Year 5 are in full swing with our Ancient Greek thematic lessons! From Greek architecture to Greek philosophers and from Greek myths and Greek theatre, we have fully immersed ourselves in everything Greek! Please do remember it is Ancient Greek day next week on Wednesday 25th March. We invite you to come to school in your Ancient Greek costumes.
English
This week, we continued to read the Adventures of Odysseus. After being inspired by artists’ impression of Odysseus, we then gathered vocabulary, drafted and wrote a final edit of a character description. We learned the skills of figurative language (similes, metaphors and personification) and also added extra information by adding embedded relative clauses.
Next week, we will carry on reading the Adventures of Odysseus. We will also try to put ourselves into Odysseus’ shoes and begin to delve into his thoughts and feelings. We will learn how to write emotively, whilst writing in role as Odysseus and other characters.
Maths
This week, we looked at plotting points using co-ordinates. Previously, we had only learned about the first quadrant. This week, we learnt about the other 3 quadrants. We also learnt how to reflect shapes in all 4 quadrants by counting the distance from the mirror line and some of us showed that we could then give the co-ordinates of a point’s new position.
Next week, we will be learning how to measure angles on a straight line using a protractor. We will also be introduced to what a reflex angle is. Afte that, we will learn how to calculate (not measure) angles on a straight line, by knowing angles on a straight line add up to 1800.
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 explore reflections in real life. This could be examples you find around your house, in artwork or even drawing your own.
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:
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)
