What we are learning this week in year 5:
Week commencing 12th May 2014
Literacy
This week in Literacy we will be continuing to look at persuasive writing. We will be
focussing on using persuasive techniques within debates. We will be holding a formal
debate which is focussed on the unlawful killing of the Highwayman and Bess. These
characters are from our previous narrative poetry unit.
At home:
 Choose a story from the news and write arguments for and against. Using your
relevant points, write a persuasive debate.
 Please read your child’s reading book with them, asking them questions about
the setting, the characters, how the author has written the story, what different
words mean and what they think will happen next.
 Don’t forget, you can read books with your child on the Bug Club website.
o http://www.bugclub.co.uk/
 Practise weekly spellings which are given out on Friday and tested on the next
Friday.
This week’s spellings:
L.O. Making plurals for words ending in f or fe.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
life
leaf
leaf
lives
leaves
leaves
self
loaf
loaf
selves
loaves
loaves
leaf
knife
knife
leaves
knives
knives
scarf
scarf
scarves
scarves
thief
thieves
sheaf
sheaves
Numeracy
All Children
This week the children will be tested on their 5 times table. Please practise these ready
for the test on Friday. Use the following websites to practice.
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timest
ables/game.shtml
 If you’ve had a go at this one, try the following website, making sure you click
on the multiplication section.
http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/math_magician_games.shtml
 Some more times table games:
http://mad4maths.com/multiplication_table_math_games/
Mrs Pedley and Mrs Tungatt’s Set
This week we will be carrying out some different investigations, for example with
coins, dice and numbers.
At home:
 On the following website, practise carrying out some of the different online maths
investigations.
o http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html#investigations
Mrs Cordell’s Set
This week we will be looking at decimals and percentages. We will be converting
between fractions and decimals, completing decimal sequences and rounding
decimals. We will then move onto finding percentages of numbers and solving
percentage word problems. We will end the unit by looking at the relationship
between fractions, decimals and percentages.
At home:
 Practice rounding decimals using this website.
o http://www.math-play.com/rounding-decimals-game-1/rounding-decimalsgame.html
 Practise percentages using this website.
o http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/percentages/play/
Topic
This week we are going to be looking at the Aztec gods. We will be learning about the
different gods that they worshipped and their roles. We will also be looking at the role
sacrifice took in the Aztec religion.
At home:
 Please help your child research one of the Aztec gods. Ask your child to then
design a poster encouraging people to worship that god and make sacrifice to
keep the god happy.