|
Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week, full of learning and some really great examples of writing! This week, we have been working hard on our English unit, immersing ourselves in the text and recognising the features of our text type. The new text fits in nicely with our Geography topic of Energy and Sustainability. In Maths we have started work on our new unit of position and direction, concentrating on coordinates and reflection. In Geography, we started work on our unit on Energy and Sustainability, thinking this week about renewable and non-renewable energy and what sustainability is. On Tuesday, we had a great P.E. session, working on our gymnastic skills. Next week will be Forest School, so have your old clothes and boots ready next Tuesday. This week in Guided reading, we have explored the chapters The Names and The Plan in Matilda by Roald Dahl. The children have put their writing skills into action to write in role as Matilda. We used some show not tell writing to infer to the reader Matilda's emotions, with some super results. (see photo) Finally this week, we finished with a cricket based session this morning, focused on throwing and catching skills, over arm bowling and driving when batting. This is in preparation for a mini cricket challenge that we will attend in Chagford in two weeks time, look out for the letter next week. As the Sun is hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated. Please look out for this half term's home learning on Class Dojo, as well as this half term's spellings. The Home Learning Diary that was sent home, has been used by many of you already, with some really good pieces of work evident. i have had 9 in today and will expect to see the rest on Monday please, so that I can check their progress so far - I have really enjoy looking at these with them. Next week, we will continue with our English unit, work on our Geography unit of Energy and Sustainability and our Maths unit on Position and Direction, work on Lifecycles in Science and continue work on Databases in Computing Have a great weekend, enjoying family time. See you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week, full of learning and what a scorching Friday to finish the week! This week, we have been working hard on our new English unit, immersing ourselves in the text and recognising the features of our text type. The new text fits in nicely with our upcoming Geography topic of Energy and Sustainability. In Maths we have completed our unit on Properties of Shape. The children completed their end of unit assessment with pleasing results today. In History, we completed our unit on Medieval Monarchs, thinking about whether Queen Elizabeth I was a strong Queen. On Tuesday, we had a great Forest School session, starting with some team games to warm up and then exploring our obstacle conquering abilities (see photos). This week in Guided reading, we have explored the setting of Miss Honey's Cottage in Matilda by Roald Dahl. The children have put their writing skills into action to write their own description of the cottage, with some super results. Today, we thought about diversity in Life Skills and how we are unique and different, designing a logo that represented our unique qualities, talents and interests. Finally this week, we finished with an Athletics based session with our Saints Southwest Coach - Mrs Edwards. As the Sun is hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated. Please look out for this half term's home learning on Class Dojo, as well as this half term's spellings. The Home Learning Diary that was sent home, has been used by many of you already, with some really good pieces of work evident, remember I will ask your children to bring this in on Friday, so that I can check their progress so far, they can also bring it in whenever they like, to show me what they have been doing beforehand - I really enjoy looking at these with them. Next week, we will continue with our English unit, work on our new Geography unit of Energy and Sustainability, start a new Maths unit on Position and Direction, work on Adaptation and Evolution in Science and continue work on Databases in Computing Have a great weekend, enjoying family time, enjoy the Sun! (Make sure it's safely) See you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week, and only 4 days after the Jubilee Weekend. I hope you all enjoyed the festivities, I really enjoyed Paddington having tea with the Queen! This week, we have been working hard on our new English unit, starting with an elicitation task to evaluate our report writing. The new text fits in nicely with our upcoming Geography topic of Energy and Sustainability. In Maths we have been working on Properties of Shape, particularly angles, measuring them accurately and calculating them on a straight line. In History, we thought about whether King Edward was a good king and the effect of Henry VIII on the Feudal System. On Tuesday, we had a great P.E. session, starting with some team games to warm up and then exploring our gymnastic capabilities (see photos). We have completed our Art, looking at our School building and thinking about how we could make the space greener and more environmentally friendly. Today, we have become life coaches in Life Skills, as we took on the role of agony aunts to help out children with lifestyle related problems. Finally this week, we finished with an Athletics based session with our Saints Southwest Coach - Mrs Edwards. As the Sun is hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated. Please look out for this half term's home learning on Class Dojo, as well as this half term's spellings. The Home Learning Diary that was sent home on Wednesday has been used by many of you already, with some really good pieces of work evident, remember I will ask your children to bring this in in a couple of weeks to check their progress so far, they can bring it in whenever they like to show me what they have been doing beforehand and I really enjoy