P5B Class Blog December 2017

 

Our Fairtrade focus has now come to an end and we have been reflecting on what we’ve learned.  Needless to say everyone thoroughly enjoyed organising and running our Fizz Boom Fairtrade stall.  “By being a cashier we learned how to calculate people’s change,” said Finn.  Leena enjoyed being a sales adviser and using descriptive language to promote the products on sale to our customers.  Maya pointed out that they also developed their social skills through working together as a team and interacting positively with customers to ensure they were informed about the products, costs and where to pay.  Everyone was delighted with our final sales total of £1155 and our profit of £265 which was donated back to Fairtrade to support the work of the charity.

Sherwan, amongst others, has enjoyed learning more about figurative language.  So far we have focused on alliteration and onomatopoeia.  We have noticed lots of great examples while listening to our class novel, The Christmasaurus.  We have also been working hard on developing our skills in answering comprehension questions.  We have been practising taking time to read questions thoroughly; identifying key words and ensuring our answers come directly from the text, using our skimming and scanning skills to locate important information.

Corey is enjoying our work in Numbertalks where we have been developing a growth mindset while learning a range of multiplication strategies.  “I’ve learned that sometimes when you start to learn a new strategy it can feel like a snowstorm in your head.  Then as you do more it starts to settle down and when it has all settled you feel confident with the new strategy.”  Finn is finding the gird method easy to get to grips with and useful in solving larger multiplication problems.

We made 3D shape snowmen recently.  Hannah wasn’t sure what a shape net was before, “Now I know that a net is when the 3D shape is flattened out and you can see the shapes within it when it’s flat.”

All have enjoyed developing their coding skills through using Kodu to create a programme of instruction for a game.  Sumdog continues to be a popular way to develop a wide range of skills in Numeracy and Mathematics.

A huge thank you to Mrs Ali who came into class to teach us about Georges Seurat and Pointillism recently.  We enjoyed learning about how the artist developed and how colours can be blended using pointillism.  The children’s own pictures were very successful in creating new colours simply by printing the primary colours close together.  Dougal also enjoyed using clay to make Christmas tree decorations.

Phoebe though another fun activity was Superchair where we learned how to use mime to create a character and use objects for imaginative purposes, such as a chair as a telephone!

 

Awesome Achievers

Thanks to all those who have returned their completed booklets with their November achievements.  Recent accomplishments include caring for ill family members, learning new skills in skiing, taking increasing care over looking smart for school, coming second in the senior talent contest (Well done Scott!) and earning a medal in MMA.  Well done P5B!