Year 5 Indigo

Class Awards of the Week

Congratulations to

Star of the week!

Congratulations to

for achieving 100% in Mental Maths this week.

Congratulations to

for achieving 100% in the spelling test this week.

Class Targets and Useful Websites

English Targets

To read and retrieve important information.

Mathematics Target

To round decimals to 3 decimal places.

Science Target

To identify sources and reflectors of light.

Useful Websites

Literacy - Woodlands Junior Full range of activities to support all aspects of literacy
Literacy - Crickweb Range of interactive games to support learning in all areas of literacy.
Hangman
Spelling Game - Look, Cover, Write, Check Fun activity to practise spelling tricky words.
Spellings Usefull website to support with spelling
Bitesize - Spelling and grammar Poor spelling and grammar can be really confusing! A good understanding of spelling and grammar will make you a better writer, reader and all round communicator. Help with nouns, adjective, punctuation and lots more !
Bitesize - Writing Writing is an important part of communicating with others. You need to write in a way your reader can easily understand what you are trying to tell them. Use this site to write in different genres.
Bitesize - Reading Reading fiction and non fiction texts including adverts, dictionaries and poetry. Learn how to look at language, layout and meaning.
Reading Eggs
Writing Mat Useful mat full of tips, strategies and ideas to boost your writing!
Literacy Printable Literacy revision activities.
Dictionary and Thesaurus Work Use your dictionary to complete these online activities.
Mathletics
Maths - Woodlands Junior Variety of interactive mathematics games
Mathematics - Crickweb Interactive games to develop skills in all areas of maths.
Maths Online Games - Topmarks Lots of fun, interactive games to develop skills in all areas of maths.
Maths Puzzles. Range of interactive maths games and puzzles.
Maths Mansion !! You are trapped in a Gothic mansion by Bad Man until you can successfully crack the maths challenges! Enter the television adventure game for 9 - 11 year olds
Maths Games Range of games to test your skills in all areas of Maths
Mathematics Who wants to be a Mathionaire ? Test your mathematical knowledge to win one million.
Maths Revision Series of activities to aid SATs revision covering previous SATs paper questions.
Fun mathematics games Fun games to practise times tables, number bonds and division facts.
Bitesize - Mathematics - Handling Data You can do a lot with the information you find. Learn about understanding and presenting data in this section. Includes frequency diagrams, mean, ode and median and probabiltiy.
Bitesize - Mathematics - Shape, space and measure. Find out about angles, lines and graphs. Important shapes and useful everyday measurements are also covered.
Bitesize - Mathematics - Number work Activities to support work on decimals, fractions, percentages, operations and much more!
Mental Maths Boost your mental maths skills with this quick fire game.
Maths Mat A useful tool with vocabulary, calculation strategies and conversion charts.
Mathematics Skills Revision Sample questions covering all areas of the Year 6 Mathematics Curriculum.
SATS Revision Past SATS paper for English and Mathematics

What has happened in 5 Indigo this Term?

Over the duration of the term, the class has been involved in some amazing activities. The pictures below are only a snapshot of the fantastic things that we have done!

Our Visiting Author

We were visited by the author Robin Price, who shared with us the tricks and secrets to being a great author.

Using iPads for Mathematics.

Made use of technology to assist and further enhance our learning.

Creativity

We created sundials to test how the sun can help us tell the time.

Whole School Events and Year Group Trips

Over the course of the year, we attended some amazing events and trips that the whole school enjoyed. Below is only a small snapshot of what we do as a school. Enjoy!

We read with younger children during book week, created our own door display and dressed up as our favourite book character.

Science week concluded with the science fayre. Lots of children brought in their own experiments to showcase to staff, students and parents.

The Wizard of Oz

This term Year 5 Indigo and Year 5 Orange will be combining to produce a performance of The Wizard of Oz. We will be doing scene 4 of the play.

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