It has been a fantastic week, as we celebrated World Book Day! It was brilliant to see all of the children dressed up, with so much creativity and thought going into the costumes. We used this opportunity to link our writing skills to our book day characters, focusing on different grammar skills and descriptive writing. We ended our day by linking up with our ‘buddy class’ Year 1 and the children got the chance to share their books and read to each other.
Our world book week started on Monday, with our English lessons taking a focus on our whole school book ‘The Journey’. A wordless book which the children threw themselves straight into by using their interpreting skills, along with teamwork to create the order of our story. The children also got the use their story writing skills by describing the settings of the different parts of the book.
In Maths, it has been all things fluency, with our multiplication moving on the 3 digit and 4 digit numbers. The children have done so much independent work and have been taking lots of pride in the quality and presentation of their work.
In PE, we began our new outdoor topic of OAA. The focus for this unit is team cohesion and cooperation and testing these skills in unfamiliar environments. The children worked together in a set of different blindfolded games, with communication, trust and teamwork being a key factor.
We continued with our indoor PE topic of gymnastics with apparatus (a lesson the children love) with focusing on balance when challenging yourself on different types of apparatus.
Let’s Celebrate
Leo for being a creative learner: For throwing yourself completely into your writing and drawing on all of your sci-fi knowledge to really bring your writing to life.
Daisy for being a focused and reflective learner: For always being on task, no matter the instruction, and for always asking for help whenever it is needed.
Notices
Trip to Liverpool: Information about the trip, including permission slips, are now live as a seperate blog on the Year 5 page. Another form will be going out soon, in regards to the children’s lunch choice for the trip.
Book look and coffee morning: Will be on Monday 6th March at 9:00am. This is a chance for the children to share some of their work that they have completed so far this year.
Parents Evening: The first session will be on Wednesday 15th March and the second session will be Wednesday 22nd March. Please book your slot online. This will be the same system as our first parents evening, back in October.
Year 5 Easter Assembly: Will take place on Wednesday 5th April, which will be about the Crucifixion.