We started the week as a whole school- coming together to celebrate the beginning of lent and to reflect on the importance of this. We then looked at this further in our RE lesson of how Catholics prepare for lent. Our week also finished with a lent celebration as we exchanged Lenten boxes with our Year 2 partners. It was lovely to see the creativity and commitment into making these boxes- which really lit up our younger pupils faces.
In English, we have started our new topic of discussion texts and debating. We discussed the differences and similarities between an argument, discussion and a debate and also shared our points on some interesting school based motions such as, ‘Should homework be doubled or banned’ and 'Should we keep wearing school uniforms’.
In Maths, we have finished mulitplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000- in which the children have been excellent in using their place value charts to understand the shifting of digits. We have now began looking at our big division topic and using methods to work out calculations that cannot be done mentally.
In PE, we have started our new indoor and outdoor topics for the half term. We are currently working on our team building skills in OAA to help solve problems in fun based games. It has been brilliant to see all of the children working together really well and encouraging fellow classmates throughout the games. In our indoor topic, we have started our first dance unit of the year, where the theme is ‘Heroes and Villains’. The children worked in groups to discuss different types of superheroes and the qualities they possess that make them heroic. The children then had to reenact these via freeze frames and different movements.
In French, our topic is ‘French around the World’, in which we have been looking at french directions on a compass. We have then used these directions to help guide us through a treasure map to find the gold!
Let’s Celebrate
Faye for being an enthusiastic learner- Regardless if you’re sat at the front or back and regardless of what subject it is- your enthusiasm to learn and to grow is excellent. You never get yourself down, even if you are struggling- you always power through.
Niamh for being a focused and creative learner- In every manner throughout the classroom, you are always setting the right example Niamh. I feel like I don’t praise you enough for this but it is simply because you portray this behaviour every single day. You also apply these positive choices into your learning by always listening to instructions to get the most out of your work.
Virtue Butterflies- Our new virtues for this half term are love and compassion. Today, we had an earlier break out with the infants and I saw lots of children playing with their younger siblings- in particular Archie and Ben. The way you played with our younger children was delightful to see and how caring and considerate you were towards them. You really made their day.
Lunchtime Certificates
Role Model of the Week- Benjamin
Marvelous Manners- Archie
Notices
Monday 4th March Year 5 Book Look- This will start at 9am and is a chance for the children to share with you some of the work that they have done and are proud of.
Thursday 7th March World Book Day- The children can dress up as a character from a book and they can also bring in a ‘magical object’, which they’ll use for a storytelling activity. This object could be as simple as a feather, shell, pebble or stick- They will use their imagination to create a story including this item.
Parents Evening Appointments- This will take place between 2:00pm-5:30pm over the course of two days, which are Wednesday 13th March and Wednesday 20th.
Extra-Curricular Timetable- This is now available on the sports page of the website, which includes the times and dates of the upcoming sports activities for before and after school. The children have also been given a copy of this.