WELCOME TO SATURN CLASS - YEAR 5
Mrs Jackson

A MESSAGE FROM MRs Jackson
Welcome to Saturn Class! We are half way through the year and I am very excited to see what this next half term brings.
We will have help and support from Mr McMorrow, our amazing teaching assisstant.
Mrs Ellis will teach you science and French on Wednesdays.
I am looking forward to the rest of this term and what the warmer summer months will bring!
Mrs Jackson
CLASS BOOK
Curriculum Overview
In English we will be reading, The boy in the tower by ​Polly Ho-yen.
In maths, we will continue to strengthen our arithmatic skills as well as continue our learning in decimals, percentages, perimiter and area.
In RE we will be exploring what holiness means to Jewish people and exploring our overarching question, 'What is holiness to jewish people? A place, time, object or something else?'
Our art this half term will be inspired by Jim Dine and we will be exploring how to add different textures when using water colours.
Homework
Homework will be set on a Friday to be handed in the following Friday. Children are expected to independently collect thier homeowrk from our homework folders pinned up in the classroom and return completed homework to the homework tray.
Spellings will be set on spelling frame and children can collect a 'look, cover, write' version of spelling from the homework folders.
Maths homework will be based around previous learning, Either from the currect topic, or small refresh questions from previous topics to keep thier mathematical skills in all areas.
Children will also be expected to complete a short reading comprahension task set on the online platform, read theory https://readtheory.org/
Children should also read weekly.
Home work club will be available to all children who want my support on a Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime.
Accelerated reader
Reading is extremely important so children can access the whole curriculum and be successful in their adult lives. When children have read a book, they should take a quiz and check their comprehension on the link below.