Year 5: The Koalas: Blog items
Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 7:21pm
Today started with an activity they asked to do as their morning starter. As the children came in Sing, the song we started to learn yesterday was playing. The children got out their art books and began to use symbols to show what they could hear and feel,using a technique from ealier in the year when they had Mrs May for Art.
Work then continued making clay pots, completing weaving boards and finishing work based on Claire Baxter's Rainbow of Hope. Whilst all of this was giing on the children used fabric pens to decorate their arts week t shirts.
After play we watched an online art lesson to learn how to use dip pens and ink to draw. We used the ink and pens to have a go at creating different types of lines and shapes. Next we looked at the book The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. As we looked at the pictures we discussed the techniques he had used. We then looked at his work Hope in readiness to create our own Hope pictures in his style.
We finished the morning by singing Sing and listening to the story A Child's Garden - a story of hope by Michael Foreman.
After luch some of us began to draw what we thought a covid germ might look like whilst groups of children worked with Mrs Richards to use pastels and ink to create their own Hope pieces in the style of Charlie Mackesy.
Our last activity was to begin filling in our covid booklets to put in our time capsule.
We spent some time makung a list of everything we have done so far this week. We were amazed by how much we have done and the new skills we are learning.
Arts Week Day 1, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 7:24pm
It has been a wonderful opening day to Ats Week. The children started by creating a stamp for The Royal Mail Covid Hero competition. There are some amazing entries. Next job was to design a template using the word HOPE to put on the front of their Arts Week T shirts tomorrow. Work also began on the sky background for our rainbow weaving.
This afternoon we looked at a piece of art called Rainbow of Hope by the artist Claire Baxter and the children then worked hard to work in her style to create their own Rainbows of Hope.
To tie in with our theme hope and the Big Ask we have started to learn the song written by Garry Barlow for the Queen's Diamond Jubiilee, Sing. Look out for a video performance later in the week.
Keep your eye on Twitter tomorrow for action shots as they happen.
Looking Smart and ready for action, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 4:34pm
Fun in the sun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Apr 2021 @ 8:26pm
The children have had fun outside today. They have spent time doing some brilliant sketches of our outside area building on their love of Monet from last term. They also had fun taking part in a Tri golf taster session.
Can you rise to the challenge?, by Sandra Fletcher
Date: 12th Apr 2021 @ 8:05pm
This week the children have been challenged to work quietly when they are asked to. If they meet this challenge their personal star will hang proudly on our recognition board.
I am sure all 30 stars will soon be hanging proudly.
Welcome back, by Sandra Fletcher
Date: 11th Apr 2021 @ 9:13pm
I hope you have all had a lovely break, eaten lots of Easter Eggs and made the most of the lovely weather.
Summer term is now upon us. I have uploaded this terms subject organiser for you to look at. Please remember to bring your PE kits into school-PE will be on Tuesday and Friday.
Reading books need to be brought in on Monday to be changed.
Looking forward to seeing you all in the morning
Mrs Fletcher
Easter Service, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 8:49pm
Photographs of the event can be found here
Wonderful Wednesday, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 4:07pm
The Koalas have had a Wonderful Wednesday.
The day started by tackling comprehensions based on extracts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The class did an amazing job remembering the steps needed to be great reading detectives.
Next was spelling where great fun was playing a game where they had to solve anagrams for ey words- they enjoyed the game so much that you can now find it as a material, along with 2 other games on Google Classroom.
After a nice run around in the sunshine we came back in , did our fluent in five maths warm up and then began to use base 10 to subtract 2 digit numbers.
We practised our poem for the Easter Service tomorrow and then began to watch the Easter Story.
Lunch was delicious- roat chicken or pasta and yummy chocolate crispie cakes for all who wanted them.
The afternoon has flown by wit coding in computing, learning about colours in French and then singing in music.
A truly WONDERFUL day
Birthday Fun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd Mar 2021 @ 6:57pm
Today we have had a lovely day ceebrating the 7th birthday's of 3 members of the class.
We had time in the hall playng corners, musical statues and having a dance. We also did the hokey kokey.
Back in class we made a list of all of the things we would like to do for the rest of our party day. We chose a quix, charades, colouring, dancing, drawing and watching something on the big screen.
After lunch we managed to do all of those things as well as singing happy birthday and eating delicious birthday cake.
It really has been a lovely day .
Thank you Koalas, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 4:04pm
Thank you Koalas for a wonderful week. You have worked hard and done some amazing learning.
Your knowledge of the Great Fire of London is truly outstanding and your enthusisam for our book in English, Vlad and the Great Fire of Londo has been brilliant to see.
In maths some of us have found using base 10 to add 2 two digit numbers a challenge but you jave all shown grit nd determination and you will all get there very soon.
Today learning about the census and linking it with your knowledge of the nativity story was great too. Your skills to draw your own tally charts to record the data we collected for our mini census really impressed me.
It has been a perfect Longton week, well done everyone.
See you all next week for more fantasti learning and lots of Easter fun
Mrs Fletcher
Digital 5 A Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 16th Mar 2021 @ 6:13pm
Please take time to have a look at this booklet from the Childrens commisioner
https://view.publitas.com/childrens-commissioners-office/digital-5-a-day/page/14-15
Online Safety, by Mr Pearson
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 4:59pm
The online world offers amazing opportunities but also brings elements of potential risk and for Parents, making sense of the online world can appear to be an enormous challenge. Unlike previous generations, the online environment is an integral part of children’s lives and therefore we can no longer consider their wellbeing or safety without also considering their relationship to technology. However, staying safe online is fundamentally about behaviours rather than the technology itself and if approached from this perspective, we can begin to gain confidence to support our children.
