Notices
Please remember to bring your bookbag each day, with your reading book inside. Please also remember a named water bottle.
Our PE days are:
5JW – Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor)
5SC – Thursday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor)
Please come to school in your P.E uniform on those days. Please ensure you have warm clothes and suitable shoes for outdoor P.E. sessions.
TT Rockstars
Children should be fluent in their times tables up to x12. TT Rockstar practise will support this and we highly encourage regular play to improve fluency and speed.
Boom Reader
We really encour
age children to be reading at least 4 times per week and logging this on Boom Reader.
Year 5 Reading Spine
Regular reading is so important. Please have a look at the Year 5 Reading Spine which shows you some of the books and authors recommended for Year 5 readers. Many of these books will be available at our school library. If not, you may be able to borrow them from Loughborough Library.
Autumn 1 Spellings
We use a spelling scheme called Sounds and Syllables. This half term we will be studying following spelling patterns:
-words with /oo/ and /yoo/ spelled <eu>
– words with /ee/ spelled <ei> and <ie>
– words with /w/ spelled <u>
– words with /r/ spelled <rh> and <wr>
– words with /k/+/s/ spelled <cc> and <xc>
Autumn 2 Spellings
This half term we will be studying following spelling patterns :
– words ending with /n/ spelled <gn>
– words ending with <re>
– words ending with <the>
– words ending with <i+ consonant+e: in which /i/ is spelled <i>
– words ending with <ine> in which /ee/ is spelled <i>
-words beginning with <fore>
Spring Spellings
This term we will be studying following spelling patterns:
– words beginning with <ab>
– words beginning with <col>, <com> and <con>
– words ending with <ice> and <ise> in which /ie/ is spelled <i>
– words ending with <ette>
– words ending with <ty>
– adjectives and nouns ending with <ant> and <ent>
– words ending with <ical> and <ically>
– words ending with <ual> and <ually>
– words ending with <able> and <ible>
– words ending with <ary>, <ery> and <ory>
Summer Spellings
This term we will be studying following spelling patterns :
– words with <meter> and <metr>
– words with <mal>
– words with <ject>
– words with <man>
– words with <fin>
– words with <trans>
– words with <form>
– words with <graph>
– words with <port>
– words with <scrib> and <scrip>
Our Learning
Alan Peat Sentences
Please refer to the attachment below and use the different types of sentences to enhance your writing.