Year 5 - Falcon

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Welcome Falcons
This is your Falcon Class page where you can find lots of important information about the year ahead including: spellings, topic breakdowns, revision information and most importantly, your weekly homework tasks.
General Information
Class Teacher - Mr Dalton
Email - falcon@balliolschool.co.uk
Other Adults - Miss Houghton
P.E - Monday and Wednesday On P.E days children must come to school in their kit.
Please ensure correct Balliol P.E kit is worn (this can be purchased from the office). Any additional kit worn (such as a warm outer layer for the colder months) must be plain and black or dark-blue in colour.
Children MUST have appropriate trainers for outdoor lessons.
Weekly Homework Information
Homework will be set each week on a Friday and will most often be in for the following Friday. As well as homework that is set there will be standing homework tasks to be completed each week without me specifically 'setting' them.
Standing Homework Tasks
This is homework that will not be specifically set but there is an expectation that children complete it each week.
- Spelling. Practice daily. Children will receive personalised spelling to practise in school, they will also bring a copy home in a small spelling book to practise at home. Their spellings will also be posted on here with homework each week. Children may also wish to use SpellingFrame to practise any spelling patterns they find difficult.
- Reading. 15+ minutes daily. Your child will have a school book they can read at home; when finished this book can be returned and swapped. Please question your child about what they have read. A copy of our comprehension scheme with example questions is posted below.
- Timestables. Practice as often as possible (daily). TTRockstars is a great way to do this.
Resources for these can be found below.
Set Homework Tasks
This is homework that will be set on Friday each week.
-Homework Books, Set every week (Maths one week, English/Comprehension the next) on a Friday. In for the following Friday. These books are extremely precious and it is important they are kept safe and neat. The tasks set in them will link with the weeks work.
- MyMaths, Set every other week on a Friday. In for the following Friday. These tasks are important as they link with and consolidate the weeks maths lessons. MyMaths logins are found in the back of children's homework diaries.
- Topic Tasks, Set as appropriate.
- Examples of other optional home learning tasks may be found on our termly topic news letters.
Homework Set - 17th June 2022 Due In - 24th June 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 68, 69, 70, 71 (Prefixes)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: No Comprehension Pages This Week
Homework Set - 10th June 2022 Due In - 17th June 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 68-69 Translation
MyMaths - Coordinates
Half-Term Homework
Spelling Challenge - Practise the spellings from your personalised list. Most improved after half-term will be in line for a prize!
Topic Task (Optional) - Kick off our Scream Machine topic by creating a marble run at home!
Homework Set - 20th May 2022 Due In - 27th May 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Clauses and Relative Clauses)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: No Comprehension Pages This Week
Homework Set - 12th May 2022 Due In - 19th May 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 58 and 59 (Angles)
MyMaths - Angles
Homework Set - 5th May 2022 Due In - 12th May 2022
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 Pages 10-11 Great Fire of London
Book 2 Pages 28-29 The Highway Man
Homework Set - 29th April 2022 Due In - 6th May 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 38 and 39 (Ordering Decimals)
MyMaths - Decimals
Homework Set - 22nd April 2022 Due In - 29th April 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 33, 34, 35 (Standard English) and 60, 61 (Apostrophe Practice)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: No Comprehension Pages This Week
Easter Break Homework
Topic Task (Optional) - Create a giant Tudor Rose ready for our new topic Off with Her Head! All about the Tudors.
Easter Reading Challenge - As a school we are aiming to read 100,000 pages in the next month. Log any reading you do + the number of pages you read on the sheets and have an adult sign it off to see if we can reach our goal!
Optional Topic Task and Reading Challenge
Homework Set - 25th March 2022 Due In - 1st April 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 34 and 35 (Fractions as Decimals)
MyMaths - Decimals
Homework Set - 18th March 2022 Due In - 25th March 2022
English Homework Book Pages: No Grammar Pages This Week.
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 - 18, 19, 20, 21
Book 2 - 12, 13, 14, 15
Homework Set - 11th March 2022 Due In - 18th March 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 32 and 33 (Multiplying with Fractions)
MyMaths - Fractions
Homework Set - 4th March 2022 Due In - 11th March 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 56 and 59 (Apostrophes)
Homework Set - 25th February 2022 Due In - 4th March 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 30 and 31 (Adding and Subtracting Fractions)
MyMaths - Fractions
Half-Term Homework
Spelling Challenge - Practise the spellings from your personalised list. Most improved after half-term will be in line for a prize!
Topic Task (Optional) - Kick off our Global Explorers: France topic by creating a model of a famous French landmark!
Half Term Homework - Homework Set - 11th February 2022 Due In - 25th February 2022
Homework Set - 4th February 2022 Due In - 11th February 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 28 and 29 (Equivalent Fractions, Ordering Fractions)
MyMaths - Fractions
Homework Set - 31st January 2022 Due In - 4th February 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 (Commas)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: No Comprehension Pages This Week
Homework Set - 21st January 2022 Due In - 28th January 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 24 and 25 (Multiplication and Division)
MyMaths - Short and Long Multiplication
Homework Set - 14th January 2022 Due In - 21th January 2022
English Homework Book Pages: 21 and 22 (Conjunctions)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 - 30-31 (Wolves of Waverly Place)
Book 2 - 24-25 (Hounds of Baskerville)
Homework Set - 7th January 2022 Due In - 14th January 2022
Maths Homework Book Pages: 23 and 24 (Multiplication)
Christmas Break Homework
Topic Task (Optional) - Create an Egyptian Death Mask in preparation for our new Pharaohs topic!