looking at these with them. Next week, we will continue with our new English unit, work on our new Geography unit of Energy and Sustainability, complete our unit on properties of shape in Maths, Adapt and Evolve in Science and have another fun Forest School session on Tuesday afternoon. Have a great weekend, enjoying family time. See you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week and what a great way to end it today - glorious sunshine, dressing up and lots of outside sports! Well done to all of you for dressing up in red, white and blue or in a regal outfit - some great hair too! This week, we have been working hard on our English unit, really thinking about our invent write. Our text is the short story anthology How the Whale Became, by local author Ted Hughes and fits in nicely with our Science topic of Humans and other Animals over Time, there have been some really good invent stories, ranging from Why Dog wags his Tail to Why Cat chases Rat. In Maths we have been working on Properties of Shape, particularly angles, triangles and quadrilaterals. In Science we found out about vertebrates and invertebrates and in History, we began to think about who was a worse King, Richard or John. On Tuesday, we had another great Forest School session. We used the artwork of Andy Goldsworthy as inspiration for our own natural artwork, that we created using natural materials that we found on the school site. (See photos) We enjoyed a super French session on Monday with Madame Jordan, writing Pen Friend letters to our partner school in France. We have continued with our Art, looking at our School building and thinking about how we could make the space greener and more environmentally friendly. This morning, we have been taking part in the Quad Kids competition run by OCRA, our School Games Partner. The children competed in 4 athletics events, a sprint, standing long jump, javelin throw and a 600m middle distance race. The children were superb and the top 8 from Key Stage 2, will go on to represent the school at Tavistock Arena in July. Finally this week, we finished with a cricket based session with our Saints Southwest Coach - Mrs Edwards. Thank you for the home learnings that have been coming in thick and fast this week, I have been impressed with the quality of the French flashcards and the posters based on Human Evolution, to name but a few. Spellings will be on Dojo for the groups, after next week, a paper copy will be sent home on Tuesday 7th June when we return after half-term. I will have spares, if you misplace them. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up over half term! The Wider Curriculum home learning for next half term, will be a little different, so look out for this. As the Sun is hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated. Please look out for the video on Class Dojo, which is a quick highlights review of some of our work this half-term. Next week, have a great week, enjoying family time, let's hope the weather stays like this! Have a great week everyone, see you on Tuesday 7th June Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week, less Sun than last week but still lots of great learning opportunities. This week, we have been working hard on our English unit, really thinking about innovating the text. Our text is the short story anthology How the Whale Became, by local author Ted Hughes and fits in nicely with our Science topic of Humans and other Animals over Time, there have been some really good innovated stories, ranging from How the Sea Slug got into the Sea, to Why Turtle has a Shell. In Maths we have been working on Properties of Shape, particularly angles, triangles and quadrilaterals. In Science we discovered why fossils are so important to scientists studying evolution and in History, we thought about who was responsible for the death of Thomas Beckett, was it Henry II, the Knights or was he partly responsible for his own demise? On Tuesday, we had another game of rounders, it has been really good to see the children's improvements in batting and fielding, as well as tactically. We enjoyed a super French session on Monday with Madame Jordan, thinking about writing Pen Friend letters to our partner school in France. We have continued with our Art, looking at our School building in detail.(see photos) Finally this week, we finished with a cricket based session with our Saints Southwest Coach - Mrs Edwards. Thank you for the recommended read sheets, I have all but 4, which I know will be in on Monday. lots of reading going on and a wide variety of different choices to share with each other. We are currently enjoying Street Child by Berlie Doherty, it is the tale of Jim Jarvis, an orphan in Victorian London. It is based on a true story, no plot spoiler but the ending is fabulous and the events from the story still impact on life today. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, next week, it's the 6th column, a paper copy was sent home, I have spares, if you've misplaced it. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning for this half term is out, I have given the children a paper copy. The links and resources for some of the activities are on Dojo - this is due in by next Thursday at the latest. As the Sun is starting to get hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated, as the tree pollen has been high recently and when the grass is cut, the sneezes start! Next week, we will be completing our work on How the Whale Became in English, we will continue our unit on Properties of Shapes in Maths; continue our work on Medieval Monarchs in History and look at Charles Darwin in Science. We will have Forest School on Tuesday afternoon and P.E. on Friday afternoon as usual next week. Don't forget as well, that next Friday, in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, we will be dressing up in the patriotic colours of red, white and blue and maybe wearing a crown or tiara. Have a great weekend everyone, see you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been