when taking photos?
Why do we need cameras when we have mirrors?
Do people pretned to be happy on photos when they're really not?
The children will also be working alongside a dance teacher this term to learn a dance which they will then perform to parents. Please keep a look out for the date-this is to be confirmed.
In Science, the children will be learning about Animals including humans
PE- Dance
Computing -'Prouctivity'
RE-Hinduism
Spanish-Weather and countries