Welcome to Miss Sleator's Year 5 Class page
Welcome to Year 5S
Welcome back to another year at Millington! Your child's teacher is Miss Sleator and classroom assistant is Mrs Shilliday.
Remember you need to bring:
- a wipeable pencil case with pencils, a sharpener, a rubber, a glue stick, a ruler, felt tip pens, highlighters and colouring pencils
- a water bottle
- a packet of tissues
- a healthy snack
- packed lunch (no nuts allowed)
- a coat
Please scroll down for the most recent information. I hope you find this page useful and informative.
Homework
Your child's homework will be completed on the Seesaw App this year. Please download the Seesaw App to connect to your child's account. The family code is for parent’s/guardian’s device. The child’s code should be downloaded on the device that they will be using to complete, photograph and send their homework’s.
*** Children will also have to have some stationary at home for completing homeworks as well as a small dictionary for looking up spelling definitions. ****
Some upcoming dates for Term 1:
Christmas Jumper Day : Friday 11th December 2020
Non-uniform week: Monday 14th - Friday 18th December 2020
Christmas Holidays : Monday 21st December - Tuesday 5th January 2021
We will be doing a great deal of revision of the skills from Y4. Please look at the links below for resources to help your child with these skills.
Numeracy links
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Numbots
A fun and interactive app which encourages quick recall of addition and subtraction facts
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Rocket rounding 🚀 on Topmarks
A game which helps pupils when rounding to 10, 100 and 1000. This resource is very visual and helps understanding in this area.
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Steve Storm and the tables of doom
A fantastic resource to encourage the learning of table facts. This resource is especially useful for children who enjoy playing computer games as your child can progress through different levels and collect items.
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Time table me
A great website for printing out time table drills or completing timed tests on multiplication and division facts
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Teaching squared
A great resource for printing out addition and subtraction drills. Put a timer on and see how many they can complete in an allocated time slot.
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Maths Zone
A portal to lots of maths games and quizzes
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Hit the button.
An interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts etc
Literacy links
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Accelerated Reading
This web address is specific to our school and should be used when your child wants to complete an Accelerated Reading quiz.
Wellbeing links
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Zentangles
A form of Mindfulness Art that helps children relax. There are numerous videos on YouTube should you wish to explore it further.
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Go Noodle
GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Lots of fun dance routines, brain breaks and activities