Class 5
Friday 10th May 2024
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I can’t believe we are in week 5 of this half term already, it’s going by so quickly!
We have had a fab time this week in Year 5, in English we have been refining our persuasive writing skills by creating a persuasive PowerPoint presentation aimed at convincing people to switch to renewable energy. It has been so lovely to see the children be so passionate about the project and I was really impressed with the both the content and the delivery of all of the presentations.
In Maths we have been looking at money problems. We started the week with a few lessons looking at worded maths problems involving adding, dividing, subtracting and multiplying different amounts of money before putting all of those skills together to plan and budget for our very own imaginary ‘ULTIMATE’ parties. The children were given a budget and a brochure of party options which they then had to look through to plan their very own parties. They had to make sure that they didn’t over spend though! They really enjoyed the task and I can honestly say I would love to attend some of the parties that were planned, they sounded amazing!
We also started a science experiment looking at the properties of a salt water solution and its evaporation time. The experiment is ongoing so we will update you with our findings next week!
In Mandarin, the children got the chance to practice some Mandarin style paper crafts and in PE they continued to showcase their tennis and gymnastics skills.
What a fab week!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
Miss Eastwood
Friday 3rd May 2024
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This week in Class 5 we have been spending lots of time looking at time! All of our maths lessons have focussed on reading the time, changing from 12 to 24-hour time, changing from analogue time to digital time and even linking some outdoor learning to time as well! I have been so impressed with everyone’s enthusiasm and positivity to what is generally quite a tricky topic – well done Class 5!
Our English lessons have been linked to creating a non-chronological report all about wind power. We broke the whole writing process down into small steps and refined and editing our writing on whiteboards before writing our work up in best. I have been blown away with the fantastic writing that the class have produced, it has been a pleasure to read.
We have also found the time to squeeze in lots of interesting science investigations linked to our science topic ‘properties of materials’. We first looked at a variety of materials in investigated whether they were magnetic, transparent, soluble, and electrical. We then looked at different mixtures of materials and worked out which would be the best way to separate them, this included sieving, using magnets and even filter paper and funnels.
Amongst all that fun, we also spent some time outside (during the small snippet of good weather this week) practicing our tennis skills.
Another wonderful week.
Well done Class 5!
Miss Eastwood
Friday 26th April 2024
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Another fantastic week in Class 5!
We have continued our wonderful work of ‘Our World’ in topic and even carried it through into our English lessons this week. The children have worked in groups to research a particular type of natural resource, making notes and preparing a poster before presenting this to the rest of the class. I was really impressed with how confidently they spoke about their chosen areas and how well researched they were.
In Maths it has been fractions, decimals and percentages central! We have been further investigating the relationship between all three, completing worksheets, questions, textbooks and even creating informative posters about them. Well done, Class 5!
In PE the children have been continuing their tennis lessons and also started their gymnastic lessons this week. The skill that the whole class have shown in both areas has been fantastic to see!
Our Mandarin lessons this week were marvellously musical, with the children learning a very fast-paced Mandarin song, and of course, throughout the week, have also continued our singing lessons in preparation for the Kirklees Primary Music Festival.
We also learned about St George’s Day on Tuesday in our KS2 assembly.
Well done Class 5.
I hope you all have a fab weekend!
Miss Eastwood
Friday 19th April 2024
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Another fantastic week in Year 5 this week!
We started things off on Monday by practicing some Year 6 SATS style reading questions which can be really scary! I was so proud of how the entire class tackled them with positivity and determination and everyone’s efforts were fantastic. Later in the week we used the text from one of the reading questions to inspire us to write our very own 2nd chapter of the story – it was all about ‘Lil Pele’ a young and aspiring footballer who lived in the Brazilian favelas.
In Maths this week we focussed on shapes and angles, recapping our understanding of properties of 3D shapes and revising how to use protractors to measure angles.
We also kick started our brand-new topic, having spent last week completing our topic work form last half term. Our new topic is called ‘Our World’ and this week we have learned what natural resources are and looked at some examples such as geological resources and agricultural resources. We also learned the different between renewable and non-renewable resources and make some incredible fact-file posters about wind power, solar power, geothermal power and hydropower. I was particularly impressed with everyone’s artistic skills when depicting each of these in drawings.
We have also been spending lots of time practicing for the Kirklees Primary Music Festival coming up on 18th June. We have been learning various songs and the classroom has sounded so beautiful, filled with lovely music all week!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Eastwood
Friday 12th April 2024
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It has been so wonderful to welcome all of the children back this week after the Easter break and we have had such an exciting week to get things started.
On Monday we started things off by looking at time in maths which is a notoriously tricky topic! I was so impressed with the hard work and resilience showed by the children during that lesson and saw so much progress being made. Well done Year 5!
We also tried our hand at creative writing this week which everyone LOVED! The children were given a starting topic to inspire them and then were allowed the freedom to write whatever came to their mind. We had some spooky stories, funny stories, diary entries and even some inventions of brand-new super powers. We then spent time listening to everyone’s work as they read it aloud which was wonderful to hear.
Tuesday was an extra exciting day this week. As part of our Mayan topic from last half term, the children spent the entire morning baking and cooking different dishes inspired by the Mayan cuisine. Everyone was so sensible, diligent and worked really hard to ensure they created a wonderful food dish. Then, in the afternoon, we donned our very best chef hats and invited parents and carers in to try our delicious food and take part in some Mayan activities such as creating a Mayan mark, a reading task, designing a chocolate bar and watching various informative videos. It was a wonderful afternoon and I hope everyone who attended, enjoyed it as much as us!
On Wednesday we had another exciting day where we took part in a read event. An author joined a zoom call with the children of Y5 in Netherthong along with various other local schools. She explained all about two amazing new books she has written and hopefully inspired lots of children to give them a read!
Our final bit of excitement for the week came today when we were joined by the West Yorkshire Fire Service who spoke to us about fire safety. It was very informative and we learned so much useful information.
Well done to everyone in Class 5 for a great week!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Miss Eastwood
