Our morning activities this week have been focused on brushing up on our basic writing skills in preparation for our final writing of the term.  Handwriting has also been in sharp focus.

Elsewhere in the curriculum we have been studying the following subjects:

Maths – Ratio and scale

English – We completed our independent write.

Guided reading – focused on retrieval questions 

Science and History – end of unit assessments 

Geography – Explore the South Pacific

PSHE – Social media and keeping safe

PE - Football

We are halfway through the term and are finding history and the exploration of the Industrial Revolution fascinating. We have tried to recreate the action of a steam engine using an empty bottle, a balloon, a straw and a cup. We had to use our imagination, but we all had a much better understanding by the end of the day. 

Maths - Ratio

English – We have made a start on planning our independent writing.

Science – The phases of the moon 

History – The importance of coal and iron 

Geography – The position of New Zealand across fault lines and the impact of earthquakes

Guided Reading – The theme has been dragons as we look at retrieval questions

PE - Football 

Handwriting – Year 5 /6 statutory spelling words

Out of this world! 

This week year 5/6 took a trip into space when Star Lincs brought their mobile planetarium to school. The exciting visual display of the night sky brought our Astronomy topic a little closer. We discovered that the Great Red Spot on Jupiter is actually a storm. It covers an area far greater than our planet. We also learnt that gravity keeps all planets orbiting the sun. 

Elsewhere in the curriculum we covered:

Maths: Division of fractions

English: Figurative language as our main character 'Fred' in The Explorers, seeks to lead his friends out of the Amazon rainforest.

Guided Reading: Learning new vocabulary and vocabulary retrieval 

Science: Astronomy

History: Cotton Spinning during the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the Water Frame by Richard Arkwright.

Geography: New Zealand and the lives and customs of the native Maori people. We particularly enjoyed the Haka.

RSHE: We identified ways to look after our mental health and had some very healthy class debates.

PE: Tennis 

It's the last week of a busy term, and we will be full steam ahead until the very last lesson Friday, trying to fit in as much learning as we can! 

This week our curriculum has covered:

English – We have finished our independent writing and included dialogue, adverbials, metaphors and feelings.

Maths – Using cubes to help us compare the volume of compound shapes

Guided reading – Practising 3 mark questions 

Science – Finishing up our experiment with friction

History – Assessment on the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Geography – Assessment of Australia

PE - Rugby and Basketball

PSHE - Understanding eating habits

This week we welcomed Rock Kidz into school. Rock Kidz gives Primary Schools all over the UK the opportunity to raise the profile of well-being and PSHE in their community through the power of music. The first session in the morning culminated in a Dance Battle between the year 5/6 teachers, who gave it their all and the pupils. After an audience vote and some stiff competition, a pupil from 5/6H won – whoop whoop!

Elsewhere in the curriculum we studied:

Maths – areas of triangles

English – we focused on dialogue, adverbial phrases and personification as we continued our sentence stacking.

Guided reading – our retrieval and inference centred around the work of J. K. Rowling

History – we continued to look into the slave trade and wrote a letter home explaining life on the plantations

Science – a secret mission had us helping Jamie Bond work out which surface gives him the best grip as we delve deeper into forces.

Geography – looking further away from home, we explored the regions and cities that make up Australia.

P.E. - Basketball 

Spring has sprung in 5/6 H, and we have settled well into the new term.  The first week back is always filled with excitement as we find out our curriculum for the weeks ahead.

Maths - Perimeter and area

English - our new text driver for this term is Gorilla

Guided reading - we were introduced to Sunshine Simpson as we explored new vocabulary, retrieved answers and applied our inference skills.

Science – Forces, specifically air resistance when we explored how parachutes work.

History - Transatlantic Slave Trade

Geography - Australia

RSHE - Vaping and the its effects

P.E. - Baskball recap