This week was the first week back. We had changes of timetable to get used to and we are now all very tired.

This week we enjoyed:

-designing a name badge for the back of our new I-pads.

-exploring the apps on our new I-pads.

-learning about angles and finding them in our environment using our cameras.

-P.E. We played netball.

-our first 2 SRA reading sessions

-making a 3D cube to display our holiday writing on

-learning about written strategies for subtraction

Today P5 shared their learning with P6/5. P6/5 were taught a number of fun games to play in the playground. We then had fun playing these games as a whole year group.

This week we finished our alternative front covers for Max and the Millions. We had great fun completing this task and the 2 winning designs voted for by the class are above. Well done Coco and Rudi.

We have also enjoyed:
-writing a description about a fantasy setting. We learned about similes and how to use them to up-level our descriptions.
-learning origami and making cubes. It was a challenging lesson and some of us were stuck in the learning pit for a while. We all make it out though. This was part of an online, live lesson.

If you would like to watch the lesson again, here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qiFhCzCnqc&feature=youtu.be

You can only watch until Thursday.

-making skeletons of 3D shapes using straws and Plasticine
-P.E. where we watched a video clip of an athlete to help us with our jumping and relay skills.
-Handwriting
-learning about the sense of touch. We explored the playground on a touch scavenger hunt.
-Art. We have been learning to draw bugs. We hope to have a display up with these next week. Look out for photos.

We have been inspired by our live maths lesson to continue with origami.

Below is a video link for a tricky origami crane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm7SZoCczfw

Below is a video link to create an origami dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXE1OluMfZU

Could you try some other origami designs? Take some pictures of your work and post them on the blog for us to see.

Today we took part in a live maths lesson with many other schools across the country as part of maths week.

We were challenged to think about our knowledge of 3D shapes. We had to use origami to create a cube.

We learned how important the “learning pit” was. Most of us failed the first time and we had to try again. We needed to use a number of strategies to support as. We had to keep a positive mindset throughout in order to be successful.

We have been inspired by our novel to look more closely at insects. This is an example of honey bees we drew. We had to add shade and highlight to make the bee look 3D. We are looking forward to doing more next week and using the natural environment to inspire us. We also learned about the anatomy of insects.

We have also enjoyed:

-P.E. We were working on our jumping and took part in the long jump.

-Writing descriptions of an imaginary character. We had to use lots of adjectives this week.

-Designing alternative front covers for our class novel.

-Learning to subtract in maths. We played dice games and took part in a maths relay.

-Handwriting. We are all working hard to improve our joins.

-Music. We were performing and recording our beat sequences.

-Beginning our new class novel. “The midnight gang” by David Walliams.

Happy Birthday to Lloyd!

This week we have enjoyed:

-Music. We were learning about beat sequences.

-P.E. We were working on our stamina.

-finishing our class novel, Max and the Millions. Most of us really enjoyed it.

-discovering our sense of smell. We went for a “smelly” walk in the playground and were amazed at what we found.

-looking on the bright side. This week we had to reflect daily on what made us happy.

-handwriting. We focused on the size and joins in our letters.

-completing our description texts on our chosen animal.

-creating 3D shapes and learning about the properties. (Face, Edge and Vertex)

-Maths. We took part in a maths relay to help us with our addition.

Happy Birthday to Milo!

We finally completed our Batman portrait. We each made one section and collaborated to piece it together.

It is based on the artwork of Chuck Close.

We are very proud of it!

This week we learned about the eye. We labelled a diagram then took part in some fun experiments to test our eyes.

We have also been busy designing our Christmas cards. We had to think creatively and be very careful when colouring.

We have also enjoyed:

-working collaboratively to create one large piece of art. (Look out for the finished piece next week.)

-learning about addition in maths. We have been challenged to add several large numbers together at once. We have focused this week on explaining the strategies we use to solve questions.

-P.E. We were working on our athletics skills again.

-learning about literal questions. We had to answer in sentences and we were challenged to create our own literal questions.

-Music. P6 have been using Garage band to create their own music. P5 are making their own pattern sequences in groups.

-Handwriting. We are working hard to practice our joins and earn pen licences.

-Writing our description text about Fleas. Some thought they were fascinating; some thought they were disgusting.

-learning about proper nouns and common nouns.

We have been very busy this week. We have been looking at perspective and designed our own names so they look 3D.

In health and well-being we have been thinking about what we are thankful for. We created thank-you cards to deliver to some special people around the school.

We have also enjoyed:

-Playing “Fakey” at P.E. which helps us to stop and start quickly.

-Learning to double numbers and looking for patterns to add lots of small numbers together.

-Learning about Beethoven and his life. We found out he was deaf but still managed to compose music. We took notes.

-Writing a description text about Beethoven. We worked as a class.

-Music where we learned the macerena.

-Learning about nouns and adjectives. We had to locate examples in our class novel, “Max and the Millions”.

-Working with lines of symmetry in patterns and 2D shapes.

-Practising our handwriting. Three people have earned a pen license.

-Learning more signs in British sign language.