Welcome to Class 5!
Mrs Blackwell is the Class 5 teacher. We are very lucky to also have Mrs Bunn, Mrs Graham and Miss Harrison working in our class.
You will continue to have Mrs Halford and Mr Hanford teaching you on Thursday afternoons. This half-term, Mrs Halford will be teaching you geography.
Things that you need to continue to remember to bring in everyday:
* PE kits will be needed in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
* Reading books need to be in school every day
* A waterproof coat
* A water bottle
On Fridays, we will be taking part in Forest Schools with the Year F children. Please make sure that you bring a suitable change of clothes including a change of footwear every Friday.
You will continue to have Mrs Halford and Mr Hanford teaching you on Thursday afternoons. This half-term, Mrs Halford will be teaching you geography.
Things that you need to continue to remember to bring in everyday:
* PE kits will be needed in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
* Reading books need to be in school every day
* A waterproof coat
* A water bottle
On Fridays, we will be taking part in Forest Schools with the Year F children. Please make sure that you bring a suitable change of clothes including a change of footwear every Friday.
Our Book this Half-Term
Our main text for our English work will be The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. If you enjoy this book, you'll be pleased to know that Katherine Rundell has written many other books.
Our learning for this half term:
Art - we will be thinking about how pictures can tell stories.
Computing - we will be using computers for drawing.
Geography - we will be finding out all about the what life is like in the Amazon Rainforest.
Maths - we will continue our work on decimal numbers with a focus on adding and subtracting decimal numbers. We will also look at shape and measurements.
Music - we will continue to focus on reading and understanding pitch.
P.E. - we will be developing our striking and fielding skills with a focus on cricket.
PSHE - we will have a focus on personal behaviour in order to support the Year F children in their Forest School learning.
R.E. - we will be considering the big question 'Who are Muslims in Britain Today?'
Science - we are going to be finding out about the lifecycles of plants and animals.
Art - we will be thinking about how pictures can tell stories.
Computing - we will be using computers for drawing.
Geography - we will be finding out all about the what life is like in the Amazon Rainforest.
Maths - we will continue our work on decimal numbers with a focus on adding and subtracting decimal numbers. We will also look at shape and measurements.
Music - we will continue to focus on reading and understanding pitch.
P.E. - we will be developing our striking and fielding skills with a focus on cricket.
PSHE - we will have a focus on personal behaviour in order to support the Year F children in their Forest School learning.
R.E. - we will be considering the big question 'Who are Muslims in Britain Today?'
Science - we are going to be finding out about the lifecycles of plants and animals.
During our World Book week focus on Arthur and the Golden Rope we were learning about the Northern Lights. We created Northern Lights pictures using black sugar paper and chalk using a range of techniques including a lot of blending. We began by investigating the different techniques that we could use to create the lights before we moved onto to creating our final pieces. As you can imagine, we were a little bit messy by the end of the afternoon!
As part of our skills work, in our art lessons last term, we were continuing fabric patterns using pencil sketching. The children used the idea of 'taking a pencil for a walk' to produce some superb images that they are understandably very proud of!
