What we are learning this week in year 5:
Week commencing 16th June 2014
Literacy
This week in Literacy we will be doing our end of Year 5 English Tests.
Exam Timetable:
Tuesday –
Reading comprehension test
Thursday Long writing task
Friday –
Short writing task and spelling assessment (different to weekly
spelling test as spellings are not given in advance to learn)
At home:
 Use the following websites to revise any areas of literacy that your child has
found difficult.
o http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/index.htm
o http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/
 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. -ight and –ie.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
lie
height
height
eight
flight
flight
thief
field
field
piece
slight
slight
height
niece
niece
fiery
fiery
knight
knight
fierce
fierce
fiesta
freight
straight
sprightly
Numeracy
All Children
This week the children will be tested on their 3 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 in Numeracy we will be doing our end of Year 5 Maths Tests.
Exam Timetable:
Monday - Mental Maths test (questions heard from a CD where only 5, 10 or 15
seconds are given to answer the question, once it has been read twice)
Tuesday and Wednesday - Maths Paper A
Thursday and Friday – Maths Paper B
At home:
 Use the following websites to revise any areas that your child has found
difficult.
o http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
o http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/
Mrs Cordell’s Set
This week in Numeracy we will be doing our end of Year 5 Maths Tests.
Exam Timetable:
Wednesday – Mental Maths test (questions heard from a CD where only 5, 10 or 15
seconds are given to answer the question, once it has been read twice)
Thursday – Maths Paper A (no calculator)
Friday – Maths Paper B (with calculator)
At home:
 Use the following websites to revise any areas that your child has found
difficult.
o http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
o http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/
Topic
This week we will be setting the children a test based on what we have learnt about
the Earth, sun and moon so far.
At home:
 Ask your child to revise what they have learnt using the following websites:
o http://www.seekscience.org/interact/ then click on Earth & Beyond Astro Adventure.
o http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/
then do the activities under the Earth, Sun & Moon heading.