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Happy Friday! It's been another chilly week, no snow, but plenty of frost and ice! This week, we have worked hard on adding and subtracting fractions, within and greater than one, as well as ordering and comparing them in Maths. We continued our Science topic of Magnetism, thinking about what a compass is and its origin. In our English unit on poetry, we have focused on writing haikus, Limericks and Kennings this week to complete our poetry anthologies. On Tuesday, we re-enacted the events leading up to the death of Thomas Becket in the 12th century. We then thought about who was responsible for his death (see photos). On Wednesday, we had a visit from the Dogs Trust. We learnt about how to approach unknown dogs safely (reading the signals that the dog gives you) and how best to pet them. (See photos) We also enjoyed R.E. with Miss Boyce and we explored the 12 Bar Blues in Music. A bit of home learning for you all, hardly any of the children knew who Elvis Presley was - please could you familiarise them with Elvis and his music before next Wednesday - uh huh huh! On Thursday, we had another session at the pool in Okehampton, the children had a great time and are making great progress in the pool - look out Adam Peaty! This afternoon, we found out about the artist Vincent van Gogh and completed our information pages in our sketchbooks, which were a work of art in their own right (see photos). We finished the week with a real challenge to our fitness from our P.E. coach Mrs Edwards, this week we completed further gruelling physical trials, working as teams this time, rather than individuals. This week as part of our internet safety and awareness we watched a video about our Digital Footprint, here is the link so that you can watch it, or share the message again at home: Digital Footprints - For Parents - YouTube We are still working on the spellings for last term and due to illness, we are concentrating next week on the spellings in the 6th and final column, dated 13.1.23 as we only had half a class for the last week of term - a new sheet will follow at the end of next week. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. This week, the children brought home this half term's Wider Curriculum Home learning and a TTRS sheet - please access this home learning, just one piece from the sheet, by Thursday 9th February. I have had a few nice pieces already, including limericks, a Tudor menu and some artwork. Next week, the children will be working on Fractions in Maths, starting a new unit in English, in Science, we will continue to look at Magnetism, in History, we will study who was the better king Richard or John and in Computing, we will work on Video editing. Have a restful weekend, wrap up warm and get out and about. See you on Monday Mr F Happy Friday! It's been a chilly week and on Wednesday, we even saw a bit of snow! This week, we have worked hard on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa, as well as ordering and comparing fractions below one in Maths. We continued our Science topic of Magnetism, thinking about what a magnet is. In our English unit on poetry, we have focused on personification - this week, we looked at City Jungle by Pie Corbett and Evening Class, which we used as a basis to write our own poems based on a classroom that comes to life. (Look out for our published versions in the photo gallery.) We have also explored Haiku as a style of poetry. On Thursday, we had another session at the pool in Okehampton, the children had a great time but were less tired on the bus on the way back to North Tawton this week! This afternoon, we found out about the artist Vincent van Gogh and began to create information pages in our sketchbooks, which were a work of art in their own right (see photos). We finished the week with a real challenge to our fitness from our P.E. coach Mrs Edwards, this week we completed gruelling physical trials. We are still working on the spellings for last term and due to illness, we are concentrating next week on the spellings in the 5th column, dated 6.1.23 as we only had half a class for the last week of term. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. This week, the children brought home this half term's Wider Curriculum Home learning and a TTRS sheet - please access this home learning, just one piece from the sheet, by Thursday 9th February. I have had a few nice pieces already, including limericks, a Tudor menu and a piece of artwork. Next week, the children will be working on Fractions in Maths, completing their unit of Poetry in English, in Science, we will continue to look at Magnetism, in History, we will study what happened to Thomas Beckett and in Computing, we will work on Video editing. Have a great weekend, try to wrap up warm and get out and about. See you on Monday Mr F Happy Friday! Our first full week back after the Christmas break and we are now getting our teeth into things. This week, we have worked hard on equivalent, improper, unit and non-unit fractions in Maths. We began a new Science topic of Magnetism, thinking about what we already know about magnets. We also explored the concept of contact and non-contact forces. (See photos) We have also started our new English unit on poetry, focusing on personification - this week, we looked at City Jungle by Pie Corbett and Evening Class, which we used as a basis to write our own poems based on a classroom that comes to life. (Look out for our published versions next week in the photo gallery.) On Thursday, we had our first session at the pool in Okehampton, the children had a great time and looked a little tired on the bus on the way back to North Tawton! We finished the week with a real challenge to our fitness from our P.E. coach Mrs Edwards, this week we completed some circuit training and an agility test. We are still working on the spellings for last term and due to illness, we are concentrating next week on the spellings in the 5th column, dated 6.1.23 as we only had half a class for the last week of term. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. I will also send home a Wider Curriculum Home Learning sheet next week, when we have really got to grips with the elements of our new learning for this half term. Next week, the children will be working on Fractions in Maths, working on their unit of Poetry in English, in Science, we will continue to look at Magnetism, in History, we will study the Battle of Hastings and in Computing, we will work on Video editing. Have a great weekend, try to dodge the rain and get out and about. See you on Monday Mr F Happy New Year! We are back! It has been brilliant welcoming the children of year 5 back to school, the children have returned looking smart and shiny and are very keen and happy and unlike the end of term, they are all here and not ill! This week, we have worked hard on calculation methods that we found tricky in Maths, our Science end of unit task based on Physical and Chemical changes. The children created their own comic strip based on a physical change and a chemical change (see photos). We have also started our new English unit on poetry, focusing on personification. We finished the week with a real challenge to our fitness from our P.E. coach Mrs Edwards, we ran for 12 minutes to achieve the maximum distance and set our personal target to beat when we revisit this later in the term. We are still working on the spellings for last term and due to illness, we are concentrating next week on the spellings in the 4th column, dated 12.12.21 as we only had half a class for the last week of term. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum. I will also send home a Wider Curriculum Home Learning sheet next week, when we have really got to grips with the elements of our new learning for this half term. Next week, the children will be working on Fractions in Maths, working on their new unit of Poetry in English, in Science, we will start to look at Magnetism and in Computing, we will work on Video editing. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing - it looks like it may be dry, for part of it at least. See you on Monday Mr F |
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