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
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Making our mark on 2023
Dough Disco
The children in nursery have been working on building those finger muscles. Every week we do Dough Disco to build the build strength in our arms, hands and fingers, its also great fun!
Our Dream Clouds
Today we have been thinking about our future hopes and ambitions and putting them on our dream clouds. The rain drops represent the things which might help us get there. Some of us thought about our future jobs and others thought of the type of person we would like to...
Working With Clay
Our new topic is the Ancient Greeks- we are learning the skills to create a Greek coil pot as our final piece. Today, we used a range of sculpting techniques to shape and manipulate clay- these included: pinching, rolling and scoring.
Measurement
We have worked practically today, choosing appropriate equipment to measure different lengths and heights around school. We thought about which equipment would give us the most accurate measurements.
Stargazing
We enjoyed looking at the constellations on the ceiling to celebrate the start of our new book ‘Look Up!’. We explored different planets and then we found the plough and Orion belt.
Introduction to Video
In Computing, Year 5 have began their new topic: 'Video Editing'. This half term, we will be creating our own videos and learning how to manipulate and change them in order to suit our initial plans. Today, we looked at how videos are simply, moving images. We...
Year 6 Trip!
In the last week of the Autumn Term, we braced the snow and ice and went to the quayside in Newcastle. We had a great day: we spent two hours completing a drama workshop at The Live Theatre; we had our lunch in their restaurant (we took packed lunches but got to eat...
Iron Age Round houses
After exploring structure and strength. The children created their own roundhouse using triangulation to give their houses super strength.
Christmas Joy
Celebrating Christmas
We had an excellent afternoon with a visit from Santa, a disco, lots of games and some party food. We had so much fun celebrating with our friends.