RMS TitanicRMS TitanicRMS TitanicRMS Titanic This half term we will be basing

our learning around the

famous RMS Titanic. This is a

brand new topic for year 5

and we are very excited

about it.

We will be investigating how

the Titanic was built, who

sailed her, the crew and of

course the disastrous voyage!

Welcome back Y5!Welcome back Y5!Welcome back Y5!Welcome back Y5! Autumn term 2 2010

We were really pleased with the homework that

year 5 produced on the E-zone last half term.

Literacy homework will still be sent out on a Friday

to be returned Wednesday.

Numeracy homework will also be sent out on a

Friday to be returned Wednesday.

In addition to maths and literacy homework we will be

asking children to do a ‘Creative Curriculum Project’

This is a free choice project that you can be working

on all half term. Last half term we had some amazing

WW2 projects. We are excited to see what you all

think of this half term

Creative curriculum projects: Due for presentation on/before Monday 10th December

If you have forgotten how to access the E zone there

is a reminder on your class whiteboards.

Can you find out how

many of the

passengers and crew

survived the disaster?

Can you use the

internet to find out

the names of any of

the passengers and

information about

them?

Magical maths!…

The Monteney year of numeracy has got off to a flying start, we really have all really enjoyed the games and activities in the numeracy area. This half term we will be learning about the following thing in numeracy: • Division • Fractions • Data Handling and

Graphs • And Coordinates. Remember there are lots of activities on Education city and the E zone for you to continue with your learning at home!

We really enjoyed studying poetry last half term in

our literacy lessons. We had fun with words and chuckled at the

poems by Michael Rosen. This half term we will be looking at different non-fiction texts. We will be

starting to look at recounts based on ‘Honey I shrunk the Kids’ and the ‘Titanic.’

P.E. This half term in PE we will be doing:

Tag Rugby

Gymnastics

IMPORTANT NOTE... Over the last few weeks we have noticed an increase in the number of children wanting to borrow all or part of a PE kit from children in other classes. This is beginning to become disruptive to other lessons and is unfair on the majority children who do bring and look after their kit. Please make sure that your child has the correct P.E. kit here everyday. This should include a plain white/blue T-shirt, plain black/blue shorts and black pumps.

Children CAN NOT wear the same t-shirt/shoes they wear as their school uniform. If you wish, your child can have tracksuit bottoms and trainers in their PE kit for these occasions. They do however always need pumps and plain shorts for indoor PE. Due to hall space being used for Christmas rehearsals it is likely that some of our P.E lessons will be outside. Your child can bring joggers and tracksuits jackets, or any other warm clothing for these lessons and can be kept in school with their normal P.E kit.

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