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!
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Our Class Blog
Dance!
We are really enjoying our dance unit in PE this half term. We have been counting the beat, moving to the beat and performing our dance moves to others with confidence.
Human and Physical Features
Today in Geography, we discussed what human and physical features are. We know that human features are man made and physical features are natural. We worked in groups to record our ideas and then used our knowledge to sort and label famous landmarks from the four...
Bringing Books to Life
Some of the children in KS1 and KS2 have been attending an after school, Bringing Books to Life with Joanne Etherington. They've had great fun reading Walking Through The Jungle by Julie Lacome, acting out the story and making masks to re-tell the story. Who knows...
Sorting animals into groups
We learned about the different groups that animals are part of, and we practised sorting them into their different groupings using our toy animals. We practised using the vocabulary of mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles and birds.
Henri Rousseau
We have enjoyed learning about Henri Rousseau, imitating his work then recreating our own. We created colour wheels, identifying warm and cool colours and used a view point to help us choose a setting for our final piece. There was a lot of variety within the class -...
Active English!
To help cement our understanding of subordinate clauses, we went active! We made giant sentences, chopped up some 'normal sized' sentences and also decorated the yard with our own examples too.
Odd socks day
We showed our support for anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks all day. We spoke about what bullying was and the importance of being kind and helping others.
Odd Socks Day
As part of Anti-bullying week we took part in ‘Odd Socks Day’ celebrating everything that makes us unique.
Children Northeast – after school activities at Rowlands Gill Community Centre
Children Northeast have received funding to run fun after-school activities with children and young people at Rowlands Gill Community Centre. Please click on the link to view the flyer with all the information for you to view. [pdf-embedder...
Odd Socks Day
We marked the start of Anti-Bullying Week by wearing odd socks to school to celebrate what makes us all unique.
Freeze framing
We read the story of the Smartest Giant in Town and thought about how the different animals felt before and after George’s help. We freeze framed how they might feel throughout. We also thought about the kindness George showed the animals and how we could replicate...
Moving to Music
We enjoyed finding the beat of different styles of music by clapping, marching, tapping and jumping.
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