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7 years ago
Posted on 11th May 2018 by

Class 5 Update

English

This week Class 5 have written diary entries as Mister Tom.  They focussed on chapters 8 and 9 of the story and looked for clues in the text about what Mister Tom was feeling or thinking.  They then used their notes to write a diary entry.

Maths

Year 5 have continued their work on decimals this week, particularly focussing on addition and subtraction of decimals.

Year 6 have done lots of revision ready for SATs next week.  They have revised finding the mean, reading data on line and pie charts, algebra and decimals and percentages.

History

This week the children completed their exhibitions on Sir Winston Churchill.  They worked in small groups to present their information using power point presentations, photographs and their own writing.  They enjoyed sharing their exhibitions with each other at the end of today’s lesson.

7 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2018 by

Class 5 update

English

This week the children have been doing procedural writing.  They used ideas from ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ and some further research to write instructions for how to build an Anderson Shelter during World War II.

Maths

This week the Year 5 children have been practising addition and subtraction of decimal numbers.

The Year 6 children have been doing some challenging problem solving involving all 4 methods of calculation.

History

The children have worked in small groups to research Winston Churchill.  They are going to use this research to make an exhibition about him to share with their classmates.

Science

The children have been writing up their findings from their most recent investigation and explaining what affects the size or length of a shadow.

7 years ago
Posted on 02nd May 2018 by

Year 6 Revision activities – Purple Mash

Year 6 children can use the English Grammar online activities on Purple Mash (shown below), in preparation for SATs the week after next.

They can also use the online Maths activities to practise different maths skills including the four  operations of  addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  I have shown a few suggested activities below which are all ready-made games in 2Race and encourage quick recall of number facts. However, children can access any activities, which they find useful. If your child has forgotten their log in details, please let me know. Thank you.

7 years ago
Posted on 27th Apr 2018 by

Class 5 Homework 27.04.18

Year 6s’ task this week requires them to use different reading comprehension skills and Year 5s have a reading comprehension to complete based on Goodnight Mister Tom.

Both pieces of homework should be given in by next Wednesday. Thank you

7 years ago
Posted on 26th Apr 2018 by

Class 5 Weekly Update 27.04.18

English

The children have continued their novel study of Goodnight Mister Tom. Their task this week was to produce a public information leaflet for host families to explain how to care for an evacuee. We have focused on using standard English and cohesive devices, including adverbial phrases, conjuctions and pronouns, and Class 5 have worked hard to produce some excellent pieces of formal writing.  Our grammar, punctuation and spelling work has included dictation activities to practise using adverbial phrases e.g. as a result, in addition, and spelling Year 5/6 words.

Maths

In Maths this week, we have continued our work on the properties of shapes. Children have applied their knowledge of angles in a triangle to solving problems involving special triangles and quadrilaterals and have ended the week constructing shapes with given angles and dimensions. Year 6s have also looked at the radius and diameter of circles and practised using a compass to construct circles of given diameters.

Science

Children have worked in small groups to explore some of their questions and hypotheses about shadows such as what affects the length and size of a shadow. This allowed them to reinforce work on angles, when discussing how the angle of the light source in relation to the object affects the shadow produced. Next lesson we will start to look at reflections and refraction of light.

P.E.

Whilst the Year 5s were at swimming, Year 6s have practised different volleyball skills in small groups and they ended the session evaluating the skills shown by each group. They have also continued their tennis sessions with Mr Creffield.

R.E.

Children had an extended session with Mrs J this week to allow them time to discuss and explore the resurrection in more depth.  We are hoping to create a display of their work over the next few weeks, to showcase their ideas and achievements.

Year 6 Booster

Just a reminder that Year 6 Booster is running every Monday after school until 4:30 to help prepare children for the SATs in the middle of May. I have attached the presentation again from the Year 6 parent meeting last week.

SATs 2018 Presentation to parents

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

7 years ago
Posted on 20th Apr 2018 by

Class 5 Weekly Update 20.04.18

English

This week the children began reading our new novel study text ‘Goodnight Mister Tom.’  This week they have focussed on describing the two main characters using evidence and quotations from the story.

Maths

The children have been working on measuring and calculating angles in different shapes.

History

We began our World War II topic by imagining we were sitting in an air raid shelter in 1940.  We discussed how it felt and what it would have been like.  The children have also begun to learn which countries were involved in the war and what the events were that led up to the Battle of Britain.

Science

This week the children began their new science topic on ‘light.’  They explored what they knew already about different light sources, how we see light and how shadows are formed.  They then drew diagrams to show how shadows are created when an object blocks light and how we see this.