Class 5

We are all enjoying 'Take One Book' week, where the whole school is looking at and responding to Oliver Jeffers' beautiful picture book, 'Here We Are.' The children have composed some beautiful letters to tell their loved ones just how important they are, and as I write this we are in the process of composing our own documentary scripts inspired by the beautiful illustrations of the ocean.

We are looking forward to our trip to Hazard Alley next week!

Important Dates

Thursday 19th June - Trip to Hazard Alley

Thursday 26th June - Sports Day

Miss Newman

Mrs. Eder

Miss Walters

Mrs. Robinson

Home Learning: Set 12th June, due 17th June (spelling test: 19th June).

Home Learning to be handed in on Tuesday 17^th June 2025
This week the children have been set an activity named “Measuring Angles” on MyMaths. It is not our intention for home learning to cause unnecessary anxiety in the household, therefore if there any concerns, please ensure you speak to the teacher in advance of the Tuesday deadline to ensure we can put the necessary support in place.
Weekly expectations
Times tables	Reading
Please ensure your child practises their times tables daily on TTRS. This only needs to be for 5/ 10 minutes per day but daily practice is proven to lead to greater fluency.	Please ensure your child has read a minimum of 5 times and logged it into their reading record. Reading is the key to them accessing the full curriculum and they will struggle with further learning without the necessary practice.
Spellings- these will be tested on Thursdays. Please ensure they have been practised prior to this. Please complete activities on Spelling Shed, using the login in the reading record.
Group A spellings	Group B spellings
scheme	aisle
chorus	isle
echo	allowed
chemist	aloud
character	altar
stomach	alter
monarch	ascent
school	assent
anchor	farther
chaos	father
Reminders
PE is now on Wednesdays and Fridays due to the sessions from Commando Joe’s.
Happy learning! Miss Newman, Mrs Eder, Mrs Walters and Mrs Robinson

Spelling strategies:

Practising regularly throughout the week, not just once
Spotting groups of letters that are common to each word, and focusing on the bits that are different (eg if we are learning '-sion' words we can memorise these letters, then look at the initial letters in words such as confusion and illusion)
Thinking of 'hooks' that can help them remember particular spellings - perhaps something they think it sounds like, or a funny way of saying it.
The 'look, cover, write, check' technique where children try to write out the words correctly from memory and then compare them to the original
Asking someone to test them, and then going back to re-learn the words they got wrong.

Please remember that these strategies will all complement the use of the Spelling Shed web site, where learning games are set to support the spellings every week.