YEAR 5/6 (ORANGE)
Mrs J ReadshawWelcome to our Year 5/6 class blog.
Our class teacher is Mrs. Readshaw.
On this page, you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 5/6 over the course of the year.
Check in regularly for photographs of our fantastic learning and achievements.
Dream, Believe, Achieve!
Spring Topic
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Our Class Blog
Measuring in cm and mm
Going potty!
Years 5 and 6 are finalising their Coil pots topic in Art this half term by making their own Ancient Greek inspired clay pots. They have used the skills learned (pinching, coiling, wedging, slab building and 'score and slip ') to create some fabulous designs that...
Forest School
We had a blast at forest school today - den building, whittling, crafting, helping to start the fire and of course tasting the snacks! We can’t wait to go back next week.
Our cup is always full
This week our focus in maths was capacity and not only did we get to taste our maths work it allowed us to use the mathematical vocabulary; full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty.
Newsletter 11/2/22
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Happiness week
We have been thinking and talking about what makes us happy this week as well as undertaking activities that make us happy. We have enjoyed activities like den building, working as a team, making music as part of a band singing a happiness song, mindfulness colouring,...
Resilience and determination at Forest school 3M and 7B
What a blustery day! But it didn't stop us from having a great time at forest school. Kite making, parachutes that nearly took us off the ground, digging to China and dyeing fabrics and pussy willows were just some of the adventures the children had during forest...
Determination Award P.E Blazing the Trail
Thank you to 2S for gaining us a determination certificate for our P.E Blazing the Trail project. You have all done a super job!
How tall, wide and high is my table (in metres and cms, including half cm)?
Inverted commas – What did the character actually say?
In our story writing this half term, we brought our characters to life by using inverted commas and direct speech. The children learned a very funny song to remember what parts they need and where which helped them when they wrote their own speech in their stories....
Sparks were flying in science
In science, we have been learning about electricity. We have investigated circuits and how they work. We have set up tests to observe over time. We know what circuits need to work. We know what switches are and next week we'll be testing materials and creating our own...
Column addition and subtraction in 3M
3M are working so hard on their 3 digit addition and subtraction so that they fully understand what they are doing. We have used base ten and place value counters to help us with our compact method of column subtraction and addition.
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