Year 5 | Weddington Primary School

Welcome to Year 5

'Who let the Gods out?'

Autumn Term

Welcome to Year 5. We are so excited to be learning about the Greeks this term. We are reading and studying 'The Adventures of Odysseus' in English as part of our brilliant 'Who let the God's out?' topic. During the term we will explore the Ancient Greeks and the influence they have had on today's society.

In Science we explore through a variety of investigations and practical science lessons the Properties of Materials and Changes of Materials.

Keep an eye on Dojo and we will share with you many activities the children experience this term.

Summer Activities - Year 5

Any general or ongoing ideas for home learning can be found on this page, then please click through to this week's page to find out what home learning we have set for you this week. Enjoy! :)

School Closure - Home Learning

Google Classroom The first part of this video shows you how to log into your google classroom. Mrs Haw demonstrates with a Year 6 classroom so ensure you are using the class code given by your own teacher. You won't find the work on the video in every classroom as this was set for Year 6, so once you're logged in you can see what we have set for you in our class. Keep your eyes peeled for our welcome video too!

Elevenses with David Walliams

The World of David Walliams is releasing an audio story from The World’s Worst Children every day for the next 30 days!

Keep the kids busy with these daily audio treats, perfect for tea-and-biscuit breaks ☕

Head to bit.ly/AudioElevenses each day for the latest story!

Home Learning - Spelling

Spelling ideas.pdf

There is a link to our weekly spellings at the bottom of our class page.

This document has lots of different fun ways to practise spellings. Lots of these we have already tried in classes, and lots are new! Please try to practise spellings, or the Year 5 'Common Exception Words' daily.

Home Learning - Podcasts

podcasts.pdf

We have put together a list of 6 super podcasts. You can listen on apple music, spotify or any other podcast service - for free!

We would like Year 5 to...

Listen to 'The Week Junior Show' (ages 8 - 14, parents and carers please have a listen too if you want to check content first). Listen to the most recent episode and the debate all about Shakespeare. What do you think? Write your arguments into a persuasive text. Challenge - can you prepare a persuasive text as a counter argument?!

Home Learning

Spellings

What we're Learning