English

In English this week, we have drafted, edited and published a piece of poetry, based on the witches prophesy in Macbeth. The children were using personification, metaphors, similes, alliteration, and lots of other fantastic poetry features. We then had a session where the children performed their poem to either a peer or the whole class, and were given feedback from their classmates. They all worked really hard on these and produced some excellent poems.

With Mrs J, the children looked again at semi-colons, colons and dashes. They all feel much more confident with when to use these, and it has been lovely to see some in their poems this week.

Maths

We have continued our work on fractions this week. We began the week by subtracting fractions with the same denominator, and denominators that are multiples of the same number. We then moved on to multiplying fractions by whole numbers (Year 5), and multiplying fractions by fractions (Year 6). Year 6 also completed some of the SAT sample papers this week. Once they have all been completed, I will send home copies of the papers so that parents can become familiar with the expectations for the end of Year 6.

Science

In Science, the children have drafted and published their own ‘Just so’ stories. These are fantastic and the children really enjoyed writing and illustrating these. Some are now on display in the classroom.

P.E

In P.E this week the children took part in their NSPCC ‘Big Buddy Workout’ challenge. The class voted for a dodgeball tournament, and they all really enjoyed playing in their teams on Thursday with Mrs J. They were all brilliant team-players and had a fantastic afternoon.

English

In English this week, we have been planning a piece of poetry based on the witches prophesy in Macbeth. We have looked at similes, metaphors and personification, and the children looked at a range of poetry and spotted as many poetic features as they could. They then created their own mind map of ideas that would create strong imagery for the reader, ready to start drafting their poems next week.

We also began looking at colons, semi-colons and dashes, and when to use which in our writing. We found this quite challenging, and will continue practising this next week.

Maths

We have had another good week learning about fractions in maths. We started the week adding fractions with the same denominator (Year 5), and adding fractions with denominators that are multiples of each other (Year 6). The children are getting good at giving fractions a common denominator in order to compare them, add or subtract them. We then moved on to adding mixed numbers and showing our calculations as bar models, and then as jumps on a number line. The children have done really well with this and most feel confident in this area.

Science

In Science, we are reaching the end of evolution and inheritance unit, and the children began planning their own ‘Just so’ story, based on the stories by Rudyard Kipling. They each chose an animal, and then had to research a physical characteristic of that animal and create a fictional story explaining how the animal got that physical characteristic. They are in the midst of writing their final versions, and we hope to finish these off next week.

D.T

In D.T this week the children evaluated the bread rolls that they made before half term. They described the appearance, taste and texture of their rolls, what they liked and disliked, and what they would do differently if they were making them again.

R.E

In R.E this week, we have continued our topic of Incarnation. The children have been discussing how important Jesus is to Christians. They discussed all the different names that Jesus is known by, and recorded these names and all the different qualities that support these names.

P.E

In P.E this week, the children continued their football sessions with Mr Steed on the field.  As part of the NSPCC ‘Buddy’s Big Work Out’, the children have decided to have a sponsored dodgeball tournament . We will be doing this in next week’s PE session.