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
Classifying and tasting foods
We sorted fruits and vegetables in to different groups, classifying them by different things such as colour and taste. We then looked at the different areas of our tongue that taste foods and tried foods from each group. Lots of us found the lemon very sour!
Forest School
We have finished our week with a fantastic afternoon at forest school- cooking on the fire, den building, tyre rolling and lots more.
The Messy Magpie
The children listened to the story The Messy Magpie linked to our bird watching topic. When the children arrived in nursery the following morning, they realised the messy magpie must have flew through an open window and made a very big mess! The children then sorted...
Newsletter 1st February 2024
Please see below our latest Newsletter. It can take a little while to load!
Toddler Group at Rowlands Gill Primary School
Every Tuesday in term time we welcome parent and toddlers to enjoying some fun activities with our Early Year Team in the Hall from 08.45 - 10.15am. New families always welcome.
Robot Programming
In Computing, we have been writing instructions for the Beebots and predicting the direction they will travel in. We have been practising debugging algorithms to get our robot to travel to chosen destinations on a map.
Can I make an appointment please?
Following the children’s interest and them finding resources of their own we changed our role play to our very own hairdressers.
What time is it, 2S?
In Maths, we made our own clocks help us to tell the time to the nearest five minutes. We have used lots of key vocabulary in our lessons such as minute hand, hour hand, clockwise, minutes past and minutes to.
Lily and the Snowman
In English, we have been using digital literacy to inspire us to write creative recounts of Lily and the Snowman. We built our own snowmen and made shadow puppets to immerse ourselves into the story. We have also worked hard to include key features in our writing such...
Moving Vehicles
Year 6 have been taking part in a vehicle project funded by Primary Engineers and the Reece Foundation. They measured and cut wood to create frames then used triangles to strengthen them. They then used pulleys and small electrical circuits to connect the batteries...
Where is Australia?
In Geography, we are learning about Australia and how it is different to where we live. We started the unit by using atlases to identify the continents and oceans of the world. We then discussed how Australia is both a continent and a country. We are looking forward...
Y5/6 – Basketball
Thankyou to Thorp Academy and their sports leaders who hosted the year 5 and 6 basketball tournament yesterday! All of the games were played in a lovely competitive spirit throughout the tournament. There was some great talent on show with some impressive shots from...