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Hello lovely 5T! 👋
Firstly, I hope you had a wonderful break and spent some quality time with your families. I have missed you all. I look forward to seeing you soon – though it seems that this might not be for a while now!
Online Learning this term will be delivered on Google Classroom. Please log in each day, as I will upload lessons daily at 8am.
Sending you lots of love at this tough time.
Mrs T 😊
Wow, what a fun start to Year 5 we have had! Below, I have added a whole gallery of lovely photos from this year so far. I hope you enjoy looking at them and seeing what we have been up to ☺️
Forest School dates
In term 3 and 4, our Forest School day is still Wednesdays. We have our sessions on Wednesday 13th January, Wednesday 10th February, and Wednesday 17th March 2021. Write them on your calendar now! Don’t forget to wear warm clothes and bring a warm hat, gloves, 2 pairs of socks (not trainer socks), a warm coat, waterproof trousers and jacket if possible and welly boots. 🧤🧦
I know we are all ready for a break and I hope you all have a really good one! 🥳The children come back to school on Tuesday 5th January 2021 – can’t wait to see them all then! Happy holidays to you all and thank you for a wonderful year so far! ✨
Mrs Taylor 💜
Hello 5T! 🙋🏻♀️ This week, we have been writing persuasively in English and had a whole week of work on Time in Maths. We have finished our jumping jack toys and learnt about Classification in Science. We also tried some practical compass work where we wrote treasure hunts for each other!
This week’s Homework tasks:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the activities all about Time. There is also a link to another website where there are games and activities to complete about telling the time and time Maths problems.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 📝 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work! 🎸
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 14th December.
Thank you for another great week in 5T! 👍Only one more weeks to go until the end of term 2 – we can do this!
Mrs Taylor 😊🌻
Hello 5T! 🙋🏻♀️ This week, we have learnt about deforestation ready to produce some persuasive writing in English. We have continued with our Maths work on Area and Perimeter. We have learnt about Charles Darwin in Science, and moved our chickens into a proper coop and pen! 🙂🐔
This week’s Homework tasks:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the activities all about Converting Measurements.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 📝 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work! 🎸
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 8th December.
Thank you for another great week in 5T! 👍Only two more weeks to go until the end of term 2!
Mrs Taylor 😊🌻
Hello 5T! 🙋🏻♀️ This week, there has been lots of amazing poetry writing in English, some great Maths work on Area and Perimeter, some great Jumping Jack toy designs in Art, and we have seen our chickens move outside! 🐣🐤
This week’s Homework tasks:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the Area and Perimeter activities.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 📝 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work! 🎸
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 1st December.
Thank you for another great week in 5T! 👍
Mrs Taylor 😊🌻
Hello 5T! 🙋🏻♀️ This week, there has been lots of amazing writing of complex sentences in English, some great Maths work on Division and Multiplication, an interesting Science lesson on Fossils and Evolution, and of course lots of fun looking after our chickens! 🐣🐤
This week’s Homework tasks:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the Multiplication and Division activities.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 📝 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work! 🎸
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 24th November.
Thank you for another great week in 5T! 👍
Mrs Taylor 😊🌻
Hello wonderful 5T! 😊 What a fun week we have had! Lots of amazing writing of expanded noun phrases in English, some great Maths work on Factors and Prime Numbers, interesting Science lesson on Adaptation and lots of general loveliness including looking after our ever-growing chickens! 🐣🐤
This week:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the activities about Factors and Primes (most of you) or Multiples (some of you).
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 📝
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work! 🎸
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 17th November.
Well done for another great week in 5T! 👍
Mrs Taylor 😊🌻
Hello wonderful 5T! Well done for a great start to Term 2 – I am so proud of you all! 👍😊
This week:
MyMaths– Log onto MyMaths and complete the tasks about Statistics, including questions using different types of graphs.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work!
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page. 📚
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 10th November.
Well done for another great and happy week in 5T! 😊
Mrs Taylor 🌈
Well done for a fantastic first term in Year 5! 😊I am so proud of every single one of you. I just love our class! Over this holiday, please make sure you relax and re-charge, ready for another great term. There are a couple of things you could do this week, if you would like to…
Spellings – please practise your Week 6 Spellings ready for dictation on Tuesday 3rd November
Gmail – your Gmail emails (the ones that end in @westrisejunior.school) should now all be set up and ready to go. Try logging in and send me an email to say hi – 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Google Classroom – Using the same login, you can also access Google Classroom, where I have asked a question for you to reply to (just we did in Computing!)
MyMaths – There is no set work, but please feel free to log in and try some of the games!
Have a wonderful week off and I look forward to seeing you on Monday 2nd November! 👍
Mrs Taylor😊 🌈
Hello wonderful 5T! It’s been another lovely week! You made some amazing fact files about the River Amazon and produced some incredible descriptive writing about the rainforest. Your Jeannie Baker Artwork was fabulous and showed your incredible creativity. We have persevered with Word Problems in Maths and, of course, celebrated the arrival of our gorgeous chicks! 
This week:
My Maths– Log onto My Maths and complete the activities, including Word Probems using Addition and Subtraction.
Spellings– Practise your spellings. You can do this in your Homework Book and send me a photo if you would like to! 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
Times Tables Rock Stars– Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and continue your amazing work!
Read- Please read with your adult at home and record it into your Reading Journal. Remember to answer some of the questions about your book in the large space on each page.
Beat The Street- When I last looked we were 2nd out of all the schools in Eastbourne for total points, and 5th for average points! Wow! If you can, go out and about and collect some more points for our team. If you would like to, send me a picture of you collecting points to our class email address: 5T@westrise-jun.e-sussex.sch.uk
For more information about Beat the Street including an up-to-date leaderboard, please click on this link: https://www.beatthestreet.me/eastbourne/
All of these homework activities are due by Tuesday 20th October.
Well done for another great and happy week in 5T!
Mrs Taylor
