Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 4, ending 16 May
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Week 3, ending 9 May
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Well done to these pupils!
Reader of the Week: Syd
Special Mention Pupil: Morgan
100% Attendance Award:
Powerful ballads have started our mornings off all week – Meatloaf being the firm favourite amongst Oak Tree Class, I believe!
In Maths, we have begun a unit called Statistics. This week, we have been drawing, reading and interpreting line graphs; next week we look at interpreting tables, as well as another arithmetic test. We have continued to draft our leaflets for our Y2 pupils, and next week we hope to finish writing them and finally publish them too, before sharing with one of our young buddies! We shall also be delving more into our class novel, Darwin’s Dragons. The story has been exciting up to now.
By far, the big event in school this week has been our celebration of VE Day. The children really entered into this with thought and sensitivity, I am pleased to report. Our day on Thursday was spent entirely considering what it must’ve been like for children in 1945 – I hope they came home telling you all about our activities. It was also so pleasing to realise how much information they all remembered from our first Y5 topic on World War Two.
There are some pictures on our school Facebook page: Rufford Park Primary School and Nursery.
I hope you have a super weekend!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 2, ending 2 May
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Reader of the Week: Shae
Special Mention Pupil: Toby
100% Attendance Prize: Lillian
Well done to these pupils!
What an effective week we have had! Our class music theme has been ‘funk music’ and it has certainly set us all up for full and funky lessons!
Our tricky Maths unit on Area and Perimeter has been finished – hurray! We spent an enjoyable ‘Round Robin’ style lesson today, ensuring we know how to find the area and the perimeter of any rectilinear shape. I was very impressed by their learning!
It would be really helpful if you could help your child recall these simple conversions for percentages:
½ = 0.5 = 50%
1/10 = 0.1 = 10%
1/5 = 0.2 = 20%
¼ = 0.25 = 75%
¾ = 0.75 = 75% and any other related facts.
It’s an area that the children still need much reminding.
In our English lessons, we have been researching and designing a special leaflet about Yeadon Tarn, which we plan to share/give to a Y2 child once finished. This task will have been made much easier after our visit to the tarn on a gloriously sunny Wednesday! What a fabulous day we had!
Our ukulele lessons continued – we are looking at and working on playing Low Rider and Three Little Birds, in preparation for our Big Y5 Ukulele Gig (more details to follow!).
Homework this week is more on spelling strategies (I spoke with lots of you at Parents' Evening about how these can help improve spelling recall), work on Area and Perimeter and, of course, our weekly spelling list! All due back in on Wednesday.
Have a lovely long weekend! May the sun keep shining...
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 1, ending 25 April
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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