Swallows - Learning at Home

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Termly Information

swallow class 2022 23 summer term pptx 2 1 .pdf

year 5 pshe summer 1 newsletter 4 docx.pdf

Times Tables

Times tables are equally as important in Year 5 as they are in Year 4 as they are the foundations for the majority of our topics. Making sure that your child regularly engages in TTRS will help boost their fluency in all multiplication facts up to 12 x 12, which by the end of Year 6 children should be able to answer in under 3 seconds. We are still a little way off but as you can tell, we are making great progress!

Autumn term's data

Spring term's data

Maths

To further support your child's numeracy at home, I have attached this term's overview of Power Maths program which we follow in school.

power maths unit objectives.pdf

Reading

Reading with your children - listening to them read and asking them questions, as well as helping them to understand any words they are unsure of - is consistently proven to be the most effective work at home you can do with your children. Therefore, we ask you to read with your children 4-5 days a week for 15-20 minutes.

At this age, it is often more about listening to your children read, and discussing the book with them, rather than helping them to recognise letters and sounds. Often parents ask us what questions they should be asking. This may be intuitive for some, but anything that helps the children to show their understanding of the book is great.

Before you start reading:
- Remind me, what has happened so far?
- What did we read about last time?
- What do you think will happen in this next chapter?
- What do you think this character will do next?

Whilst you are reading, you can check your child's understanding of words - just because they can read them, doesn't mean they understand what they mean.
- What does that word mean?
- Why has the writer used that word or phrase there?
- Why do you think that character did that?
- What do you think they might do next?

This isn't a prescriptive list and you don't want to constantly interrupt your child, but hopefully this helps that what we are trying to support the children in doing is ensuring that they aren't just learning how to read new words, but that they understand and can make meaning from the text.

We track the children's progress in reading using Accelerated Reader. There is more information about AR on the link below, as well as the link to login into the site for the children to take their reading quizzes. We review the information on this site regularly, to check your child's reading is progressing. Please note you have to use this exact link - often the numbers change in different links.

https://ukhosted74.renlearn.co.uk/6698814/default.aspx

All home learning logins, including Accelerated Reader, are saved on Google Classroom under the topic 'Home learning logins'.

Finally, we often get asked for book recommendations. Here are some websites you may find useful, or do come and find us and ask us in class. The Love4Reading site is particularly good, as although you need to register, you can read the first chapters of many books first, so you can see if they appeal before you head to the library to borrow or a bookshop to buy. It is important children read books they enjoy - we ensure they are reading appropriate books in class, so you have leeway at home to ensure your children are reading for pleasure, building a habit that will last a lifetime.

https://www.thereaderteacher.com/
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-5

If you are finding that your child has read every book in the collection and they are looking to 'branch out' use the link below to find books in the style of popular authors.

https://www.booksfortopics.com/branching-out