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Weekly Update - 10.3.23
Posted: Mar 9, 2023 by: Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
This week Year 5 have been busy practising for "Joseph" as their performance gets closer. I can't wait to see it myself!
Year 6 have also been busy at home with their applications for the Book Fair Takeover Team. Each year we host a Scholastic book fair in school but last year was the first time Year 6 had been involved in the organisation of it. It was a great success so we are doing it all over again this time!
In school, we have been writing balanced arguments about the use of palm oil - an issue which is often debated in the news and links well with out recent rainforest topic. Ash Tree have been given an extra piece of "homework" this week which is to look at products around their homes to see if they contain palm oil and if it sustainably sourced or not. We found out this week that due to palm oil production and deforestation over 25 orangutans are killed each day. Ash Tree Class now desperately want to "adopt" an orangutan with the WWF so look out for further updates to see if we succeed with this!
In maths, Mrs Trotter's group have been learning about area, perimeter and volume. Miss Bairstow's group have been learning about equivalent fractions and decimals.
Have a good weekend!
Miss Bairstow