Class 11: Blog items
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 1:38pm
Year 5 have had a great week in our learning. We've made some beautiful stories on Little Red Riding Hood in the form of powerpoint books and folded binded books. Alongside this we have made some really fascinating diagrams on the lifecycles of birds, amphibians and mammals. Can you ask your child if they can remember the 7 type of animal?
Next week we have a great trip lined up to visit an author which will be a brilliant enrichment activity that we are really looking forward to to widen our literary horizons.
Please can you make sure that you have returned the Road Safety letters that were sent home so that your child can particpate in the activities.
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 12:57pm
It was a super exciting afternoon in Class 11 when we kicked off our preparation for the Oldham Shakespeare festival. We started our enrichment into Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' by exploring the setting of the play, the land of Illyria.
First, we mapped out the borders of the island with string and then we plotting the key geogrpahical features of our Illyria. Mountains, beaches and palaces were key features of the stunning scene of our play. We then explored the theme of deception in the play and about how the trope runs deep through not only the characters and plot but within the island itself.
Some of our favourite were:
'Illyria, a land where there is peace and harmony everywhere and the cities are glorious, but really there there are many backstabbers who are plotting for King Orsino's death.'
'Illyria, a land where the fruit is juicy and succulent but when you bite inside, CRUNCH, there are cockroaches inside.'
Illyria, a land that seems peaceful and beautiful, but behind closed doors, war is taking place.'
We're really looking forward to further exploring 'Twelfth Night'. The performance will be taking place at Middleton Arena on Wednesday 19th of July. Ticket information will be released soon!
Date: 8th May 2023 @ 6:01pm
We hope that you all enjoyed the King's coronation and that you were able to spend the bank holiday with your friends and family.
It's been a great week in year 5, with some fantastic progress being made. We have loved expanding our knowledge in foundation subjects, learning more a range of fascinating subjects including Queen Victoria and life cycles.
Class 11 loved their launch into the world of Shakespeare and we're looking forward to delving deeper into the world of 'Twelfth Night' before the Oldham Shakespeare Festival in July.
Date: 2nd May 2023 @ 4:58pm
Happy bank holiday weekend.
We hope that you all had a fantastic weekend and enjoyed the extra day off with your friends and families. We're reflecting on a really challenging week, which ended with some superb diary entry big writes as well as conquering some multiplying two digit by three digit numbers. We are mega impressed and proud of how well you've done. We also loved watching you enjoy orienteering around the school and creating some wonderful illustrations in art. We know we have lots of exciting things coming up so keep on being enthusiastic, engaging and outstanding learners.
Date: 23rd Apr 2023 @ 10:57am
Eid Mubarak! We hope that you have a fantastic weekend celebrating with your families and friends.
It's been a great start to the half term and we've been so impressed with how well you have all got back into the flow of things so quickly. We can't wait to see all of the amazing things you're going to do over the next half term, particularly in our new topic... The Victorians!
Date: 30th Mar 2023 @ 10:58am
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Year 5 have been writing newspaper reports this week, all about the storms of 2022. We have been writing headlines and getting eye witness acounts of Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice.
In maths, we have been looking at percentages and we have all been putting 100% into our work.
During our PE lessons, Year 5 have created a dance relating to our topic on rivers.
Over the Easter break, we will be looking at the Victorians. Can your child create a project over the holidays all about Victorian life? This could be a poster or a model - the choice is up to you. #BeAnExpertLearner
Date: 10th Mar 2023 @ 1:59pm
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 7:17am
Class 11 have had a fantastic week reading the book, titled the Wind in the Willows.
The children have hot- seated Mr Toad, asked questions and demonstrated empathy.
In Topic we have been exploring France and types of holiday that can be taken there. The children have created promotional holiday posters.
What a fantastic week we have had.
Date: 23rd Feb 2023 @ 1:57pm
This week is Curriculum Week and Class 11 are basing all their learning on a story titled "A River- by Marc Martin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRcKPpqeKx4
The children have made a setting on the river in a box, and added a vocabulary in word art. The children have also written about the water cycle and rivers. The photgraphs are just some of the super work Class 11 have produced.
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Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 2:54pm
After all the fun of our France Day, we have got stuck into our new topic. We have been looking at the regions of France and what the country is famous for.
In Literacy this week we have been writing all about the life cycle of a butterfly or a frog. Did you know that a butterfly tastes with its feet and frogs have super stretchy tongues to eat its prey?
It's been all about division this week with Year 5 working on some super challenging problems.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 1:01pm
Wow what a week.
