Class 5

What a quick week! It seems we have just come back through the door, and yet the weekend is already in sight!

It has been lovely catching up with everyone and getting back into the swing of our learning. We have been revisiting the handwriting targets set last term (do ask your child about them); we have started looking at fractions again and we have started our new English unit on mystery and suspense. Our first text has had the children really gripped!

Please find below our first home learning of the term. I have asked the class as a whole to set themselves a New Year's Resolution of keeping up with their home learning and reading on a regular basis. It's such a confidence boost to have another practice of the work outside the classroom environment. Also, some of the children are beginning to notice that their times tables aren't stuck in their long-term memories yet, and they need to be secure in them in order to be successful in much of this year's maths curriculum.

As always, home learning club is open and waiting for any child who would like to complete the learning with a little bit of help and support available. It's a lovely, relaxed space, too.

All the best,

Miss Newman

Mrs. Eder

Miss Walters

Home Learning to be handed in on Tuesday 13^th January
This week the children have been set an activity named ‘Starting to compare fractions ‘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 children practises their times tables daily on TTRS. This only needs to be for 5/ 10 minutes per day but daily practise 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 practise.
Spellings- these will be tested on Thursdays. Please ensure they have been practised prior to this.
Group A: Challenge Words	Group B: Words that are homophones
accommodate	ball
available	bawl
controversy	break
dictionary	brake
marvellous	male
opportunity	mail
secretary	fair
sincerely	fare
suggest	berry
twelfth	bury
Reminders
PE days are now Wednesday and Thursday. Family Learning: Thursday 15^th January, 2.30 PM
Happy learning! Mrs. Eder, Miss Newman and Miss Walters.