Our blogs
More projects, by Mr Pearson
Date: 9th Oct 2017 @ 12:49pm
In science we have been investigating electricity ⚡️,some of us have done electricity projects and others have done James and the Giant Peach🍑Some of us have been doing French🇳🇱 and some of us have done relaxing 😌 products.
The mixed up chameleon, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 8th Oct 2017 @ 7:41pm
This week we are reading the mixed up chameleon and so our focus will be colour mixing! The children are really doing very well with number work and we have already learnt doubles up to 6 + 6....In phonics we are learning e r u ck and starting the tricky words , I , no, go, to the, into.
Its parents evening on Monday and Wednesday so I will hopefully see our then.
Week beginning the 9th October, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 8th Oct 2017 @ 6:10pm
I am away on a course all day on Thurday and Friday - so I will be teaching all day Monday & Tuesday, instead of having Mrs Fletcher in those afternoons. Then someone else will be covering me on Thursday and Friday. 
It also means that I'll be sending homework home on Wednesday instead of Thursday and, as always, I'll put up a Maths spicy challenge on the website. If you need it printing out for you, just ask Mrs Woolley reaaaaaallly nicely and I'm sure she'd be happy to do it for you.
I'm really looking forward to seeing all of you at 'Parents Evening' this Monday and Wednesday and discussing how your children are settling into year 5 - See you then!
Miss R
This week will look like this:
English: Writing persuasive letters
GPS: Revisiting adverbials
Maths: Geometry - Perimeter of rectilinear shapes (for a bit of spicy maths fun - try this little game at home! Don't worry about the area stuff yet, but the perimeter will definitely come in handy!)
Geography: Map reading/Orienteering
Computing: Research using search engines and considering relevance of websites
PSHE: Jigsaw - British Values
French: Making visual vocabulary lists
PE: No gymnastics this week because the hall will be filled with our projects for parents evening. So, on Monday, we will be going outside and playing some sporty halloween themed games! 
Friday cricket will still be on.
If you have any artefacts/special skills/holiday pics etc. that would help us with our learning - please feel free to volunteer them! We would love to have some visitors to our class this year and learning always works best when it is contextualised!
Week Beginning Monday 9th October 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 8th Oct 2017 @ 11:38am
Hello all :)
I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.
This is what we are doing this week:
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English |
We are writing and performing poetry. |
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Maths |
We are working on addition and subtraction. We are solving missing number sentences, solving number stories and making addition sentences that balance using Numicon. |
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Phonics |
Miss Adamson's phonics group has completed phase 3 and 4 review. We are focusing on ay (e.g. may I play), ou (e.g. shout it out), ea (e.g. a cup of tea) and oy (e.g. toy for a boy). Mrs Thomson's group are focusing on oa (e.g. goat in a boat), oo (e.g. poo at the zoo), and ar (e.g. start the car). |
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Handwriting |
We are practising cursive letter formation in our special handwriting books and ensuring we are writing using the tripod grip. |
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Jigsaw |
We are making freeze frames in groups that show us making good choices. |
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Design and Technology |
We are designing, making and evaluating superhero hand puppets. |
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PE |
We are learning about balancing and running. |
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A note about spellings |
With your children's spellings, do not worry about getting a new set every week. We are also reviewing their old spellings on a Friday as we find that otherwise we remember the most recent and forget the old. Some of the lists are very tricky so it will take longer than one week of practise to ensure that children are confident in spelling them. Thank you for all your effort. We have been pleasantly surprised by how well the children are doing in the weekly check! |
I look forward to seeing you all in the week.
Many thanks,
Miss Adamson
Jigsaw Jenie, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 10:00pm
As part of our PSHE curriculum we have a friend called Jigsaw Jenie he stays in our class and helps us to follow the class rules. This week we have been thinking about gentle hands. We read a story called hands are not for hitting. We then thought about how hands can be kind and gentle. We waved hello and goodbye, we shook hands, we held hands to keep safe when crossing the road and we thought of much more....we decided that we would not hit or push as a class and if someone did something we didn't like in school we would say "please don't do that we don't like it."
Water fun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 9:48pm
We have had fun inside and outside with water. We have had a dinosaur wash... And yellow water inside just for a change. We have washed and scrubbed and filled and emptied!
KS 2 event, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:10pm
Well done to some Year 3 and 4 children ,who took part in a KS 2 event at All Hallows. They were awarded the 'Spirit of the games' certificate , which made us very proud. Thank you to those parents who supported.
Projects, by Miss Adamson
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:10pm
Thank you ever so much for your projects. We are just astounded! Cannot believe all the work that has gone into them. I hope you enjoyed making them! Some boys and girls showed their project to the class this afternoon but we didn't all as we didn't have time. We will share the rest on Monday!
ps the cake and biscuits went down a treat - thank you Alice and Amelia!
Talk task, by Miss Adamson
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:08pm
We had to do lots of talking in maths today! We read some subtraction sentences and proved that they were correct using counters. We had to explain our thinking.
End of a busy week., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:06pm
The Penguins annoyed exploring percussion instruments with Mrs Bolton. Some amazing musicians 🎵🎶
We enjoyed completing our maps after the Brickcroft visit using the ordnance survey maps to help us.
Today we're estimating using metres, finding things longer , shorter And about the same.
The Penguins have also started to share their amazing projects. They are all so proud of them , it's lovely to see. thank you for your support and you will be able to see them next week during parents evening.
