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
Y6 Orienteering
Year 6 have started their new PE unit, orienteering! The outcomes for this unit are to be able to: Follow a key and to create a map using a key To use a compass for directions To follow a map efficiently The children started the unit by becoming familiar with how to...
Mystery Reader
Today we enjoyed listening to Monkey Puzzle from our parent mystery reader.
Who is Jesus?
During this term the children have been learning about who Jesus was. They have been discussing the many sides to Jesus and have been learning that he was a Rabbi and he taught people through parables and that his healings and miracles became very well known. They...
Exploring using maps
We located Rowlands Gill on the map and then identified the features we could locate on the map in the surrounding areas. We found the River Derwent, shops, church, houses, school and lots more!
Abstract Art at its Best!
Over the past few weeks the children have been learning about surrealism, magic realism and abstract art through the artist Joan Miro. They have studied a variety of paintings and sculptures, and discussed their ideas and opinions on his artwork. They then went on to...
Celebrating Chinese New Year 🐉
This week we have learning all about Chinese New Year. and learning about new cultures and celebrations. We have listened to stories including Peppa Pig's Chinese New Year, went on a dragon hunt, made lanterns and enjoyed a Chinese banquet.
Chinese New Year
We enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year. We cleaned ready for the new year, made lanterns, did some dragon dancing and set up our own Chinese restaurant. We even wrote our name in Chinese writing. What a super time we had!
Celebrating Chinese New Year
To celebrate seeing in the year of the Wood Dragon we cleaned, decorated our home corner, set up and ate in our Chinese restaurant and practised our cutting skills by making lanterns. We celebrated a full day in red, did you know it is a lucky colour? We also danced...
Our Eco Garden Transformation- Thank You Mr and Mrs Allchin
A huge thank you to our volunteers, Mr and Mrs Allchin, who have been sprucing up our eco garden, ensuring all weeds are removed and planting a range of new bulbs and plants. The bulbs are beginning to sprout, as we approach the spring and the children can't wait to...
Let’s Go Shopping
Some of the nursery children went to our local Tesco to buy some delicious food for our Chinese Banquet.
Internet Safety Day
We joined the assembly completing challenges on how to stay safe and then went outside and played a game thinking about our reactions and emotions in different scenarios.
Clay techniques
We used play dough to practice different techniques we could use to model the clay with such as twisting, imprinting, rolling and shaping.