another busy week, but lots of Sun and a great Forest School session to boot. This week, we have been working hard on our English unit, really thinking about innovating the text. Our text is the short story anthology How the Whale Became, by local author Ted Hughes and fits in nicely with our Science topic of Humans and other Animals over Time. In Maths we have been working on fractions, particularly mixed numbers, improper fractions and multiplying fractions by integers.. In Science we started work on Darwin and the theory of evolution. We discovered who Charles Darwin was and why finches were so important to his work on evolution, and in History, we studied the death of Thomas Beckett, in our unit Medieval Monarchs. On Tuesday, we had our first Forest School session, which links to our Art unit - When Trees meet Buildings. We talked through the Forest School rules and then were set the challenge to build a den in sixty minutes, working with some materials that we were given and some that we collected. Teamwork was incredibly important here and all groups achieved a den in the time limit! We enjoyed a super French session on Monday with Madame Jordan, thinking about adding detail to our writing in French. On Thursday, Mr Berry (our Saints coach) carried out a session based on cricket, the children had great fun being the Rock, Paper and Scissors in his active game. Finally this week, we finished with some work on our new Art topic of When Trees Meet Buildings. This afternoon, we worked on observational drawings of the school building, which we will eventually work on to redesign it to be "Greener." I have sent another Recommended Read sheet home with the children, which I am going to ask is returned by Friday of next week - 20th May - as i would like to collect a folder of books that the children would recommend to others in the class to read. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, next week, it's the 5th column, a paper copy was sent home, I have spares, if you've misplaced it. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning for this half term is out, I have given the children a paper copy. The links and resources for some of the activities are on Dojo. As the Sun is starting to get hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated, as the tree pollen has been high recently and when the grass is cut, the sneezes start! Next week, we will be continuing with our work on How the Whale Became in English, we will start a new unit in Maths; continue our work on Medieval Monarchs in History and look at Charles Darwin in Science. We will have P.E. on Tuesday afternoon and on Friday afternoon as usual next week. Have a great weekend everyone, see you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! It's been a busy week and only four days long. This week, we have been working hard on our English unit, immersing ourselves in the text. Our text is the short story anthology How the Whale Became, by local author Ted Hughes and fits in nicely with our Science topic of Humans and other Animals over Time. In Maths we have been working on fractions, particularly adding and subtracting fractions and fractions greater than one. In Science we completed our unit on Electrical Circuits, and in History, we studied the Battle of Hastings in our new unit Medieval Monarchs. In our French session today, we thought about French poetry and rhyming words. Then, we continued our DT work, based on creating electronic greetings cards. We linked this to our Art from last half term and created greetings cards in a Van Gogh style, with an electronic twist (See photos). This afternoon, Mrs Edwards (our Saints coach) carried out a session on striking and fielding skills, finishing with a game of rounders. This term, our P.E. sessions have changed as we have finished swimming. So, we will have P.E on Tuesday and then the following Tuesday will be Forest School (A set of old clothes and maybe some old shoes or wellies will be a requirement for this). Next week we will have Forest School on Tuesday afternoon. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, next week, it's the 3rd column, a paper copy was sent home last week. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning for this half term is out, I have given the children a paper copy. The links and resources for some of the activities are on Dojo, as well as a copy of our timetable for this term. As the Sun is starting to get hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated, as the tree pollen has been high recently and when the grass is cut, the sneezes start! Next week, we will be continuing with our work on How the Whale Became in English, Fractions in Maths, we will continue our work on Medieval Monarchs in History and look at Charles Darwin in Science. We will have Forest School on Tuesday afternoon, so a set of old clothes, with long sleeved tops please, to prevent any scratches. We will also have our PE session on Thursday next week, rather than Friday, as we have swapped sessions with our year 6 class, who will be sitting their SATs. Have a great weekend everyone, see you on Monday Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! We're back and it's been a busy first week back. This week, we have been working hard on our new English unit completing the elicitation task and starting to immerse ourselves in the text. Our new text is the short story anthology How the Whale Became, by local author Ted Hughes and fits in nicely with our Science topic of Humans and other Animals over Time. In Maths we have been working on fractions, particularly ordering and comparing fractions and mixed numbers. In Science we completed our unit on Electrical Circuits, and in History, we carried out the elicitation task for our new unit Medieval Monarchs. On Monday, we enjoyed another fun-filled French session with Madame Jordan, thinking about pets and how to describe the animals that we keep at home. This term, our P.E. sessions have changed as we have finished swimming. So, we will have P.E on Tuesday and then the following Tuesday will be Forest School (A set of old clothes and maybe some old shoes or wellies will be a requirement for this). Today, we started our DT work, based on creating electronic greetings cards. We linked this to our Art from last half term and created greetings cards in a Van Gogh style, with an electronic twist (See photos). This afternoon, Mrs Edwards (our Saints coach) carried out a session on striking and fielding skills, finishing with a game of rounders. