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Week 2, ending 15 September
Posted: Sep 15, 2023 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Noah
Special Mention: Violet
Well done to these pupils! :)
This week has been a really settled and happy week. It has been remarkable how mature the children have been since moving up to Y5 – this bodes well for a successful year. Well done, Oak Tree Class!
In Maths, we have been developing our knowledge and skills in Place Value, learning how to recognise numbers up to 1,000,000. In English, we have been writing a piece of narrative, where we have described images of Victorian street children, which builds nicely on from our class novel, Street Child. I have been very impressed by the vocabulary that so many of the children use – it is clear that many of them are avid readers!
In our topic session, we placed the Victorian period on a timeline. This skill of chronology is so important in primary school education. We also looked for evidence of Victorian features in pictures.
Just to remind you, we plan to go to Armley Mill next Friday and we hope that you will encourage your child to dress as a Victorian to help with the atmosphere! The children will require a packed lunch too. (This does not have to be Victorian styled, though!)
As well as the weekly spellings to find and learn, for homework this week the children will be doing a little bit of research in preparation for our visit - it would be great if you could please enable them to find a suitable device to do some internet research before Wednesday, when it is due to be handed in. Thank you in advance.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Adrienne Amos