This week in the classroom

4th April

We have had a wonderful week in the sunshine to finish the term!

The children have finished their reports on the ‘skywhisker’ and are ready to plan for their own fictional Amazon creature. In reading, we are nearly at the end of our class book, ‘The Explorer’. The children can’t wait to find out how it finishes after the holidays.

In maths we have done more work on percentages and the Y6 children have worked on finding the mean.

In geography, we finished our unit on the Amazon by looking at what life is like for indigenous people living in the rainforest. We compared our lives to theirs and discussed how life is changing for indigenous people in the modern world.

In computing, we finished our unit on 3D design by creating a house. The children were absolutely amazing at this and their designs were incredible!

We finished off the week with a few games of rounders outside and some much needed play in the sunshine for our attendance reward.

Well done Year 5/6, we hope you have a wonderful Easter holiday!

30th March

This week, the children have been busily writing their non-chronological reports on the ‘Skywhisker’, a fictional animal from the Amazon rainforest. They have used their imagination and creativity to write some excellent sections about the appearance and habitat of these curious creatures!

In reading, we have read further into our class book, ‘The Explorer’ and have focused on our understanding of the text. We have unpicked vocabulary that is new, answered inferential questions and we have retrieved facts.

In maths, we continued to practise finding percentages. We have looked at a number of different strategies for finding different percentages of numbers and we have also looked at questions in context. The children have become much more confident with this!

In geography, we looked at the life cycle of the Brazil nut tree, looking at how different creatures in the Amazon are vital to its survival. We discussed the impact of taking different parts of the life cycle out, realizing that everything plays its own unique role.

In computing we have started designing our final 3D design – a house. The children will be working with partners next week to complete this on Tinkercad and I am really excited to see the results!

We finished off the week with some running and circuit training. The children showed some excellent team work and sportsmanship during some very close relay races. Well done Year 5/6!