Class 5 Blog

We have ended the week with our Art week where we have enjoyed looking at Ian Mitchell’s work. We have used his techniques to inspire us to create a landscape of the Yorkshire Coast.

I hope you all have a restful week off and re-charge the batteries.

Mr B

Wow! What a busy week we have had in Class 5 this week. In English we have been finishing off our setting descriptions where we have been using some fantastic figurative language. The children have been trying really hard and have produced some good work. In Maths this week, we have been looking at multiples and factors and rules of divisibility. We have been really enjoying our History topic this half term and we have started to learn this week how Bronze was made and the impact it had on daily life.

We have also nearly come to the end of our PE units where the children got super competitive with Handball and Football tournaments (these are to continue next week). Finally in ICT, we started our new unit all about blogging. We tied this nicely into World Mental Health Day where we wrote a short blog on how how we can try and keep a positive mind when things get tough.

Have a great weekend.

Mr B

Class 5 enjoyed the bridge building activity we have done. The bridge had to span 30cm and with the winning bridge holding 1750g!! Everyone showed great team work and have made a fantastic start to Year 6

Class 5 have made a fantastic start to the new school year and have been busy already. Every year I take measurements of different body parts in the first week and then again in the last week to see how much the children grow. We were excited to do this yesterday.

We have also completed lots of team building activities and built bridges which had to span 30cm and hold certain amounts of weight. We have written postcards about our holidays and done some artwork focusing on Stonehenge. Keep on the lookout for these on the blog.

Mr B

Class 5 have been researching and designing sculptures for our garden based on the work of Michelle Reader. They will create animal or plant sculptures made from recyclable materials.

Class 5 have been conducting experiments, making pan pipes and exploring instruments to learn all about pitch and amplitude of a sound.

Wow! The week has just flown by!

We have been super busy this week in Class 5 and have completed a whole host of work. In English we have been writing the next adventure story for Tadeo Jones where the children have used a variety of sentence types and figurative language really well. In Maths we have started our new topic of ratio and have been understanding the terminology and vocabulary used. We have written out ratio and simplified it this week.

In Science we have been learning about reflection. We have built a periscope to understand that light can be reflected at different angles and have tested these out by trying to see round corners. In theme, we have been looking at primary sources of evidence to try and understand life in Ancient Egyptian times. Finally in art we have been developing our pencil sketching techniques by trying to draw a self portrait of our faces.

Homework has been handed out tonight and is due in on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend

Mr B