This week in the classroom
14.9.25
Another great week in Year 5/6!
In English we have started writing diary entries set in WW2. The children worked so hard on this with Mrs Caldwell. She was blown away by their effort! We then looked at how we can use fronted adverbials in our writing, we looked at the impact of propaganda posters and we got a glance at the cover of our new book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
In reading, we finished the book, The Promise. The children enjoyed the story and had lots of questions once it was finished, a whole page of questions in fact. The illustrations in this book have been fabulous and have also provoked some interesting discussions. A brilliant start to the school year!
In maths, we have looked at building and partitioning three and four digit numbers. The children have worked really hard at this using dienes and part part whole diagrams. I have been really impressed at the resilience shown and some of our Y5 children have really had a chance to shine.
In history, we continued our Anglo-Saxons unit by learning what happened to Britain after the Romans left. We learned about the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, discussing why they left their homeland and why they chose to come to Britain.
In French, we learned to talk about where we live. We learned how to ask the question, Where do you live? We then responded with ‘I live_____’. The children are becoming much more confident to login to complete their individual tasks and some children have even been retaking their quizzes at home to improve upon their score!
In science, we learned about the asexual reproduction of plants by taking some clippings of a mint plant. Over the next few weeks, we will be measuring the root growth of our clippings to see how successful they are. We have placed them in the most sunny part of our classroom, so fingers crossed in the next few weeks we should see them put down some roots!
Well done Year 5/6!
5.9.25
What a brilliant first week back at school we have had! It has been lovely to welcome the Y6s back to class and to get to know our new Y5s. All the children have come back with such enthusiasm and big smiles.
In reading, we started our new book, ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. The children were given clues about the story – a few lines of text or part of a picture. They had to use these clues to make inferences about the story. They came up with some wonderful suggestions and we had a lot of fun making predictions.
In writing, we started by getting to know more about the context of our new book, WW2. The children learned about the Blitz and evacuation as both are relevant to the story we will be reading. The Y6s were able to show off their learning from last year in history. They remembered so much and were able to help the Y5s to understand more about this period in time.
In history, we started our new unit on the Anglo-Saxons. We started by looking at what Britain was like at the end of the Roman rule. We learned about the raids by the Pics and Scots and the building of Hadrian’s wall. We discussed the reasons for the Romans leaving Britain and the problems that the Roman Empire was experiencing at this time.
In computing we looked at systems and how they work to complete a task. We discussed inputs, the processes and outputs.
In French, we reviewed our greetings. The children had a chance to practice with a partner before logging into Languagenut to complete their independent tasks. The children have their log in information stuck into the front of their reading records so they are also able to improve upon their scores at home before the next lesson.
We finished off the week with Science. We discussed the different parts of a flower and how they reproduce. We then dissected flowers, identifying the main parts and labelling.
A super first week back, well done Year 5/6!