Class 5

We had a hot start to the week this week, but thank goodness it both cooled down and stayed dry enough for Sports Day mark two.

Please see the latest home learning below. Apologies that it appeared slightly late on here. Please rest assured that the children all received a paper copy on time, but do let me know if you envisage any problems as a result of the electronic delay.

As we always say, the maths tasks we set are designed to underpin the classroom learning, so regular completion of home learning makes a huge difference in terms of your child's progress and confidence.

Dates for your diary:

11th July: Open Day and year 5 Family Learning.

23rd July: Term ends, 1.30pm

All the best,

Miss Newman

Mrs. Eder

Miss Walters

Mrs. Robinson

Home Learning: Set 3rd July, due 8th July (spelling test: 10th July).

Home Learning to be handed in on Tuesday 8^th July 2025
This week the children have been set an activity named “Interpreting Remainders” 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
ball	affect
bawl	effect
break	dessert
brake	desert
male	draft
mail	draught
fair	precede
fare	proceed
berry	who’s
bury	whose
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.