Year 5 Weekly Update
Friday 29th August 2014
Week 2
This week the children have been getting used to the routines in year 5 and have begun all their new units and specialist lessons.
Golden book for Year 5
Congratulations to the children below who received the golden book certificates this week!
Moses Chan 5A
For being a caring a thoughtful member of the class and for an excellent start to the year. Well done!
Ady Lam 5D
For a mature & responsible attitude and a great start to year 5. Well done!
Felix Cheung 5B
For a great start to the year, showing a mature attitude to his learning. Well done!
Using Reading Eggspress for the Home Readers
All children should now be reading every night with an adult as the year 5 expectation. They have also received their log in and password for the Reading Eggspress website which they may access for the home reading scheme (www.readingeggs.com). The year 5 agreement is that they alternate between a 'real' book and a virtual book.
Maths
In the maths 'number' groups the children are exploring Place Value: recognising and ordering numbers up to a million and beyond. In 'strand' maths we are looking into identifying, describing, classifying and visualising properties of triangles, quadrilaterals and polyhedrons.
Homework this week
As your children are now in the upper school, they are expected to be completing 30-45 minutes of homework each night. This will be made up of: approx 15-20 minutes reading with an adult, 10-15 spelling work, and their weekly assigned task.
This week's homework:
Brain facts - continue to bring in any brain facts from home to write on your classroom brain!
Modern Narrative comprehension - read the narrative that you were given in class and complete the comprehension activities. If you have lost your sheet a copy can be found below that you can download and print out at home.
Remember to hand homework in by Wednesday.
Dates for your diary
LEAP visit update
Our LEAP visits are next Wednesday, 3rd September. Please note, however, that there has been a change to the original times. The new schedule is:
5B - leaving school at 8.45am
5A - leaving school at 10.30am
5D - leaving school at 12.15pm
Event Information
Meet the Teacher Evening
When?
Tuesday, Sep 2, 2014, 06:30 PM
Where?
Beacon Hill School, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Other important dates:
LEAP visit - Wednesday 3rd September
Public holiday (no school) - Tuesday 9th September
PTA BBQ - Friday 19th September 7pm
5B class assembly - Friday 26th September