Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 6, ending 13/14 February
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Kourtney
Special Mention: Ted G
Well done to these children this week!
Attendance raffle winner: Whole Class!
Our attendance in Oak Tree Class is not always in the 90 %s, so it is encouraging that the children have been determined to achieve a 'treat' at the end of this week for improved attendance. I really hope this continues next half term, as we cover a lot of important units in our work, preparing the children for Y6, along with, of course, much work on Bugsy Malone!
This week has been Internet Safety Week – and here is a link for you to follow and hopefully help to start a conversation with your children about this very important subject.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/parents-and-carers
We often spend time in discussion about how important it is that we keep ourselves as safe online, as we do irl (in real life!) and this week the children also learned more about how to recognise phishing and scams. Oak Tree Class took part in an online Live Lesson, courtesy of the BBC and it was exciting knowing that we were learning alongside thousands of other school children on Safer Internet Day.
Please see the following leaflet for more safety information about one of the most popular online games for our Y5 children: Roblox.
In maths, we have been continuing with fractions work, as well as working hard to improve arithmetic skills. If you know your child finds one area of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, please do try to spend some time this half-term encouraging them to practise. There is no homework, with it being half term, apart from Reading, of course.
Have a great half term,
Mrs Amos
Week 5, ending 7 February
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Ted M
Special Mention: Joseph
Well done to these children this week!
Attendance raffle winner: Ella
Rap and Hip Hop have greeted the children each morning – don’t worry though, I have vetted each and every song to ensure a ‘clean’ version has been played!
Maths has been finding fractions of quantities, which links very closely to previous work completed on division. After half term, we are also introducing an Arithmetic Test each fortnight in Y5. This is in a bid to prepare the children well for their prospective work in Y6; any help you can give your child in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions would be very helpful. Each child has the aim to improve the score (even by one mark!) each week.
On Tuesday, the children had a workshop session delivered to them by the Mental Health Team all about Resilience. They were extremely responsive and gave some super answers – I know the Mental Health team greatly enjoyed our session!
We have continued improving our Handball skills in PE. And we have spent a lot of time learning about the fabulous flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest, too. A very busy week!
Letters about costumes for Bugsy (and all the song words) will be sent home next week. Homework is Maths, Grammar and Spelling practice.
Have a lovely weekend.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 4, ending 31 January
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Katie
Special Mention: Matthew
Well done to these children this week!
Attendance raffle winner:
Still it’s January!! Another busy busy week in Oak Tree Class, but we really seem to be motoring through the Y5 curriculum and I’m seeing some great progress!
Our music genre this week has been Disco – and even though YMCA probably received the largest response, the Bee Gees ‘Stayin’ Alive’ had lots of heads bopping to the beat!
We have finally completed our rainforest poems and each child has produced a fantastic published version. We hope to display all of these soon.
Methods for short division have dominated in maths this week. Homework this week reflects this learning – please do support your child in these questions and encourage them to show all their working out. Spellings and Grammar homework, too.
We have continued learning the skills for Handball in PE and next week, there is hopefully going to be an intra-school Handball competition, which is very exciting! [Pray for good weather!!]
On Monday, as it was Holocaust Memorial Day across the world, we commemorated it in Oak Tree Class by learning a little about what ‘Holocaust’ means and how it related to our topic last term on WW2. The children then spent time considering the theme for this year: For a better Future. After creating a card butterfly, they all added key areas they though the world could do to create a better future. Some of their ideas were quite poignant: to end racism; for more to stand up for injustice; to take greater care of our planet; to learn from mistakes made in the past.
All of these butterflies will be displayed in our corridor.
Bugsy Malone rehearsals have really started to take off now! I hope the children are spending time learning their lines – all need to be memorised by the first week of next half term.
I hope you all enjoy your weekends – do remember that next Friday (14 Feb) is a Training Day at RPPS.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 3, ending 24 January
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Elliot Lavelle
Special Mention: Ella Eastwood
A super week for these children especially!
Attendance raffle winner: Matilda!
And STILL we are in January....As the children have come into class each morning, their ears have been assailed with the sounds of ‘Girl Power’ bands. It is probably no surprise to hear that the Spice Girls caused the best reaction!
In English lessons, we have been continuing to write a poem about the layers of the rainforest. The children have found it interesting to research facts about rainforests and are very enthusiastic. Hopefully, these pieces of work will be completed and published next week.
In Maths, work has begun on division– once again, it is clear that the children who have a ready knowledge of their times tables have found this unit much easier than those who don’t. Please spend times practising these at home, if your child struggles to recall these facts. 6x, 7x and 8x seem to be the weakest tables in Oak Tree Class. For Maths, some children will have Times Table homework this w/end; others will have division homework. All will have spellings and Grammar.
Along with PE, RE, French, Topic (Geography) and PSHE lessons we have had a busy week!
There will be more Bugsy information next week, but please check your child's bag for a letter about costumes for our production. Dates are also on this letter and Mr Cooke has added the to his newsletter too.
Enjoy your weekend,
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 2, ending 17 January 2025
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Dimo
Special Mention: Azhar
100% attendance prize raffle: Kourtney! A special well done to these children!
This week, Rock has been the genre of music the children have entered into class with. Foo Fighters seem to have been the most popular rock band, judging by the head banging I witnessed!
In English, we have begun our unit on poetry. Firstly, we have looked at figurative language used in poems and also a selection of poems about rainforests.
In Maths, we have continued working on Multiplication and Division, so any extra time you can find to spend on revising all those times tables (up to 12 x 12) will be time well spent. The grid method for multiplication has gone down a storm! (This method is part of the maths homework for this week – maybe some of you can remember learning this when you were in primary school….?)
In PE, we have started our unit on handball. The children work extremely well in these sessions and give their all at all times. Due to the icy/snowy conditions though, it had to be held indoors.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend – some of you will probably be listening to children learning words for our production of Bugsy Malone. The children have until half term to learn all their lines and cues – they are all so very keen, which is marvellous. Some may be a little disappointed about the role they have been given, but whatever their role, it will definitely be a fun show to participate in, so please do encourage them.
Homework is Maths, Spellings and Grammar this week.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos