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Week 4, ending 28 June
Posted: Jun 26, 2024 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Amber
Special Mention: Tom
A super well done to these children!
Grunge music has greeted the children each morning as they have arrived this week – many children have mentioned how their parents have liked certain songs! They themselves did not seem too keen though…..!
In English, we are making good progress in planning how to retell the Ancient Greek myth, Medusa and Perseus. This is likely to be our final major piece of writing, so we are aiming to write to impress! It is hoped that all the children will try their hardest to include all that they’ve learned about writing in Y5. Watch this space!
More work on decimals in maths for Oak Tree Class. Again, this mathematical concept will be more of a focus in Y6, but it’s good to get the children familiar with decimals at this stage. Some have a great grasp of it already! Lucky y6 teachers!
In our Ancient Greek topic session (history), the children focused on the subject of ‘Legacy’ this week. In groups, they researched key elements of Greek legacy (Architecture, Olympics, Philosophy, Language and Democracy) and then we ended our session (in true Ancient Greek style) with a debate about which element is the greatest legacy. They did very well indeed!
In PSHE, we talked about how stereotypes can lead to unkind behaviour – how you don’t have to be a girl to like pink, or be a boy to play football. In pairs, the children created STOP and START signs, where they talked to each other about behaviour that needs to stop in society (eg teasing someone for their gender expression) and also behaviour that needs to be started (eg being friendly to children who appear ‘different’, using only kind words). This was a great session and I was very proud of their mature responses.
I hope you have a lovely weekend – we are heading to Benton Park High School next Wednesday afternoon to see their school show, ‘School of Rock’. This should be fun! And is also a chance for our Y5s to look inside a high school, if they haven’t already done so.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
PS you might like to know that the New Parent Packs went out this week - and each one included a fabulous persuasive leaflet about RPPS, written by one of the children from Oak Tree Class. Proud Teacher Moment #3921