Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Review and preview

Y5 Weekly Update: 15th May - 19th May 2017
 

This Week  

Next Week

English
Debating
This week we continued to develop our debating skills by reinforcing the language to use to make and counter points. The culmination of all this work was debating in front of our classmates at the end of the week.
Scientific Explanations  
Next week we will focus on carrying out science experiments.
We will write up the how we carried out  the experiments, what we found and analyse the data.
Maths
Decimals, number and Place Value
This week we finished working with decimal numbers to 3 places and negative numbers before we moved on to coordinates in the first and second quadrants and translation of shapes.
Geometry and Assessment
Next week we will complete our work on coordinates in  the first and second quadrants and translation of shape before undertaking our half termly assessment.We will then review the papers together.
Unit of Inquiry
Going Further
This week we delved deeper into our lines of inquiry into what are the causes of conflict, what are human rights and equality,strategies used to resolve conflict and the consequences of resolutions.The emphasis was on conflict resolution within school and the children have worked very hard preparing what they need to present this as a role play, drama or puppet show.
Science Week
Next week we will focus on carrying out science experiments.
We will write up the how we carried out  the experiments, what we found and analyse the data.

Notices and Events
Next week is Science Week and Science Day is on Friday
Reading comprehension and Math’s homework is set online each week and is ongoing. Please ensure that the children are keeping up to date with this.