Please find some more information about our current expedition all about space!
Y5/6 Autumn Extended Study Menu
Please find attached our extended study menu for our current expedition ‘How does movement affect our world?’ We can’t wait to see all of the great stuff you get up to! Remember to bring in any work you complete and send us lots of pictures!
Y6 Spelling pattern
The week after half term we will be working on homophones. Please discuss the meanings of the different words and when each spelling should be used.
Extended Study – Half Term Challenge!
On November 1st it is National Authors Day!
With all of our hard work towards our Reading Library we’d like to know who your favourite authors are?
How could you celebrate your favourite author?
- You could share a story with a family member and take a picture to share
- Listen to a story being read by your favourite author
- Listen to a podcast
- Create a fact-file about your favourite author
- Be creative and become an author and write your own story! We could even have these displayed in your reading area!
We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Have a lovely half term!
Eoghan’s Out of this world home learning!
Extended Study – National Space Week
How many astronauts do you know?
As part of National Space Week, why don’t you choose an astronaut to research? You could make a poster or a fact file about your chosen astronaut.
You could even listen to the story of Tim Peake, Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison. Did you know these Big Dreams, Little People book are quizzable on Accelerated Reader?
Y6 Spelling Rule – Root words
Over the next week Year 6 will be focusing on spellings linked to root words. The children will be tested on the following spellings before half term. Click on the video if you need to remind yourself about what root words are.
create – creation – creative
happy – unhappy – happily – happiness
music – musical – musician
Extended Study – National Poetry Day
On Thursday, it is National Poetry Day! As it links with this weeks Reading Week it would be great to see lots of you get involved.
Below is a link to the official website where it tells you lots of information about the day and ways that you can get involved.
The theme this year is COUNTING. I wonder how many of you could write a short poem linking to the theme?
On the same link, it shows you lots of examples of poems. You might even want to practice one of them at home. Would you have the courage to perform the poem to your crew?
Send photographs, videos or bring in your poems – We can’t wait to see them!
https://forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/poems-and-resources
Crew Spetch – Extended Study
A huge shout out to our Crew Councillor Letti and Rowan for completing this weeks Extended Study Task. They have both drawn a poster with information about their favourite books to recommend them to a friend. These will look fab in our reading area!
Well done guys!
Year 5 Weekly Spellings – ‘ible and able’
This week our spelling focus are words ending in ‘ible’ and ‘able’
Our spelling words that you could practice at home are:
Accessible
Legible
Possible
Acceptable
Noticeable
Considerable
Incredible
Likeable
Flexible
Admirable
Extended Study – What’s your favourite book?
Next week is Green Libraries week. Have you ever visited your local library?
To celebrate, Crew Council is setting everyone a task to recommend their favourite books to their peers.
You could present this as a poster, a book review, a leaflet or a picture of the front cover of your favourite book.
Next week, your Crew Councillor will be presenting theirs – this might help you with some ideas!
Please hand in your finished piece to your Crew leaders. These will look amazing in your class reading area! You could even bring in your favourite book to share with your friends!
As an extra challenge – Could you research what Green Libraries week is about? What does it mean to be Green and Sustainable?
I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!
Year 5 Weekly Spellings
Here are the spellings Year 5 are focusing on this week. You can help at home by practicing with your child.
Precious…Infectious…Malicious…Delicious…Nutritious…Superstitious…Cautious…Suspicious…Vicious.