Christmas Reading Challenge - We would love to see photos of you completing the reading challenge. Best photos in KS2 will earn a token for the book vending machine.
Christmas Break Homework Set - 17th December 2021 Due In - 14th January 2022
Homework Set - 13th December 2021 Due In - 17th December 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 62 and 63 (Punctuating Speech)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 - 8-9 (Tales of King Arthur)
Book 2 - 10-11 (Goodnight Mr Tom)
Homework Set - 3rd December 2021 Due In - 10th December 2021
Maths Homework Book Pages: 14, 15, 48, 49 (Mental Calculations, Rounding and Perimeter)
MyMaths - Perimeter
Homework Set - 26th November 2021 Due In - 3rd December 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 6, 7, 40, 41 (Modal Verbs and Commas in a List)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 - 4 and 5 (An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth)
Book 2 - 4 and 5 (The Unluckiest Boy in the World)
Homework Set - 19th November 2021 Due In - 26th November 2021
Maths Homework Book Pages: 16, 17, 21, 22 (Square and Cube Numbers + Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, 1000)
MyMaths - Square and Cube Numbers
Homework Set - 12th November 2021 Due In - 19th November 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 16 and 17 (Basic Relative Clauses)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages:
Book 1 - 14 and 15 (Pompeii - Non-Chronological Report)
Book 2 - 20 and 21 (Robot on the Ice - Non-Chronological Report)
Homework Set - 5th November 2021 Due In - 12th November 2021
Maths Homework Book Pages: 18, 19 (Factors, Multiples and Primes)
MyMaths - Multiples and Factors
Monday 8th to Wedneday 10th TTRockStars - England Rocks 2021
We are taking part in a huge competition against schools from all over England. All you need to do is play on TTRockStars and get as many questions right as you can!
- The competition runs from 7.30am on Monday 8th November, to 7.30pm on Thursday 11th November.
- To take part, login into TTRockStars as normal.
- Every correct answer will earn your class a point.
- You can play in any game mode.
- There is a 1-hour time limit per person, per day. This means that your points will only count for the first hour that you play. (You do not have to play for 1-hour all in one go, you can split it up into smaller bits.)
- Winning classes in the school and in the country will get a prize!
Half-Term Homework
Spelling Challenge - Practise the spellings from your personalised list. Most improved after half-term will be in line for a prize!
Topic Task (Optional) - Kick off our Stargazers topic by creating an out of this world solar system model.
Half Term Homework - Homework Set - 22nd October 2021 Due In - 5th November 2021
Homework Set - 15th October 2021 Due In - 22nd October 2021
Maths Homework Book Pages: 12, 13, 14, 15 (Addition, Subtraction, Rounding and Checking)
MyMaths - Line Graphs
Homework Set - 8th October 2021 Due In - 15th October 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 52, 53, 54, 55 (Brackets and Dashes for Extra Information)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: No Pages This Week
Homework Set - 1st October 2021 Due In - 8th October 2021
French Country Poster - Madame Kaler, our French teacher, has asked the children to create a poster with information on a Francophone country (country that speaks French).
There will be a prize for those children who produce the best poster and they will be displayed on a new French board in school.
A link to Madam Kaler's website can be found below.
Homework Set - 24th September 2021 Due In - 1st October 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 24 and 25 (Prepositions)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: 6-7 (BK 1 Why Recycle?) (BK2 Baby Birds)
Homework Set - 17th September 2021 Due In - 20th September 2021
Maths Homework Book Pages: 7, 8 and 10 (Place Value, Ordering, Rounding)
MyMaths - Place Value
Homework Set - 10th September 2021 Due In - 17th September 2021
English Homework Book Pages: 4, 5 and 8 (Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives)
Comprehension Homework Book Pages: 2-3 (The Word Party)
Spellings
Key Words 1
Key Words 2
Year 3 and 4 Spelling Words
Year 5 and 6 Spelling Words
Spelling Practice Activities
Spelling Practice - Spelling Frame
This does not replace the children's weekly spelling words but is an extra tool that they can use to revise any spellings in a fun way.
Reading
Comprehension Scheme - Reading VIPERS
Timestables
Maths Practice - Written Methods
A breakdown of the written methods for: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, that we teach at Balliol can be found in the front of the children's homework planners and there are video links below to show the steps to each method.
Most of the video links are American, with slightly different vocabulary than the children are used to, but they present each method well.
French
If you would like to find out more about what we have been doing in French with Madame Kaler, watch useful videos or find more information about challenges that she has set you, you can find all this here: https://www.petite-etoile.co.uk/balliol-primary
The current topic is: Parts of the body.
French Challenge: This term's challenge is to bake your own 'Galette', a cake normally consumed at New Years.
Sow, Grow and Farm
Autumn 1 Topic Overview
Sow Grow Farm Knowledge Organiser
Stargazers
Autumn 2 Topic Overview
Stargazers Knowledge Organiser
Pharaohs