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, next week, it's the 3rd column, a paper copy was sent home last week. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning for this half term is out today, I have given the children a paper copy. I will put the links and resources for some of the activities on Dojo, as well as a copy of our timetable for this term (Have a look at the home learning from last half term in the gallery.). As the Sun is starting to get hotter, could I please ask, that children now have a hat and a drinks bottle and sun cream is applied, prior to them coming in to school, so that they are protected. We are lucky enough to be out on the field at the moment, if your child has hay-fever, please make sure that they are medicated, as the tree pollen has been high recently and when the grass is cut, the sneezes start! Don't forget, Monday is a Bank Holiday, so get out, enjoy the sunshine, have a great family weekend and I will see you on Tuesday. Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! This week, we have been working hard on our English unit to complete it with some pleasing results. In Maths we have been working on fractions, particularly improper fractions and mixed numbers. In Science and Geography, we worked on what the components of an electrical circuit are and how to make them. Whilst in Geography, we explored how we use w and revisited the features of a river system. On Monday, we enjoyed another fun-filled French session with Madame Jordan, thinking about pets and how to describe the animals that we keep at home as pets and in the afternoon, we made Electrical circuits and tested different materials to see if they were insulators or conductors. We finished the week off with double P.E. - swimming on Thursday afternoon and today, Mrs Edwards (our Saints coach) carried out a session on football skills and small 7 a side games. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, after Easter, it's the 2nd column, a paper copy was sent home last week. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning I have had in, has been superb, some really good quality pieces of home learning, (Have a look at the home learning being created in the gallery.) So well done everybody (parents too!). After Easter, we will be starting our new History topic of Medieval Monarchs, finishing fractions in Maths, starting a new text in English, starting Forest School every other Tuesday and there are some other exciting things on the horizon. Children's quotes regarding their highlights of this half term: " I really enjoyed making electrical circuits and drawing circuit diagrams." "Swimming was brilliant, it is a life skill, that I've really enjoyed learning. I feel so confident in the water and I have improved so much." "I have really enjoyed Maths this term, my understanding of fractions has really improved 2/8 of 32 is 8." "I've really enjoyed Art this half term and have produced by best artwork ever!" The children have worked really hard this term and I have been proud of their efforts and their maturity of attitude to their learning, so well done year 5! Have a great Easter, spend quality time together, get out and about and enjoy the sunshine when it arrives and don't eat too many chocolate eggs! See you on Monday 25th April. Mr F Good afternoon everybody - Happy Friday! This week, we have been working hard on our assessments and have had some pleasing results. i will now look at these with the children and plan the next stage of their learning journey in Maths and English. In Science and Geography, we worked on what the components of an electrical circuit are and how to draw circuit diagrams. Whilst in Geography, we explored the three parts of a river's journey and revisited the features of a river system. On Monday, we enjoyed another fun-filled French session with Madame Jordan, thinking about pets and how to describe the animals that we keep at home as pets and in the afternoon, we explored Electrical circuits and their components. We finished the week off with double P.E. - swimming on Thursday afternoon and today, Mrs Edwards (our Saints coach) carried out a session on football skills and small 7 a side games. Spellings are now on Dojo for the groups, this week, it's the 1st column, a paper copy was sent home at the beginning of the week. I have been impressed by how many people are reading every night, keep it up! The Wider Curriculum home learning is on the website and on Dojo and the children have had a paper copy. This will be due in by Thursday 7th April, so there is 1 week to create some quality pieces of home learning, (Have a look at the home learning being created in the gallery.) I have already had some superb pieces of Van Gogh inspired artwork, some Recommended Reads, super Jewish inspired cookery and a scientific Masterclass via video on Electrical Circuits. Next week, we will have French on Monday, P.E. on Thursday (swimming our final session) and on Friday with our Saints Southwest coach Mrs Edwards. We will continue work on our new unit Fractions in Maths and complete work on our text Extreme Animals in English, spark life into our Science unit on Electrical Circuits and explore Rivers further in Geography. Have a great weekend, spend quality time together, get out and about and enjoy the sunshine when it arrives. See you on Monday. Mr F |
AuthorWelcome to the blog for Hazel Class at North Tawton Primary School Archives
June 2022
Categories |
RSS Feed
