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7 years ago
Posted on 29th Mar 2018 by

The Great Egg Roll!

Class 5 were full of anticipation on the last day of term, awaiting their egg rolling competition.  We even had special appearances from ‘Mrs Jeg’ and Egg Sheeran!’ Who would have thought that rolling hard-boiled eggs down a ramp could cause so much excitement!

Well done to our 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners – FFion, James and Sam – whose eggs travelled the furthest.

7 years ago
Posted on 23rd Mar 2018 by

Class 5 Easter Performance

7 years ago
Posted on 23rd Mar 2018 by

Class 5 update

English

This week the children were given the task of continuing the story of our novel study ‘Phoenix’ from where we have read up to so far.  As well as making predictions about what they thought would happen next, their writing included devices to create atmosphere and the use of dialogue.  The children finished the week by continuing to read the story and see if their predictions were correct!

Maths

This week in maths Year 6 have worked on ratio and proportion.  Year 5 have worked on angles including the use of protractors and calculating missing angles on straight lines.

Geography

This week the children chose a specific location in North America to compare and contrast with Shrewsbury.  They researched their chosen locality and made notes on information such as population, landscape, climate, tourism, culture or economy.  This information will be used next week to write an extended piece comparing the 2 localities.

RE

The children continued using an art frieze and Luke’s gospel to revise the crucifixion and resurrection and write in their own words.

Computing

This week the children did some programming using Logo.  They worked on drawing rectangles, triangles, circles and then other shapes using the programming tool.

7 years ago
Posted on 16th Mar 2018 by

Class 5 weekly update 16.03.18

English:

This week children have analysed the features of explanation texts and written their own explanation texts based on our novel Phoenix.  They have also completed reading assessments which we will be going through with them in class before the end of term.

Maths:

In Maths, children have been finding the volume of cubes, cuboids and highly-complex 3D shapes composed of several cubes/cuboids.  It has been wonderful to see the children’s progress during this unit of work and seeing them apply previous learning on  area and perimeter.  They have also completed assessments, which we have started to look through and will continue to work through some of the questions next week.

Science:

In Science this week, we carried out a simulation to show the phases of the Moon using children’s written plans from last week. Children then completed an independent piece of writing to explain to other children how to carry out the simulation, which reinforced our work in English on explanation texts.

Geography:

Children completed their analysis and research of capital cities in North America.  Next week we will start to make comparisons between specific areas in the UK and North America.

RE:

In RE this week, we started a new unit on Salvation. We discussed why the resurrection is so important to Christians and used an artwork freeze to revise the ‘big story.’

PE:

We have continued our gymnastics work using the apparatus and also made the most of the sunshine to do one PE session on ball skills outside.

 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson, Mrs Foster and Mrs J

7 years ago
Posted on 16th Mar 2018 by

Class 5 spellings to be tested 23.03.18

These are this week’s spellings to be tested on Friday 23rd March.

Spellings 16.03.18

7 years ago
Posted on 09th Mar 2018 by

Class 5 update

English

This week the children have been writing poetry based on part of ‘Phoenix.’  They have worked on using a range of poetic devices and powerful vocabulary to create impact and emotion.

Maths

The children have continued their work on area and perimeter this week, applying formula for finding the area of triangles, parallelograms and compound shapes.  They have also worked on calculating the perimeter of more complex shapes.

Geography

The children completed their work on the capital cities of North American countries and carried out more detailed research into one capital city of their choice.

Science

In science, the children have planned how they will make a simulation of the moon’s phases.  They have identified what equipment they will use for this and how they will set up their simulation.

7 years ago
Posted on 09th Mar 2018 by

Class 5 homework

Homework this week is in green homework books for Year 5 or in the SATs grammar books for year 6.  The work is revision of adjectives and adverbs.  I have explained to the children that they need to think of really powerful adjectives and adverbs to use, similar to what we have been using in our writing this week.  The homework is due in on Wednesday at the latest.