YEAR 5 (INDIGO)
Mr Bain (Covering for Mrs J Miller)Welcome to class 5M!
My name is Mrs Miller and I am the class teacher for 5M.
In class 5M, the children are hard working and enthusiastic. This is our class blog and we want everyone to see what we get up to while we`re learning so please keep visiting regularly for updates on what we have been getting up to in class, school news and recent letters.
Please leave a lovely comment on our blog so we know that you have visited and the children would love to hear what you think about their classroom learning and activities.
Thank you
Mrs Miller
Our Class Blog
Excellence Award Blazing the Trail
Thank you to our wonderful Year 3 class who worked incredibly hard to achieved our school the 'Excellence Award' in our Blazing the Trail Project. The children learned all about Paralympic sports and made fact files to share their knowledge.
Forest friends
Each week we love our forest sessions. We explore the principle of plan-do-review where we decide what we are going to do and write a list of equipment we need to help us to prepare for our session.
New additions to the Reception family
Due to our kind and caring nature we received a special delivery today. It contained a letter which we helped Miss Hayden decode to reveal we had been sent 5 caterpillars to help preserve the the butterfly species. We all wrote down a name we would like to call the...
Year 1 Sports Festival
We had lots of fun at the sports festival at Thorp Academy. We enjoyed a variety of sports such as; dribbling a football, throwing an catching as well as obstacle courses. We enjoyed working with our friends throughout the afternoon as part of a team.
Mega Mapping!
In Geography this term we are trying to work out what are maps really useful for. We started by looking at a wide range of maps and mapping tools and considering their purpose and key features.
5B in the Forest!
Look how busy 5B were at Forest School this week! We made and ate campfire bananas, worked with saws and peelers, built dens, stages and even surfboards!
3M Road Safety
What are maps?
In Geography, Year 6 have been looking closely at maps. They have been looking at the different areas certain maps show and how it could be useful. In small groups they have been able to discuss what key features they noticed on the maps or mapping tools. The children...
Measuring using cm and m
The children have been fine tuning their measuring skills using trundle wheels, rulers and metre sticks.
Bikeability ! 🚲
The children have really enjoyed bike ability this week and all all listened very carefully to our instructors. The children learned how to balance on the bike, negotiate around objects, adjust speed and generally have great fun. Well done to all the children in...
Drama- The Journey
We have been studying our new book all week. We been investigating the vocabulary and phrases from the book. We have been predicting what we think the book will be about using illustrations and today we heard the book for the first time and children were inspired to...
Chronology- what was happening in Britain when the Angles and Saxons arrived?
To get to grips with chronology of when the Angles and Saxons arrived in Britain. We used our main class timeline to place when they arrived among other historical events that we have already studied. The children then worked on their own timelines of events around...