Class 5 Blog

Firstly, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope everyone had a good Christmas and most importantly a good rest. It has been a busy start back in Class 5. We have started our new book – Pig Heart Boy. In English, we have started our journalistic unit using the video The Lighthouse where we have become very good this week at writing headlines and introductions to our report. In Maths we have started converting units and have been trying to apply our knowledge to different problems.

We are also currently having fun creating Text Adventures in ICT where we are trying to program and e-book to create an interactive telling of a traditional tale. We havealso made positive starts in our Jigsaw and RE work. I would like to say a huge well done to all the class members for coming back with such a positive attitude.

Mr B

It has been a very busy week, but a fun one!

We’ve got into the Christmas spirit making cards using perspective and learning the new skill of “quilling”, this took a lot of patience and some resilience at first but the finished products were definitely worth it, we also designed our own calendars using collage.

In Geography we carried out a UK Comparative Study, looking at locality of two contrasting primary schools. We had a walk around the village looking at the number of cars we saw in two minutes and how many people we saw in five minutes along with the types of vehicles we saw around. We then visited Cottingham to do a comparative survey, we which all found very interesting. We then produced a variety of graphs to show our results.

BUT the children have enjoyed our DT project (Mechanism and Structures) the most, we have designed and built our own Beach Buggies with an electrical pulley system and pneumatic lift. This has definitely taken lots of teamwork, compromise and discussion within the groups and this has most certainly shown in the amazing buggies they have produced, they should all be very proud of themselves.

From myself and Mrs Campey we would like to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy NEW YEAR!!!!!

It has been a busy week in Class 5 this week. In Maths we have been focusing hard on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers while also trying to solve multi-step problems (our homework this week focuses on this further). In English we have been looking at the video clip “The Piano” and have been focusing on flashbacks and how we construct these.

In our topic work, we have been drawing routes round the village and then using OS Maps to calculate how far our route is. The children have been working extremely hard on this and have done a super job. In Science we made a periscope to show how light reflects, writing concise explanations on how this works. Finally in ICT we created our own Class Blog and started to add Christmas Traditions that happen in our family home. It’s been a busy but enjoyable week.

Have a great weekend.

Mr B

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