Year 5 classes

5A	Miss Roddy
5B	Mr Bilko


Autumn and Summer 5A do PE on Mondays and Wednesdays. 5B do PE on Wednesdays and Fridays. Spring 5A do PE on Mondays (swimming) and Wednesdays. 5B do PE on Mondays (swimming) and Fridays.	We use Class Dojo regularly to update parents about what their children have been doing. It's free to sign up! Parents should have received a sign-up code from their children's class teacher which is needed when logging in. Click on the link above to go to the Class Dojo homepage.

Homework Daily reading	Yearly Plan Click on the image below to see the plan for curriculum coverage for the whole year.

Useful Websites

Reading

Are you looking for a new book to read? Why not try one of these?

Links to Useful Websites

All of the links below have been chosen by our teachers because they may help you with your homework.

English

Game Goo	Spelling with the Spellits	Myths and Legends
Game Goo is a great place to find Literacy games. Can you find the antonyms and synonyms games?	The BBC Spellits website is a great place to practise your spellings. Use the handy hints to improve.	Find out about myths and legends from different cultures here. You could even create your own myth using the Myth Creator.

Spelling City
Spelling City is a fantastic site where you can practise spellings and improve vocabulary.

Maths

nrich	Sumdog	Family Learning
nrich is a Maths site full of puzzles suitable for children in Years 5 and 6. Check them out here.	Here's the link to Sumdog. Who will get the most points?	Click on the Numeracy links on the left hand side of the page in Family Learning to see links to loads of great Numeracy games.

Mathsticks
Mathsticks is a useful site for examples of problems to solve.

Science

General Science

Children's University	Engineering Interact	BBC Terrific Scientific
This site contains lots of fun facts and articles about all areas of science that we study in school (made by the University of Manchester).	This site contains games, animations and quizzes to do with all sorts of scientific topics (made by the University of Cambridge).	Click here to go to the Terrific Scientific website to find out how the results of our experiments compare to other schools around the country.

Materials

BBC Bitesize video	Illustrated Materials Database	Mission Materials
How do you test the properties of materials? Watch this video for some clues.	This illustrated database gives you loads of information about a variety of materials.	In this game, you have to find the correct material for the task. Have a go!

Urenco - Learn with Richie
Here is the Urenco website for Key Stage 2 children. Find out facts, play games or read news about engineering.

Life Cycles

Butterfly Life Cycle	Ladybird Life Cycle	Salamander Life Cycle
The Butterfly Life Cycle	The Ladybird Life Cycle	Find out about the salamander here.

Frog Life Cycle	Grasshopper Life Cycle
Find out about the life cycle of a frog here.

Blists Hill	BBC Victorians
Here's the website of Blists Hill, the Victorian town we visit.	The BBC Victorians website is full of information and games about the Victorians. Why not see what you can find out?

Think U Know
Visit the Cybercafe and learn about how to stay safe online here.

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