Another end to another exciting week in Year 5. Learning across the curriculum has definitely been flowing this week with us starting the week off with RE. We have been looking at the different types of sins and the consequences they have and how we use our conscience to make decisions. We ended this lesson by putting their consciences to the test with an interactive game of moral dilemmas.
In Maths, we have continued with our topic of mixed number fractions and have been using models to compare fractions along with adding and subtracting mixed number fractions.
In English, we have started our new class novel of ‘The Windrush Child’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. This book carries a huge importance, based on a true story, of the history of slavery in our country and the ongoing issues of racism that take place today. We will be continuing to read through this novel in order to lead into our next writing topic.
We have continued learning about rivers in Geography and the children but their retrieval skills to the test by organising the course of a river based on their knowledge of the different stages and parts of a river. We looked into more details of how rivers are actually formed through erosion and transportation.
We also started our new Science topic of Light, a topic that the children covered at the end of Year 4, allowing the children to jump straight into this topic. We looked at our subject specific words for our topic and retrieved these from last year, along with experimenting how light travels.
Let’s Celebrate
Stanley for being an inquisitive learner: For asking so many curious questions in both our Geography and Science units. Your inquisition has given you the pathway to investigate these ideas and to chase your learning. You have also contributed to class discussions and provided the class with some insightful knowledge.
Evan and Owen for being creative learners: For creating a wonderful display of our solar system! The time and effort that went into making this masterpiece just shows the passion that you have for your learning. I loved all of the small details that went into it and you really impressed the class with your model.
Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Christian for being discerning. I never have to mention his name in class because he is always making the right choice and following every instruction.
Notices
Bank Holidays- This Monday (1st May) and the following Monday (8th May) are bank holidays, therefore school will be closed.
Coronation Picnic-Next Friday, 5th May, we will be celebrating the King’s coronation with a picnic. The children can come into school in their own clothes , wearing either red, white or blue.