Author: lcampbell

Stars of the week: Azaria & Leonna.

This week in Class 5, we have been writing the chapters to our gripping Maya stories. I have been blown away by the impressive plot developments, figurative language, use of dialogue and short sentences for impact. Once we have published them, please feel free to come and have a read.

We spent our art lesson in Redcross Gardens, where we used our view finders in situ to draw samples of nature. Class 5 are enjoying using their sketch books like true artists; building on their ideas, experimenting with different mediums and annotating their reflections.

In history, we delved into the world of Maya diets by excavating fake coprolites (fossilised poo). Don’t worry, it wasn’t real. Class 5 were very attentive archaeologists and, by exploring the poo, discovered the type of food the Maya ate.

 

 

Stars of the week: Eayon & Canaan

Our discoveries of the Maya and Central America have continued over the last week. We made Guatemalan worry dolls, which are traditional dolls that children in Guatemala would keep under their pillows to take their worries away.

We have continued our learning of space and used globes and torches to model how we get day and night.

In English we have planned a chapter of our gripping Maya tales. Next week we will begin writing our chapters, trying to include all the interesting vocabulary we have built up this week. Class 5 have some fantastic ideas – we cannot wait to get started!

We have had fun learning about the Maya number system AND more advanced Roman numerals. Well done Class 5 for your impressive code-breaking skills.

Stars of the week: Aya-Grace & Cecilia

This week in Class 5 we have been doing lots of research on our topics. In Science, we have been researching the planets in our solar system. Be sure to ask Class 5 to ‘wow’ you with facts they now know. We have been understanding the size and distance between planets by relating their sizes to fruit and vegetables!

Our research has continued in History and English, as we have been discovering information about Maya artefacts. We will be using this knowledge to bring our story writing alive next week.

In maths, we have been exploring numbers to 1 million. Please keep practising saying these longer numbers at home, class 5.

Here is the link for Year 5 Curriculum Information:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DmSDHh6VgsYXgDON0cD5yoiXgOZJX1NW/view?usp=sharing

Stars of the week: Constance & Fabian

In English, we have started reading The Curse of the Maya and Class 5 are already hooked! It is a gripping tale about two twins who follow their father on a work trip to Guatemala and discover a Maya temple. Next week, we are going to use it to inspire our own descriptive writing.

In Science this week, we had quite a few WOW moments, as we compared the size of the planets in our solar system and their distance to the sun.

Stars of the week: Sebastian & Christina

Well done to the whole of Class 5 for their first week back at school. They have shown maturity and diligence adopting the new school rules and settling back into old routines.

We did assessments this week and Class 5 showed great perseverance, dedication and effort. Another, huge well done!

This week we were also looking at the writer and artist, Charles Mackesy, and his stunning book “The Boy, the mole, the fox and the horse.’ Class 5 took inspiration from this book to come up with their own characters, positive phrases and illustrations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did our first fitness circuit in P.E. this week. Class 5 showed so much enthusiasm! They have recorded their scores and will now begin working on achieving a PB every week. From next week, we will be building football into these P.E. lessons too.

Next week in English, we are going to start exploring the text, “The Curse of the Maya” by Johnny Pearce. It is a gripping tale that will inspire our own fiction writing.

In Maths, we will be recapping and building on our place value knowledge by learning about numbers up to 100,000!