Welcome to Year 5

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Hello everyone,

Hope you had a good half term week and were able to enjoy a rest and some fun with your families.

A new round of activities have been set for you on Purple Mash, including a new serial story about a

‘Secret Agent Grandpa’! and lots of related tasks.

Don’t forget, as well as the work on Purple Mash, there are plenty of other choices available to you if

you follow the links on our website. So if you fancy a change, take a look.

Mr Cannell would like some more Year 5 entries to the MathsArt competition which ends on Monday 8th June.  There are lots of ideas on the homepage. Click on the green button to find the details. 

We hope you and your families are all still well,

Take care,

The Year 5 Teachers

Dear Year 5 families,

Apologies once again for the slight delay in posting new Purple Mash activities. We had the same issue as last time with the website but it has been resolved and the activities are available. The due date is extended to June 5th as it is half term next week, and for the same reason, no Purple Mash tasks will be posted next week.

We hope you are safe, well and happy and wish you a very pleasant half term.

Take care,

The Year 5 Teachers

Dear Year 5 families,

Another week, another set of activities for you on Purple Mash!

This week, it’s the end of our blitz story and the beginning of another from a different period in time. There are some related writing activities and some maths as well as a bit of coding and some more creative work.

Thanks for all the tasks you have handed in so far, we have enjoyed seeing them and replying to you.

The blogs are still live, so keep posting

Also this week, you can practice your spelling using the games and word lists at Spelling Frame. Click on the green button.

And don’t forget about the Maths in Art challenge! Look at our  homepage.

Have fun while learning and staying safe,

The year 5 teachers.

Hello all,

Hope this finds you safe and well. 

We have updated Purple Mash with the next round of activities. There are some VE Day tasks to do, (complementing those in Children > Favourite Websites), and the beginning of a new Serial Mash story, which is also war themed.

There is some new Come and See for you on the theme of Pentecost.

If you have been following the NCETM Fractions lessons, you will have a familiar teacher in lessons 13 and 14.  Who will it be?

As it’s a special bank holiday this week, we hope you will enjoy some nice weather and maybe a picnic or some treats in the garden. Perhaps your street is having a socially distanced street party?

Either way, stay safe and healthy

The Year 5 teachers

Hello Year 5 families!

We hope you are all safe and well, and making your way through another week of lockdown, even if the weather has taken a downward turn. Nonetheless, for those of you who have been planting in the garden, those seeds could probably use a bit of rain!

This week, you may have noticed we are a day late sending our update. (Alternatively, the days may  have all joined into one, and you may not!) This is because there have been a few issues on Purple Mash, which have now been resolved so there are a brand new batch of Purple Mash activities to work through, including the start of an exciting new story set in space and some space themed topic jobs to accompany it. 

To finish off ‘Our Big Kitchen’, there is a cookie recipe to try, if anyone has any flour left. 

The blogs are also still up, so feel free to post about whatever you are doing and to reply to your teachers’ and classmates’ posts. 

Stay safe,

The Year 5 teachers

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all had some fun over the Easter holiday and are ready to get back to work?

You can now answer that question, and others, on our new Purple Mash blogs! Or just use it to say hello and keep in touch with everyone while we are away from school. 

There are some new English, maths and topic activities in your ‘To Dos’ with a deadline of Friday 1st May. 

The NCETM Daily Maths lessons below continue the fractions topic that we were working on before the lockdown period.  You will recognise the style of the images. A teacher you know might appear at the start of May! 

Don’t forget to engage with some of the other websites suggested on our ‘Favourite Websites’ page. We need people to log on to Times Tables Rock Stars and compete to earn points, and there are new lessons on BBC Bitesize for English, Maths and topic subjects.

On the love reading website, there is a list of the top 50 classic children’s books. Why not take a look and see how many you have read? Or if there is something you haven’t read that sounds good? 

Hope you are continuing to be healthy and safe,

Take care,

The Year 5 Teachers

Hello Everyone!

This week some more activities have been assigned for you on Purple Mash. There are the final two chapters of ‘Suffrajitsus’ and associated comprehension quizzes; some maths activities, some Computing and some creative projects using 2Paint and 2Publish. This week’s tasks have an extra long due date of Monday 20th April as no further Purple Mash work will be posted until Tuesday April 21st.

In the meantime, over the Easter period, keep checking our school website and follow the links to make Easter bunting, a COVID-19 time capsule and find ways to celebrate Holy Week with your family. You can also use the Red Cross Kindness Calendar and activities to find ways to share your kindness with others over Easter (Scroll down to the Downloads section).

Have a lovely, sunny and healthy few weeks,

Happy Easter!

The Year 5 Teachers

All children have access to Purple Mash, Mangahigh and Times Table Rock Stars.  Their username and password will work for all of these. If you need a reminder of your child's login details, please email  admin.greatcrosby@schools.sefton.gov.uk  

When you have logged in to Purple Mash, you can find the work that has been set for you by clicking on the red tick.  This is your 2Dos list. Find a task, then click on Start. 

To save, click on the purple square with three white lines and click Save. You can also save by clicking on the red square with the white arrow, then Save and Exit. 

When you have finished go to 2Dos and click Hand In.

Also, your teachers have set up a Class Blog.  You can find this by clicking on the green world (Sharing), then 'Shared Blogs'.  Look for your class name. Reception has one blog for the whole year. To add a comment, click on the green square, with the white  + sign. Write your comment, then press Save.

We are competing in the Everton in the Community 'Top of the Rocks' against some other Merseyside schools.  We need people to score as many points as they can on Times Table Rock stars.  

Hello everyone!

Hope you’re staying happy and healthy.

There’s another round of activities for you to do on Purple Mash. This week, there’s a focus on a story, which comes in five parts, and some activities based on the story. There’s also a bit of ICT and some South American geography.  The due date is Friday 10th April, so plenty of time to get working!

If anyone has been reading some exciting books, why not click on the green button to visit Toppsta  and publish a review to encourage others to read them too?

Those who’ve been doing some maths while homeschooling, have you seen the videos at I See Maths? There are some great lessons there. Click on the green button.

We'd also like you to follow the lessons on White Rose Maths.  See the next block.

Look after yourselves,

The Year 5 Teachers

Below here you can download the home learning packs sent out when the school closed and see links to our favourite websites.