Have a great weekend!
Weekly winners, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 2:02pm
This weeks golden ticket winners are
Jakson Leigh
Evie Winstanley
Oliver Scanlan
Jasmine Harley
Our projects , by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 1:54pm
The amazing Giraffes have produced an amazing range of projects for this term. Please find the photos of them.
More to be added on Monday
Story Massage, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2017 @ 10:31pm
The Bongos had a lovely afternoon on Wednesday with Mrs Thompson and Mrs Gray. They took part in a story massage session. This builds on the peer massage work that is carried out in school. The children learn a range of movements which are used to help tell a story. As I walked through the hall there was calm and a lovely atmosphere between the children.
Homework, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 5th Oct 2017 @ 8:09am
This week in English homework, we've got a practice sheet on modal verbs that we have working on in class. In Maths, the homework is a photocopy, so I have uploaded it here, just in case you are not sure whether you have it or not... but it is pretty terrible quality, so if you lose it just let me know and I'll photocopy you a new one. The spicy challenge is also here - remember if you do the spicy challenge and find it is too hard, you don't have to finish it and you certainly shouldn't be stressing about it!
A wet and windy Brickcroft, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 4:55pm
We dodged the showers (pretty much) and had a great visit to the Brickcroft.We followed our maps and looked for things we could see, we were fantastic at spotting lots of things! We had our fruit at the Brickcroft and then it was time to feed the hungry ducks.
Investigation of electricity , by Mr Pearson
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 2:22pm
Today we were doing electricity and investigating how electricity would work .
We were using batteries and wires to put on the light screws and the light should light up.
We found out different ways to make it light up we use all Metal things.
we have also tested which materials are conductors of electricity and which are insulators.
Lots of excitement had by all.
Trips this year, by Mr Pearson
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 11:44am
Hello
Dates for your diary 🚌
we are on a free trip to Springfields Power Plant on Tuesday 5th December to support our electricity topic.
Even better news the trip is free.
We are going to the World Museum at Liverpool on Monday 18th June to aid our topic on Egyptians.
Just waiting for conformation for the River study trip in April.
This weeks spelling focus words, by Mr Pearson
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 9:39am
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medal meddle missed mist scene seen board bored which witch |
Projects, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 8:09am
Can I remind everyone that projects have to be in by this Friday!
Maths Games, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 3rd Oct 2017 @ 8:35pm
I know a lot of you are keen to knock off our high-scorers on the Maths games we have been playing, so here are the links to the number decimal game, the times table hit-the button game and a new estimate-that-angle game! Enjoy!
Week beginning 2nd October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Oct 2017 @ 7:02pm
This week the Penguins will be thinking about:
English - writing our own version of a Katie Morag story
- spelling, counting syllables in words,looking for tricky bits
Maths - continuing with measuring, place value
Topic - Fiinding out about the local area, visit to the Brickcroft, looking at maps, drawing maps
PE - gymnastics
Jigsaw - recognising choices I make and consequences
Harvest service in church tomorrow afternoon
The week ahead, by Miss Leigh
Date: 2nd Oct 2017 @ 6:59pm
We have a busy week ahead.
Maths- formal methods for multiplication and disivion. Check you can double and half decimals, multiply and device a decimal by 10, 100 and 1000 mentally.
English. We continue with Swiss family Robinson. We will be looking at language use, sentence structure and vocabulary. Planning and writing a missing chapter.
GPS. Auxiliary verbs. Remember to go over se and ce words from last week and short vowel sounds.
French. Greetings
ICT/ RE. Making a presentation to explain the about the acts of Kirat Karne, Vand Chakna and Nam Japna
Science. The theory of evolution
Church on Tuesday.
PE. beyond sport- dance
It is really important that if you've found something hard in class this week or last week that you spend 10 minutes each night having another go at it. This will make it much easier the next time we come to use that knowledge.
Week Beginning Monday 2nd October 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 2nd Oct 2017 @ 5:57pm
Hello all :)
I hope that you have had a lovely day. This is what the meerkats are doing this week:
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Maths |
We are working on subtraction. |
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English |
We are reading another Supertato story and writing a newspaper report to recount the story. |
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Jigsaw |
We are making our Learning Charter. |
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Harvest |
It is our Harvest service in church at 2pm on Tuesday. We are singing Mr Scarecrow. |
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PE |
We are working on underarm throws. |
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Seasonal Changes |
We are learning about changes in weather across the seasons. |
Many thanks,
Miss Adamson
The week ahead, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Oct 2017 @ 9:44pm
It's going to be a busy week this week.
Spelling - words with the spelling patterns. E.g. ei (vein), eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (they).
Reading - literal questions, finding the evidence in the text.
English - biographies.
Maths - interpreting and drawing graphs, applying addition and subtraction skills.
Science - outside shadows, weather dependent.
P.E. swimming on Thursday and cricket on Friday
R.E. - exploring the messages within the Buddhist storyof the 'Buddha and the Injured Swan'.
Jigsaw - developing a learning charter.
On Tuesday afternoon we have our harvest service in church. Thank you to those who have already brought in donations.
On Friday we will be making our Enterprise food ready to sell at the end of the day after school. More details to follow.
Projects need to be in school on Friday as well please.
Mrs Catterall
Friday , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Oct 2017 @ 9:19pm
Today we completed our folk tales. We sat with a partner and shared our stories, supporting each other to check and edit our work. There was a lovely working atmosphere in class today well done Bongos.
