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Weekly Update 29.6.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
We have had another really busy week in 5/6!
All the children in Year 6 have been busy completing Bikeability as they learn how to cycle safely. When they haven't been out cycling they have been rehearsing for the leavers' production and sound to be doing a great job!
Some Year 5 children visited the ALPT art exhibition on Wednesday morning with Mrs Millen. They had a go at some art activities organised by the secondary schools and had chance to browse the exhibition. They enjoyed their trip out and represented the school well.
Also representing the school this week was half of Y5 book club. They attended an event at Horsforth library on Wednesday afternoon which was run by the Leeds Book Awards team. The books we are reading this time are taken from the LBA shortlist and so far we are really enjoying them! The children were "LBA detectives" and had to work with children from other schools to complete a range of activities linked to the three books.
Finally, we would love to share with you some of the fantastic artwork we did this week. We have been completing artwork linked to birds this term and this week we printed feathers. We used our observational drawings of feathers from our previous lesson to design a feather on a polystyrene tile and then applied printing ink to create beautiful feather prints. We practised in our sketchbooks and chose to mix our inks in different shades of blue to create a collaborative kingfisher piece of art.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)
Weekly Update 23.6.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
We had a slightly shorter this week due to the teacher training day. I hope you all enjoy your long weekend!
We enjoyed finishing our artwork this week for the ALPT art exhibition. I hope some of you are able to visit! Some Year 5's will be visiting next week with Mrs Millen.
Next week is a busy week for Year 5 as some members of book club will be attending an event at Horsforth Ballroom with me as part of Leeds Book Awards.
Year 6 have also been busy as they have started practising for their production now parts have been allocated!
We have an exciting few weeks ahead!
Miss Bairstow :)
Weekly Update 16.6.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
This week we have been feeling the heat upstairs in Ash Tree! Please make sure if this lovely weather continues your child has a named water bottle in school every day and any other things they may need like suncream/hat.
We enjoyed finishing our leaflets in English and publishing them with some beautiful illustrations.
In maths, Mrs Trotter's group have been problem solving and completing a White Rose maths Year 6 project called "The Bakery". Miss Bairstow's group have been measuring angles by learning how to use a protractor correctly.
In science on Thursday we continued learning about the heart and its function by completing a heart rate experiment. The children worked in pairs to take their resting pulse rate and then one partner did 2 minutes of exercise and they measured their pulse rate again with the other partner working out the BPM (beats per minute) to see how exercise affected heart rate.
In other news... Year 6 are very excited for their first "Grow a Fiver" market day on Monday. I am excited to see their projects and if they make good entrepreneurs! And some children in Year 5 are thrilled to have started Year 6 book club early this year and received their first book on Tuesday! In order for the club to run successfully, please make sure if your child has a book they take good care of it and it is always in school.
Enjoy the weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)