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.
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Move over Beethoven – Composition in Music
The children composed and performed their own piece of music today using the notes we have been learning in our lessons.
Happy Hanukkah
In our RE lessons, we have been learning about Hanukkah. We know that during the eight day celebrations, Jewish families light a special eight branched candlestick called a Menorah, to represent the eight days that the little jar of oil lasted. Like many other world...
SIMS PAY360 – using Apple ID to access this?
Action required on 10th of December by staff, parents and student using Apple ID to access SIMS satellite products.To support the ongoing security of the Apple ID and SIMS ID integration, the way Apple ID logins work with SIMS ID is changing and we have been informed...
Keep the pattern going
We can work with 2 or 3 objects to create repeating patterns.
Festive fun
Lots of festive learning today: How does chocolate change when it is heated then cooled? What shapes can I spot that make up a Christmas tree? Can I separate ingredients once I combine them? When I half a pipe cleaner what do I notice about the two parts? So many...
Science in 5B! Testing air resistance!
Check out our action photos from our recent investigations into understanding air resistance! We tried running with a large sheet of card when it was vertical and wide, when it was horizontal and flat, and also when it was curled into a cone - we made predictions and...
Christmas Fun Day!
Deadline to apply for a place in Reception class – Sept 2022
Apply now! If your child, or you have friends who's children, were born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 they need to apply now for their place in Reception class at school. The deadline for applications is Saturday,15th January 2022. Please contact us if...
Dancing
This half term Year 1 have been learning how to perform dances using simple movement patterns. The class were able to follow instructions and listen to music and found lots of different ways to move to music, as a class and as individuals or in pairs. Year 1 were able...
Working with remainders
Fractions Pizza Party
We have been learning about fractions in our Maths lessons, and what better way to do it than with pizza! In our pizza party lesson, we identified how shapes could be halved into 2 equal parts. We found that the square shaped pizza could be halved in more than one...
Weaving with paper
We have had fun turning a sheet of construction paper into a place mat by weaving. We marked lines, folded and cut slits for weaving. We used a contrast of different coloured paper.
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