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Week 3, ending 22 September
Posted: Sep 21, 2023 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Niamh
Special Mention: Henry M
A special well done to these pupils!
Even the rainy weather has not been able to detract from our fabulous week in Oak Tree Class! Not only has this been the week for our first school visit in Y5, but we have also managed to excel ourselves in learning Place Value for Y5 AND worked tremendously hard to develop reading skills. I was truly impressed by the children’s progress in skimming and scanning during Wednesday’s lesson – these important skills will help each child become more proficient in locating valuable information in the future.
In PE, we devised fantastic gymnastic sequences in small groups and demonstrated each sequence to the class. This was a fine time to learn about how we can give each other ‘constructive criticism’ without being mean. I must say, the children were very complimentary to one another!
In Y5, we spend quite a lot of time at the start learning how to write neatly and legibly with a pen. Transferring neat handwriting skills from pencil to pen can be very tricky for lots of children, but gradually every child will have the chance to write with pen in all English and Humanities lessons in Year 5. (It is sometimes a good idea to ask Santa to bring a nice, blue handwriting pen (not biro, please) at Christmas…)
I shall try to put lots of Armley Mills photos on the class gallery – fingers crossed!
Homework this week is reviewing and demonstrating understanding of partitioning large numbers. This is a core skill in Y5 Place Value. There are also the usual weekly spellings.
(Next week for homework, the children will be asked to learn off by heart the first two verses of Charge of the Light Brigade - but I have sent a copy of the poem home this weekend, to allow them two weeks to learn it. It's quite a new skill to develop in Y5, so I am hoping that two weeks will be long enough.)
Our DT project this term relies on a whole host of long cardboard tubes (like kitchen roll and wrapping paper tubes). It would be great if you could scour the house for any of these and send them into school over the next two weeks.
Have a nice weekend,
Mrs Adrienne Amos