We have started our topic all out France. We carried out our 'Wow Starter,' which involved carrying out our own research. We found out some amazing facts about France including France is the most visited country in the world. The children got to taste some French foods including brie and coissants.
In English we have been writing alternative endings to the book Madeline.
Maths has involved some very tricky multiplications. Can you solve this question 47 x 32?
Thank you for your continued support
The Year 5 Team.
Class blog- Week ending- 05.01.2023
Date: 8th Jan 2023 @ 3:44pm
This week the children have returned from their Christmas break and have been revising addition and subtraction, with a focus on place value. We started with column addition and subtraction and then moved on to two step problems.
In English the children have looked at the book titled "Madeline" and have written Character description. They have been developing their writing skills by including adjectives, adverbs and imagery among other features to bring the text to life.
Year 5 have returned back to school, focused and determined to make 2023 a FANTASTIC YEAR!
Class blog- Week ending 16/12/22
Date: 18th Dec 2022 @ 7:09pm
What a lovely end to the Winter term! Thank you to everyone for their behaviour over the week which allowed us to be able to do everything festive that we had planned. We were mega impressed by the Christmas cracker performances which attests to the hard work done to learn the words and dance moves to the songs and we loved the Christmas party (especially the visit from Santa with his gifts of new books!).
Please do keep on reading, find a book that interests you or on something that you want to learn more about. Oldham library on Greaves Street is a great place to go to get access to more books with a vast range of genres. You could also spend some time on SumDog or TT Rockstars so that when you come back you are still sharp and ready to learn.
Well done to you all for your efforts over the whole term and we hope that you enjoy a very well earnt rest over the next two weeks.
We can't wait to see you all again in 2023!!!
Class blog- Week Ending- 9.12.22
Date: 11th Dec 2022 @ 8:25pm
It's been a wonderful week as Classes 11 and 12 were fortunate enough to be able to travel to Queen Elizabeth Hall to see a live orchestra perform the music from the 'The Snowman'. It was an incredibly enriching experience and we hope that there might be some inspired musicians in our class. We also enjoyed our Christmas fayre and Christmas jumper days and the festivities will continue next week in the last week of term.
Class blog- Week Ending- 2.12.22
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 5:26pm
This week has been challenging for the students as they have been put through their paces with assessments in Maths and English. We are very proud of everyone's attitude and approach to the assessments which can be daunting and are sure that it will show the rewards of the hard work and progress that we see in their work every week.
Outside of this we have been studying the life of Charles Dickens and have written biographies on the life of one of Britain's most renowned authors. It has certainly been a change of pace after four weeks of looking and writing our own fables and legends but everyone has adapted very well and demonstrated their abilities to understand the changes which need to take place when writing for different audiences and purpose. To read more into the life of Charles Dickens or to recap on what we have been learning in class, check out this website: Who was Charles Dickens? - BBC Bitesize
Some of Dicken's works have been made into easy-to-watch youtube videos. Here are the links of some to watch to help to deepen your knoweldge and acquaint yourself with his stories.
A Christmas Carol Fairy Tales and Bedtime Stories for Kids in English - YouTube
Oliver Twist | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales - YouTube
Great Expectations Animated - YouTube
Class Blog- Week Ending - 25.11.22
Date: 27th Nov 2022 @ 8:35pm
On Thursday we were lucky enough to be able to go to the panto and it was great to see the children enjoying the show. Lots of singing and dancing along, "it's behind you" and "oh no you didnt"'s later we all had a great time. Well done to everyone for being really well behaved, responsible for the younger years during the walk to the theatre and for showing a really good image of the school, we're very proud of you!
In class we rounded off our 4 weeks of learining on fables and legends with a polished piece of writing a legend with our own alternate endings. The creative minds got to work and the progress from the first week's writing to the most recent is fantastic. Next week we will be starting to learn about Charles Dickens and if you want to get a headstart on your learning then have a look at these.
Charles Dickens | Biography, Books, Characters, Facts, & Analysis | Britannica
Who was Charles Dickens? - BBC Bitesize
Charles Dickins Facts | Newsround | CBBC - Bing video
Class Blog- Week Ending - 18.11.22
Date: 19th Nov 2022 @ 7:31pm
This week Year 5 started the week by wearing odd socks to raise awareness of and kickstart anti-bullying week. By wearing odd socks we celebrated uniqueness, to symbolise that we are all different and that children should be themselves, accepting of one another and celebrate difference. We continued our learning of anti-bullying in our weekly PSHE lesson. To continue your learning you can watch this 'live lesson' Anti-bullying Week 2022 – Live Lesson - BBC Teach
Class Blog- Week Ending - 11.11.22
Date: 12th Nov 2022 @ 5:31pm
This week in English, we have been writing our own adaptaions of the fable 'The Rainbow Crow'
To watch an award winning animated version of the movie follow this link. (35) Crow: The Legend | Official Animated Movie [HD] | John Legend, Oprah, Liza Koshy - YouTube.
And to see the behind of the scenes of how the movie was made you can follow this link (35) Inside Baobab Studios: Behind the Scenes of Rainbow Crow (VR Animated Film) - YouTube. It might inspire you following on for your own stop-motion animation movie-making in Computing.
Throughout the week, we improved our witing skills by learning about a range of new sentance openers, sequencing stories and brushing up on the use of dialogue in our writing. At the end of the week the hard work of all of the class culminated in a big write of our own fables.
Year 5's creativity and interest has shone through with some brilliant pieces of work. We're very proud of what they have come up with, be sure to ask about it at home.
Well done Year 5, a fantastic start to English this term, look forward to our next focus, 'The Sea Serpent's Daughter'.
Class Blog- Week Ending - 20.10.22
Date: 18th Oct 2022 @ 10:29am
This week we have been learning all about Black History Month- for Curriculum Week.
We started the week with a wonderful assembly and then began learning all about the Windrush Generation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/43793769
Please click on the link to find out more and ask your child some questions about it.
During the week the children have been creative, making hats for our Notting hill "style" Carnival, painting Caribbean art and studying the journey to England for the Caribbean Islands.
The children have also learnt -all about the racism and discrimination, that the Windrush generation faced, when they arrived in England, after World War 2.
Our children have been amazing, thoughtful in knowledgeable. They have been very empathetic, compassionate and understanding too.
Well done Year 5!
Class Blog- Week Ending - 14.10.22
Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 1:00pm
This week in Class 14 we have done some super maths learning all about Fractions. The class have done so well and we are very proud!
In English we have been continuing with our creative writing based on 'Macbeth'. The children in year 5 have a passion for William Shakespeare's work. It is wonderful to see.
In Computing This week we have had a fantastic time developing our stop motion animations.
Class Blog- Week Ending -07.10.22
Date: 4th Oct 2022 @ 8:45pm
In English, this week, the children have been writting a biography all about William Shakespeare.During their lessons they have been gathering, planning and organising their information. The children have been making sure that they have written in chronological order.
In Maths, the children have been dividing, using the division bracket and have been exploring remainder, The children have inpressed us with knowledge, progress and skills.
Class Blog- Week Ending -30.9.22
Date: 25th Sep 2022 @ 4:49pm
This week wIill be working on multiplication in Maths and in English we will be researching information all about William Shakespeare.
Please ask your child to share their facts that they have learnt. Next week the children will be using their facts to create biographies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/zbj3sk7
In Computing, this week, the children will be creating storyboards for their Stop motion animations. We are all very excited to get started!
Class Blog- Week Ending -23.9.22
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 9:07am
This week we have been working on subtraction in Maths and in English we have been writing a scene from a story, titled "The boy the bear, the baron and the Bard.
Please ask your child to describe their setting for you or ask them which speech they will be using, in the scene.
In Science, the children are exploring gravity and the children are using force meters.
As part of our Tudor topic, the children have been writing a diary, as if they were taking part in the Battle of Bosworth.
Here is a link to gravity for you to watch and share with your child.
What is gravity? - BBC Bitesize
Next week the children will be looking at Fiction.
Here are a few videos to get a head, with friction,
BBC - Search results for friction
Class Blog- Week Ending -16.9.22
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 8:53am
Class 11 have been learning all about stop motion animation.
They have researched what it is and they have also watched animations which use this method of filming.
Watch this space for some of the children's super atempts.
Take a look...
How To Make Stop Motion Animation - Bing video
Class Blog- Week Ending -9.9.22
Date: 11th Sep 2022 @ 4:09pm
This week we welcome Mr Rose to class 11. He will be teaching in class 11 and is looking forward to getting to know the children over the next few weeks.
We have had a fantastic first week in Class 11. We have explored the story 'The Secret Lake' in Literacy and we have been recapping our understanding of the four rules of number in Maths.
As an introduction to our new topic, The Tudors, we created the Battle of Bosworth. In Science we have explored Forces and in PSHE we have created class rules.
Miss Cummins and Mr Rosel are so proud of Class 11 and the super start they have had to Year 5!
