Year 5 Weekly Update
Friday 8th May 2015
Week 31
The year 5's are lucky enough to be involved in the Bassistry arts session on Monday May 11th. A group of musicians from the UK will be working with the students through dance, singing and music. If you play an instrument, please remember to bring it in on Monday to join in and play along with the group.
Golden book
UOI - How the World Works
Transdisciplinary Theme: How the World Works
Central Idea: Energy exits in different forms and is generated and used in different ways.
Lines of Inquiry:
Transformation and transference of energy
Renewable and non-renewable energy
- The ways in which we conserve energy
Concepts: Function and Connection
With two more weeks left in our unit on Energy, we will be going on our trips to the EMSD center to learn more about our central idea and lines of inquiry. The children will be learning specifically about where our local energy source come from and how to be more sustainable with our energy.
Next week we will be working on our summative task animations to show our understanding of the central idea.
Maths
The children this week have started to work on connecting 12 and 24 hour times in timetables, and solving problems involving differences in time.
Please speak to your children about real life time examples, such as, time spent on the train, how long activities take to complete, "how many minutes do we have until..?".
Number: 4 Operations
This week was our last week in our number groups working on the 4 operations. Next week we will be starting our last and final unit on Pattern and Function.
Homework this week
This week's homework:
The children have been asked to research an electrical device (ie. refrigerator, TV, washing machine, iPad, Xbox, etc.), take notes, plan and write out an explanation text on how the energy input is being transformed to make the device work.
Use the research handout to collect the information needed and plan out your explanation.
Dates for your diary
Other important dates:
Monday 11th May - Bassistry Arts with year 5 (bring an instrument in)
Tuesday 12th May - 5B class trip to Electrical Mechanical Services Department
Wednesday 13th May - 5D class trip to Electrical Mechanical Services Department
Thursday 14th May - 5A class trip to Electrical Mechanical Services Department
Monday 18th May - SEN parent presentation “Trust Life’s Journey”