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
Looking after our environment
We were inspired by our story ‘clean up’ to go out and clean up our own environment to take care of the animals and nature.
Geographical differences between Spain and the UK using maps
Science Week – Hot Chocolate Stirrers
To start our week of experiments, the children in nursery made chocolate stirrers for all the lovely mams as a special gift Mothers Day. We discussed how the chocolate was originally a solid but when we melted it, it became a liquid. The children counted out 5...
Snapchat – New Parental Controls
Snapchat have updated Family Center again, this time adding controls that block 'sensitive' and 'suggestive' content from viewing by under 18's. To enable this feature, parents can toggle on the 'Restrict Sensitive Content' filter within Snapchat's Family Center and...
Book Fair
Book Fair - Monday 13th to Thursday 16th March This year we will be holding our Book Fair in the Main Entrance from 8.30am - 9.00am and 3.15pm - 3.45pm. You will be able to browse the books and arrange to buy or order at the fair. You will also be able to make use of...
World Book Day 2023
We have had a fantastic WBD in year 5! We have taken part in a range of activities such as drama, art and design, poetry and writing all linked to 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell. We also got pretty competitive in our 100 word challenge. Isla even managed the full...
Frosty forest fun
Art
In year 6, we have just finished our Art unit, making Maya masks! We were very knowledgeable of the Maya's as we have been learning about them in geography! In this unit, we learnt why they wore such masks and for what occasions. We then designed our very own mask...
Shadows
We enjoyed learning about how shadows are created and how they change throughout the day. We went outside and drew our shadows at 9am and then compared them to lunchtime and later afternoon to see how and why the length and direction of them had changed.
Forest school
We had a brilliant time at Forest school this week, lighting fires, whittling sticks, playing games and exploring nature. We enjoyed building dens and investigating the ice that had frozen around Forest school.
Sequence sounds in Scratch programming
Check out the children's scratch projects to sequence sounds. The children have programmed their instruments to play twinkle twinkle little star. You may need to press the instrument or the space bar to get them started enjoy.
The Arctic Circle
We used atlases and globes to find out where the Arctic Circle is in the world and then identified the countries that it covers. We know that the Arctic Circle only covers parts of these countries and we showed this on our maps.