Class 5 Blog

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  03

  Dec

  Quidditch

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today year 5 took part in a Quidditch workshop. They enjoyed flying around on their broomsticks!
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  18

  Nov

  RE - Who is the most important person in the Christmas story?

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In RE today, we have been thinking about who the most important person is in the Christmas story. Children have worked in pairs to draft their argument and presented it to the class. We have been thinking about how to challenge someones opinion in a positive way.
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  13

  Nov

  Michael Rosen Day

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today for Michael Rosen Day, year 5 joined the live session and enjoyed listening to Michael talking about what inspires him. He shared some interesting poems about food too!
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  13

  Nov

  PE - Invasion

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  This term in PE we have started a unit about invasion games. In our first lesson, we practised passing the ball using chest pass. We then thought about how we could stand and move to help our team mates in a game situation.
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  12

  Nov

  Music - Improvisation

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today year 5 started their new music unit, Jazz. This unit explores using instruments to improvise.
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  10

  Nov

  Math - net of a cuboid

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In math today, we have been looking at how to identify the net of a cuboid. We then practised making cuboids out of the nets.
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  10

  Nov

  Computing - Camera angles

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today in computing we have been learning about different camera angles. We have used these to explore how to frame our shots.
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  10

  Nov

  English - Improving our vocabulary

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In English today, we have been introduced to a video that we will use to support our writing this term. The video is 'The Ridge' and explores Danny MacAskill riding the ridge in the Isle of Skye. We thought about how we could describe the setting and then worked in pairs to improve the words we have chosen.
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  07

  Nov

  Math - Net of a cube

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Our new math topic this term is exploring the nets that make up different 3D shapes. Today we started by exploring the nets that can make a cube.
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  06

  Nov

  Athlete visit

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today we were lucky enough to be visited by David Smith OBE and Ed Faulds. David taught the children how to play Boccia and let the children hold his gold medal! Ed worked with the children to learn different warm ups to keep their bodies safe when they run.