The link below provides some useful tips for Parents when discussing the online environment with children. In addition, this page also contains a variety of resources which can be used to develop knowledge and confidence to support children. You will also find useful information in the news and events section of the site through the link at the bottom of the page.
https://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/online-safeguarding/parents-and-carers/
Koala News, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 8:46pm
Hello everyone.
Mrs Thomson, Kelly and I just want to say how pleased we are with everyone this half term. The children in school are working hard and showing Mrs Thomson how far their learning has come on since Year 1. Everyone who is doing their learning at home is working really hard too, joining in the live lessons and sending back amazing work on Google Classroom.
You are all SUPERSTARS
Happy New Year, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 3rd Jan 2021 @ 3:40pm
Happy New Year
I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas.
Thank you very much for all of the lovely presents and cards. I had a lovely time on Christmas morning opening each of them. Many thanks too to the families who made donations to the Rosmere charity.
As we head back into school for the start of the Spring Term I have uploaded the new subject organiser onto our class page. This will help you with ideas for projects. There is also a document titled Project ideas which may help too.
Looking forward to seing everyone tomorrow
Mrs Fletcher
Christmas Fun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 8:29pm
The Koalas have been having a great time getting ready for Christmas.
The winter fair, Christmas lunch, our party, Breakfast with Santa , a visit to the Grotto and then a surprise visit this afternoon have cetrainly filled us all with joy and happiness.
Lots of Fun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 8:12pm
The children enjoyed celebrating their 20th class compliment watching Rudolph the Movie, eating popcorn, colouring Christmas pictures, building with Lego and reading .
This afternoon they had fun at the Christmas Fair , winning lots of goodies.
Lots of News, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 29th Nov 2020 @ 7:40pm
This has been a busy week.
On Tuesday afternoon we had fun celebrating the autumn birthdays with a party, film and delicious cake.
On Wednesday morning the children earned their 20th class compliment and will be having their compliment treat on Friday 4th December.
Friday was celebration asssembly via Google Classroom, congratulations to all of the children who were awarded certificates this term.
Now that we have settled back into school we are ready to start up our school parliament. If you want to stand for election to need to prepare a short speech ready for Friday 4th December.Please create a poster or be able to talk about why you think you would be a good person to represent our class. The children will need to be reliable , attend meetings , be confident to speak and have some ideas about how we can improve school.
Remembrance Day 2020, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 11th Nov 2020 @ 8:10pm
This morning we all took part in our whole school Remembrance service via Zoom. Mr Turner from The Royal British Legion spoke to us about his childhood memories of World War 2 and how we came to wear poppies as a symbol of remembrance.
After lunch we visited he Peace Garden to look at the poppy wreath and to have a few moments of reflection. Back in class we talked about remebrance, watched some clips from remembrance services and then the children split into groups to complete a task.
Each group were given 13 photographs linked to November 11th. Their task was to choose the photograph that they felt said the most to them . Many of the groups chose the photograph of the Commonwealth War Cemetry and said that they had chosen it as it showed how many people had died for us. As the children ordered their photos there was lots of great discussion going on.
Meeting New Friends, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 10th Nov 2020 @ 8:46pm
We had a lovely time this afternoon meeting the Swallows. The Swallows are one of the Year 2 classes at Barden Primary School in Burnley. We shared a PowerPoint about our school and the children from Barden shared memories of lockdown.
We are very proud of our PowerPoint as we chose what we wanted to talk about and we all decided where we should take photographs.
First week back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 2:38pm
It has been a very busy first week back. The children have enjoyed all of their learning and have made an enthusiastic start to our new geography topic on Preston Docks.
Please can you write a comment in the new yellow reading record every time your child reads. Reading books MUST be changed on MONDAYS and can be changed again on Wednesday and Friday. They will only be changed if we have evidence in the reading records that they have been read.
Some of our castle engineers have been at work today and have added a moving drawbridge to their castles.
We have been out and about today taking phoyographs ready to show the Cchildren at Barden Primaary School in Burnley on Tuesday afternoon.
Homework, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 1:30pm
This weeks homework can be found on Google Classroom. It is a maths activity to make 20. The missing number in each calculation needs to be typed in .
Marshmallows everywhere., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Nov 2020 @ 7:27pm
Thank you to everyone who supported our enterprise. We made over 230 marshmallow kebabs for you all to enjoy.
The children get to decide what to do with their profit. Half will go to charity (exact one yet to be decided) the rest has been spent on Christmas sewing kits and magnets for a Christmas science and DT project. If there is any left we are going to buy more books for our class library.
Making Castles, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd Oct 2020 @ 2:06pm
There is great excitement amongst the Koals this afternoon as they make their castles. Boxes have been covered and are now being transformed into stunning castles. Once decorated the children will be using straw, string and scissors to create a working drawbridge.
Holiday Passports, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Oct 2020 @ 8:58pm
In Year 1 your child was given a Holiday Passport to complete during school holidays. I have 13 of them in school and will be sending them home tomorrow for the children to use over half term. If your child has their passport at home please can you return them to school during the week beginning Monday 9th November. If you have misplaced your passport please can you let me know so I can issue a new one.
Over the holiday please can the children read as often as possible and use fast phonics on Reading Eggs.
PE kits will be comimg home on Thursday and on Friday pencil cases will be coming home. Some of them may need restocked during the holidays. The children only need pencils, pencil crayons, a rubber and a pencil sharpener. If they have felt pens in their pencil cases they can continue to bring them .
Mrs Fletcher
Halloween Fun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Oct 2020 @ 2:53pm
The Koalas all looked fantastic today in their Halloween costumes.
