Class 5
Having fun learning about space in Year 5!
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We have had another extremely busy week in Class 5!
The children discussed and shared their favourite moments from the week.
Sebastian said: “I liked Science because we got to design our own planets.” Xander agreed, “I like Science because we made our own to remember the planets of the solar system and I also liked making our own planets.”
Following the space theme, we have also been learning about the life of the astronaut Tim Peake and writing a biography.
In Leon's words, “I enjoyed English because we were taking notes and eventually writing good sentences about fabulous Tim Peake.”
Poppy said excitedly, “Mandarin was really fun because we got to discover a new culture.” Millie mentioned, “I enjoyed Mandarin because we’re understanding more words.”
Seb stated, “I enjoyed RE because we got to learn about the pilgrimage to Mecca.”
Annabel added, “I really liked Art because we were doing these cool swirls!”
Our Brass lessons on Thursdays continue to be a highlight of the week.
“I liked Brass because Mr Brown is really fun!” Owen said properly. (Can you tell we have been practising using adverbs and a range of verbs in our direct speech!)
“It was fun doing Brass because we got to learn a new note!” exclaimed Zevi. “Mandarin was also amazing because we got to learn two more words and five more numbers.”
Also, as you will see in these photos, we designed and performed sequences in PE, using our bodies to make interesting shapes.
Welcome to Year 5!
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Friday 20 September 2024
Year 5 have begun more new adventures this week, with the start of their Mandarin learning journey.
The children were delighted to meet their new teacher and are excited about bein given their own Mandarin names in the next few weeks:
“Mandarin was amazing because we got to learn numbers from one to five!” exclaimed Bobby.
Rosie said happily, “In Mandarin, we learned how to say some new words and it was really fun!”
“Mandarin was fun because we got to learn some new words that we never heard before and also we’re going to be able to take homework home for it.” reflected Ishan.
Macie observed, “Mandarin was fun because we got to learn a different language!”
Zevi exclaimed, “Mandarin and Brass were both exciting because we got to do new things!”
As Zevi's comment reflects Year 5's Brass lessons on Thursday continue to be a highlight of the week:
“Brass was really fun because the people who couldn’t read music got to read music!” noted Lottie.
Connie declared, “I loved Brass because I got a baritone and I really like Mr Brown.”
“I’m already really excited for Brass next week because it is really fun learning it at home and at school.” exclaimed William.
Another highlight of the week was the Art lesson on Thursday with Miss Monday, in which the children explored making designs using charcoal:
Rosey remarked, “Art was fun this week because we could do different patterns on the paper using charcoal.”
“I quite liked Art because the compressed charcoal was really fun!” said Noah.
In addition, the Topic Science lesson was brilliant because the children had a chance to explore phases of the moon with a biscuit!
As Millie mentioned, “Topic Science was fun because we got to eat a biscuit and learn about different phases of the moon.”
Finally, Ishan added, “Maths was fun because we got to practise mental addition and subtraction.”
Friday 13 September 2024
Wow - what a great start to the year in Class 5!
It has been absolutely brilliant getting to know everyone in the class and I feel very lucky to be teaching such a wonderful, friendly and enthusiastic group of children.
At the end of our first full week, we talked about what has been most exciting so far – and the clear winner was ‘Brass’!
Here is what the children think, in their own words:
“Brass is good because we get to play brass instruments.” (Bobby)
“Brass is really exciting and some of us haven’t really played brass instruments before.” (Lottie)
“It’s really fun because we get to play something new.” (Talia)
“I love brass because the instruments are fun to play and Mr Brown is funny.” (Rosie)
“I already love it because I got a massive deep baritone to play.” (William)
I know that Mrs Kendal has really enjoyed the start of term too and I hope all of the class have enjoyed it as much as their teachers!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Dr Bamfield & Mrs Kendal
Friday 19th July 2024
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Oh my goodness me! I can't quite believe it is that time of year where I am writing the very last blog post of Year 5!
I can honestly say I have had the most incredible time teaching all of you in year 5, you have made me laugh and smile each and every day and I have been blown away with your continuous hard work, commitment, kindness, humour and intellect!
Thank you to each and every one of you for making it a joy and a pleasure to come into work every day!
Luckily, it's not goodbye just yet from me, only a see you later, as we all know we will be going through into Year 6 together and I couldn't be more thrilled!
I hope you all have an incredible summer, see you all soon!
Miss Eastwood :)
Friday 12th July 2024
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I can’t quite believe this is our penultimate Year 5 blog! Where has the time gone?!
We have had such a sensational week this week in Class 5, with phenomenal behaviour, incredible enthusiasm and some great laughs too, I am already looking forward to our last week after the weekend and then on to another great year in Year 6 together!
We kicked off the week looking at a new genre of text, playscripts! We identified all the typical features of this type of text and then went on to act out a playscript written about The Highwayman poem in small groups. As the week has progressed, we have moved on to starting to write up our very own playscripts which we will also act out next week.
Maths this week has been fantastic! We have started looking at some Year 6 areas of maths such as multiplying fractions and dividing fractions by whole numbers. We have also worked hard on how to simplify fractions too. I have been blown away with the hard work, efforts and outcomes of all of the children in class in maths this week, well done!
Wednesday was a very different day for us in Class 5. We had road traffic safety training all day through Kirklees Council representatives. We learned all about the dangers on the roads and how we can ensure that we are walking to school safely. It was a very fun and informative day.
With the weather raining us into the hall for PE, we also jumped at the chance to play a few games of our favourite game, bench ball, during our PE lessons. Some fantastic skill was showcased along with some brilliant sportsmanship too!
Another fabulous week, Class 5!
Have a great weekend everyone.
Miss Eastwood
Friday 28th June 2024
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It’s been a tricky week for Year 5 this week, not only have we had to contend with a very warm, sweaty classroom but we’ve also had to complete our final Year 5 assessments in that warm, sweaty classroom!
I have been so impressed with how sensible and mature everyone’s approaches to these assessments have been, the children have put in 1000% effort and it has really, really paid off! A HUGE well done to all of you!!
In between those assessments we have stated our final art project too, we are looking at the artist Hans Holbein the younger and some of his incredible portraits of royals and nobles. This week the children were give half of a painting of Henry VIII and they had to complete the other half as a sketch themselves. One word… INCREDIBLE! I was truly blown away by how incredible everyone’s pictures were and it was a pleasure to see how hard everyone worked to ensure they included as much detail as possible in their amazing pieces of artwork.
We also squeezed in a few games of our new favourite game.. rounders! Just as a little treat for completing our assessments. I must say, the children played fantastically well, especially as the games progressed. I can’t wait until we get the chance for another game!
Overall it has been yet another wonderful week!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Miss Eastwood