At this stage of the year, in English,  the children will be working on developing their sentences using subordinate and relative clauses, prefixes (auto, sub, anti, auto, inter), suffixes (zion, ssion, cian, sion & ation), direct speech and being able to use a variety of punctuation accurately such as brackets, semi-colons and hyphens.

They will be learning to spell a range of Year 5 and 6 curriculum words accurately, which will be taught in both our English lessons and weekly spelling lessons. Across the year we will be exploring purpose, and the effect that different words have on an audience. From this we will also begin to explore the six key reading techniques that we use during our daily  guided reading sessions.

In Maths, we will focus on the formal written method for multiplication and short division.  This will help us with our next topic: fractions.

Here are some of the ways you can help your child at home:

• Read with your child/ hear your child read every day for 20 minutes and sign their diaries at least three times a week.
• Ensure homework is completed and handed in each week before their spelling test (Wednesday).
• Practise timetables from 1-12 using on-line Times Table Rock Stars and Hit the Button
• Apply a variety of methods to help your child learn their weekly spellings using the list of activities, which has been stuck at the front of their spelling book.
• Support them in practising their cursive handwriting.
• Ensure your child has the correct school uniform and PE Kit, with appropriate school shoes and training shoes for PE (Fridays).

Year Group Routines & Timetables

• We test our spellings on a Wednesday and times tables on a Friday.
• We have PE on Fridays. Please ensure that they bring their PE kit to school each week. 

Times tables:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find

www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/timestable/

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

Maths:

www.matific.com

www.familymathstoolkit.org.uk

www.coolmath-games.com

www.mathschamps.co.uk

http://pbskids.org/

http://www.transum.org/Tables/Times_Tables.asp

http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/resources /MathSphereMathsPuzzles.htm

https://prodigygame.com/dashboard /?register=true#planner

http://nrich.maths.org/12662

Handwriting

http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/handwriting-cursive-letter-joins.html

Verbal and non-verbal reasoning

https://www.bond11plus.co.uk/non-verbal-reasoning#tips

Spelling and Grammar practice

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar

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