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Week 2, ending 15 November
Posted: Nov 14, 2024 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 2, ending 16 November
Reader: Toby
Special Mention: Bailey
Well done to these children!
A very busy week for us in UKS2! This week, the children have been listening to some good old-fashioned punk or punk pop songs. The Ramone’s classic number ‘Blitzkrieg’ seemed to be one of the most popular numbers. (Quite fitting considering we are studying WW2 this term!)
In English, we have continued to collect information for our non-chronological reports – pretty soon, they will be writing up their notes into a double-page spread. They are very excited about this!
In Maths, we have had to spend extra time revising Y3 and Y4 work on equivalent fractions. It is quite a tricky area at this stage in their learning; nevertheless, it is a concept that needs to be understood fully by Y5. It would be helpful if you could quiz your child on which fractions are equivalent to ½ etc
Netball skills and mini games have continued in PE and we are building up to a Netball Tournament, hopefully to be held in the final week of term.
At last, we have begun to plan possible meals to cook for the final part of our DT topic. The following website would help to give the children more interesting food choices – plain chicken, mashed potatoes and peas seems to be the most favoured WW2 meal idea at present….
https://the1940sexperiment.com/100-wartime-recipes/
Our highlight this week, I believe, was our topic day on Monday. The children were obviously struck by the number of names we saw on the plaques outside Yeadon Town Hall and they all created beautiful commemorative pebbles, containing the name of a local fallen soldier. They are currently on display in the school’s main reception area if you would like to peek through the window to see them! Lots of lovely, thought-provoking activities happened throughput the day and did seem to encourage the children to acknowledge why we remember on 11 November each year.
More exciting topic work next week – we are holding UKS2’s first Living Museum on Wednesday. If you/your family have any WW2 artefacts that your child is confident enough to share with us, we would love to see it/them. Here is some information you may find useful:
On Wednesday, 20 November, we are holding our Living Museums in the UKS2 classrooms as part of our WW2 topic. This is a great opportunity for the children to bring in any WW2 memorabilia that you/your family may have.
Here are some possible artefacts you may send in.
- Medals
- Letters/Diaries
- Photographs
- Military uniform items
- Ration books/Home Front memorabilia
- Any other WW2-era artefacts
If your child is taking part in this exciting venture, then for this weekend, your child’s homework task is to research a little about the item(s) and to record/present these facts - maybe a poster could be created? Or flashcards with information? Your child will be standing with their artefact and talking about it to the visiting children from Years 5 and 6.
And also to the parents from 3.20 to 3.50. You are welcome to come into the UKS2 classrooms at the end of school and see the artefacts on display and listen to the children talking about them.
We really hope that by looking at genuine artefacts from the era of 1939-1945, the children will gain an even better understanding of our key topic question: I wonder how WW2 affected families in Yorkshire.
It was lovely to see the children 'dress down' for today - Children in Need Day.
Also - do remember that next week is a slightly shorter week – we have a training day on Friday.
Have a lovely weekend.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos