Well done to Year 5 for another fun and focused week of school. A particular well done to Jane and Avie for being our Year 5 and 6 winners for the Viking Speaker Competition. They will now enter the final in 2 weeks' time. We are so proud of them and we wish them the best of luck for the final.
English
This week, we continued to read The Adventure of Odysseus and find out what happened next in the story. We also continued writing our non-chronological reports. Our focus was on using technical vocabulary to make us sound like an expert and inform the reader. We also learned how to use parenthesis in our paragraphs about our creature’s special power or backstory. Using contractions, second person and informal language, we then challenged ourselves to write an informal ‘fun fact’ for our non-chronological reports.
Next week, we will continue to read the Adventures of Odysseus. After being inspired by artists’ impression of Odysseus, we will then gather vocabulary, draft and write a final edit of a character description.
Maths
This week, we began by learning about our problem-solving type for this term: working backwards. We then returned to learning more about how to tell the time. We rehearsed telling the time to one-minute intervals and then also learned how to convert between different units of time. Using that knowledge of time conversions, we then solved problems.
Next week, we will be looking at plotting points using co-ordinates. Up until now, we have learned about the first quadrant. We will be now be learning about the other 3 quadrants. We will also be learning how to reflect shapes in all 4 quadrants.
Spelling
In your child’s reading record, there is a sticker with the words they are learning. We call these ‘red words’ and they are tricky or impossible to sound out using phonics. Some children have been given some challenging words to learn. Thank you in advance for your support with this. There will be a spelling test at the end of the term on these words.
Love to Learn
This week, we would like you to make a leaflet or poster about using parenthesis and also the punctuation to show this. Your audience is younger children so make sure your information is clear and informative.
Alongside this, we would like you to prepare a costume to wear for our Ancient Greece Day on Wednesday 25th March.
Young Artists’ Competition 2026
DEADLINE – Wednesday 1st April 2026
The Rotary Club of Margate have launched their Thanet schools’ art competition. Selected entries will be displayed at Sainsbury’s Westwood Cross in their annual art exhibition.
To enter, please create a piece of A4 artwork with a wildlife theme. On the reverse, please write the following information:
Child’s Name
Year Group
Medium Used
Brief description of the artwork
Permission and Consent - By submitting your child’s artwork to the competition, you give permission for the artwork to be displayed in a public exhibition. You also consent to your child’s name, age, school name and title of the artwork being shown alongside the piece. You understand that the exhibition may be visited by members of the public and that images of the display may be used by the organisers for promotional or reporting purposes, both in print and online. No other personal details will be shared.
If you have any questions – please feel free to contact Mrs Barlow.
Thank you. We look forward to receiving your competition entries!
Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard
Important dates:
Friday 20th March – Red Nose Day (Wear something funny for money)
Monday 23rd March – Rock your socks for Downs Syndrome Awareness (Wear bright or mismatching socks to school)
Wednesday 25th March -Year 5 Ancient Greece Day
Friday 27th March – Viking Speaker Final at Royal Harbour
Friday 27th March – Parents come into school to look at children’s books prior to Parent Teacher Consultations
Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week
Monday 30th March – Year 5 birdwatching trip to Pegwell Bay Nature Reserve
Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term.
Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or queries. Thank you for your ongoing support!
Year 5 team (Miss Isaac, Mr Oxley and Mrs Mirza)
