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Week 5, ending 19 May
Posted: May 19, 2023 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Well done to these pupils from Oak Class!
Reader of the Week: Charlie
Special mention Pupil: Joseph
Wow! Wow! Wow! What a fantastic week we have had in Oak Tree Class! We definitely did some Maths and English – all going very well at this point in the term – but the highlight has totally been our ‘Day of Art’ on Wednesday. Mr Laughton came to Rufford Park Primary and helped the children learn much more about birds and their feathers, as well as instructing the children to create amazing images of birds. The children made detailed sketches from actual feathers first, then they used chalk pastels and created impressive bird images on black card.
After Mr Laughton had demonstrated strategies for drawing a bird (a kingfisher), Oak Tree pupils spent much of the afternoon drawing a detailed sketch of a bird of their choice. These results were stunning. I was so proud of how well they interacted with our visitor (he said he thought they were very well behaved and a ‘fun’ class!) and was impressed with how much they had learned from the morning’s activities.
In Science, due to our topic on the circulatory system, we identified all the components of blood and had a go at making it! Such fun! Quite gross, but we loved it. Your child should now know all about the components of blood AND be able to tell you about how our blood becomes oxygenated (now our favourite scientific word!).
PE has also been splendid this week – more athletics (this time we worked on Throwing) and we had yet another super Dance session with Alex on a Friday afternoon. Again, another visiting teacher who seems to enjoy working with Oak Tree Class.
Homework is Spellings and Maths again. The Maths is all about Area, which we have been working on for the past couple of weeks.
Have a lovely weekend – let’s hope the sun shines.
Surely it is nearly Summer?!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos