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Weekly update: 18.09.26

Happy Friday all!

It's hard to believe we are already at the end of week 2. The children have settled into Year 5 really well so thank you adults for ensuring your child is on time with everything they need - it's really appreciated. 

We have been exploring our core text Journey this week in English using our inference skills. Journey is a book with no words so the children really have to use their imaginations to think about what a character might be thinking, feeling or their motivations. Next week, we will be completing our first writing piece of Year 5. This will be a description of the setting of Journey, a magical, illuminating world with so much to see. This will be a fantastic opportunity to see what the children's writing ability is like after a 6 week break! 

We have been ploughing through place value over the last two weeks and both of us are so pleased to see the children really pushing themselves and ensuring their presentation is on point. We will continue with place value into next couple of weeks as it is a behemoth of a topic! Then, we will move on to addition and subtraction. If you wish to challenge your children further, we recommend using the NRICH and/or Corbett maths website for reasoning and deeper thinking challenges. 

In science, we are well and truly into our materials and their properties topic. This week, the children conducted their first experiment, testing different materials to find out which one was the best thermal conductor. The children laid out their experiment ensuring they considered apparatus, method, a scientific diagram, a hypothesis and their conclusion post-experiment. Next week, we will be exploring thermal insulators. 

Friday 2nd October - we will be going to Tudor Drive Library to pick out some books and explore reading for pleasure. If you would like to volunteer to join us we will need 1 adult helper per class. If you are able to join us please email the office and we will choose randomly ensuring we keep track so that everyone who wishes to can join us on a trip this year. 
Kestrels will be leaving at 9:30am and return to school at approximately 11am.
Sparrow Hawks will be leaving at 10:15am and return around 11:30am. 

Tuesday 6th October - we will be going to Kingston Mosque to immerse ourselves in Islamic tradition and culture. We will be leaving school around 9:30am and returning by 12:30pm. We estimate needing 2 adult helpers per class. If you are able to join us please email the office and the same approach as above will be applied.

Have a lovely weekend all, 

Miss Curie and Mr Elliott