Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 1, ending 25 April
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Welcome back to school, after a lovely two weeks off!
Well done to these pupils!
Reader of the Week: Lillian
Special mention Pupil: Harrison
100% Attendance prize:
The children have returned to school in a really sensible manner – and we have spent some time discussing how this is the final term before they move up to Year 6. We have been talking about the qualities of a Quality Y6 child and decided that everyone is well on track to be a mature, reliable, and hardworking student in Y6! Good News!
In English lessons, we have begun to look at examples of our next writing text-type – leaflets. Next Wednesday, we will be taking a local walk to Yeadon Tarn to give us inspiration for our writing topic. It is due to be very hot! So please ensure your child has sun screen applied in the morning, brings a sun hat and has a bottle of water in school. Many thanks.
We have been spending time talking about the three key skills we use when demonstrating comprehension of reading: retrieval, deduction and inference. These would be helpful strategies/questions for parents to employ and encourage when hearing your child read. Please remember that at Rufford Park, we do encourage children to read five times each week. Even in Year 5! Each reading slot does not have to be with an adult, but we ask that at least once a week you hear your child read, so you can verify what they are recording in their Reading Records.
In Maths, we have begun a new unit on Perimeter and Area. Do ask your child if they can remember the catchy song to help remind us about the meaning of these two concepts.
Our French vocabulary on the The Classroom is increasing each week and in science, we explored the how micro-organisms can be both harmful AND helpful in our daily lives.
Homework continues in the Summer Term – once again, spellings and maths revision. If you know that your child still struggles with certain times tables (7s and 8s seem to be the pesky ones for Oak Tree pupils!), please spend some time (in the car, on the bus or even at the supermarket!).
Have a great weekend!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 6, ending 4 April
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Reader: Syd
Special Mention: Morgan
100% Attendance prize:
Phew! We made it – and in one piece!!
Jazz music has ended the term for us in Oak Tree Class – Ella Fitzgerald seemed to be the most preferred performer, I think.
In maths, we have continued to work hard by developing our understanding of percentages. This seemed to be very new to the children, so any consolidation you can do at home would be timely. Now that this unit is finished, the children should be able to answer every question on a Y5 arithmetic paper – let’s hope we see scores gradually increase throughout the summer term for all pupils.
In English, we have finished our class novel, the Explorer (hurray!) and there have been lots of activities accompanying this wonderful book. I hope the children talk to you about this story – they seem to have greatly enjoyed it. Katherine Rundell is a fine author.
We all enjoyed celebrating Bugsy Malone with our After Show Party and we are eagerly anticipating our Easter craft afternoon today.
I hope the Easter Bunny is good to you all – and you have lots of goodies to feast on!
Have a super Easter,
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 5, ending 28 March
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Reader: Seth
Special Mention: Max
Well done to these children!
100% Attendance prize:
House music has accompanied all our Early Bird Maths work each morning – Basement Jaxx seemed to get most heads bobbing in time to the beat!
Although Bugsy Malone has understandably dominated our week, we have also managed to learn more about decimal numbers in maths, finished publishing our balanced arguments about palm oil plantations.
The three performances of Bugsy this week have been incredible! I was so proud of each child and the important role they played – it seemed that everyone had a chance to shine. Many thanks, again, for your support with this show this term – from line learning and costume buying! From raffle ticket buying to attending the show – some of you even helping out with the FORP support. Wow! So amazing! I feel so lucky to be working with your children (and you!) – and many thanks for the flowers and gifts; I felt quite overwhelmed on Wednesday night. I know Mr Cooke has mentioned the show in his newsletter and that even more pics have been uploaded onto the RPPS and Nursery Facebook page.
Just one more week to go until Easter – and in this week we will be having a ‘Wrap Party’ following Bugsy - there should be a little A5 sized letter in their bags about this!! Some children from Y5 will also be involved in a Skipping Spectacular in school on Friday. Again, check bags for info!
And then two weeks and a day off school - phew! :)
Have a super weekend,
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 4, ending 21 March
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Reader: Matthew
Special Mention: Enid
Well done to these children this week!
100% Attendance prize: Noah
Soul Music has been the genre of the week, but it has to be said that we have spent quite a lot of time listening to and singing along to Bugsy Malone too.
It has been a week of exciting events this week! On Tuesday, we were lucky enough to visit Benton Park High School to watch the dress rehearsal for their show, We Will Rock You. We really enjoyed it – and lots of children said that they learned some good hints for their own performances next week in Bugsy!
We also had a visitor, Dr Dianne Davies, leading a special Maya workshop. She started with an informative assembly and then led each Y5/6 class in a fascinating workshop with Maya artefacts. It was amazing to learn from the number one expert in the country and I was so pleased to hear all the questions the children asked her, to enable them to understand more about each artefact.
As well as continuing our PE unit on Outdoor Adventurous Activities, each week we are also strengthening our core by a weekly Pilates/Yoga sessions, a Weekly Mile run and a Go Noodle session. It’s always good to see how open to these new ventures my class is.
It has been lovely to see parents on both Parents’ Evenings this – I hope you were all suitably impressed by the work that you saw in their books so far this year!
I look forward to seeing many of you next week at the Bugsy Malone productions. Here’s a reminder of the dates and times:
Tuesday, 25 March – 1.30pm
Tuesday, 25 March – 6pm
Wednesday, 26 March – 6pm
All children from Y5 must be in school by 5.30 each evening...
It is expected that the performances will end around 7.40pm
(Please do remember that we need everyone from Y5 to attend and participate in every performance – each person has a very valuable role to play!)
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 3, ending 14 March 2025
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Charlie
Special Mention: Enid
Congratulations to these hard workers this week!
100% Attendance Prize: Morgan
Gosh, it has been a busy week here at Rufford Park! The music genre that the children in Oak have been listening to has been ‘Legendary Bands’. The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones are among the tunes we have enjoyed.
In Maths, we have continued work on Decimals/Percentages, but we have also spent time doing our termly assessments. I will be able to speak with you about these at Parents’ Evening next week. (I hope you have booked a slot for Tuesday or Wednesday).
Our balanced arguments about palm oil continue in English lessons – we have been working especially hard to keep our language formal and to use relative clauses to add extra information. They are going to be a superb final piece of work, I think: one to be proud of.
DT this week had us all engaged in exploring cams and followers. (Every day is a school day....). We are looking forward to advancing these skills in our Animal Automata project.
Bugsy Malone rehearsals have continued for Y5 children – only a week or so to go now. Hopefully, all children can be at the two evening performances – it is really important you let me know as soon as possible if this is not the case. Most costumes have been brought in now – but if you haven’t managed to do this by today (Friday) could you please ensure it is brought into school on Monday?
Next week, we have the exciting opportunity to go to Benton Park High School to watch their performance of We Will Rock You (Tuesday morning) and also, an esteemed visitor, Dr Dianne Davies, will be visiting us to tell us all about the world of the Maya.
Homework this weekend is simply spellings and a letter-writing task. Details can be found in your child’s book bag…..
Have a great weekend
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos