Year 5 Update Wk 17
- Tuesday 9th January Year 5 Bake Sale
- Thursday 26th January – China Day at BHS and last day before Chinese New Year
- Friday 27th Jan – Mon 6th Feb – Chinese New Year Break
- Thursday 16th February – Year 3 / 4 / 5 /6 Sports Day
- Thursday 9th March – UOI Market Day
- Friday 31st March – end of Term 2, 12pm finish
Central Idea:
People’s actions can impact our water resources
Lines of Inquiry:
How water changes (change)
Responsibilities regarding water (responsibility)
Distribution, availability of, and access to, usable water (connection)
In the coming week we will be considering how our usage and access to clean useable water differs from others around the world. We will be making connections between our own experiences and what we find out.
An inquiry into:
- Efficient mental strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction of decimal fractions
- Efficient written strategies that can be used to solve addition and subtraction decimal fractions
- Rules for patterns to predict future terms
Model addition and subtraction of decimal fractions up to hundredths
Solve addition problems (including real life and word) involving decimals in the form of money and measurement
Solve subtraction problems (including real life and word) involving decimals in the form of money and measurement
Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations.
Next week’s lessons will look at developing our use of the split strategy and applying knowledge of decimal place value to complete a shopping challenge.
We are continuing to build our understanding of information reports and this week focus on how well we can write them applying the features covered so far. The children will then work with teachers to identify areas needed for improvement and write good examples.
Our Information Literacy sessions with Miss Jeeves will focus on understanding how to use infographics as a way to present information.
The video below offers a brief explanation for those of us wondering how they differ from posters.
Watch this space to find out who has really shone this week.
Today the children will bring home a concept cartoon relating to our current UOI. They have the coming three weeks to explore, discuss and try out some of the ideas and questions it raises.
We suggest that children talk through the ideas with you and record any wonderings, questions or links to their school work. Children are then encouraged to explore the ideas further.
For example they may want to plan and carry out a similar experiment, conduct some research, create a media presentation / scratch game / cartoon to show their own thoughts and responses.
We would love to see the work done by students and are looking forward to the wide range of possibilities open to them.
Important Reminder – School Snacks and Lunches
At Beacon Hill School have a number of children who are allergic to nuts. When preparing snacks and lunches for your children please avoid using nut products like Nutella and peanut butter. We thank you for your cooperation.
