This week’s star of the week is Ruby.
She has worked extremely hard in all curriculum areas, and we have seen a new confidence in her. She has such an amazing attitude to learning: ‘Her light bulb has ignited and she is on fire’ and it’s lovely to see her journey.
This week we have started our new geography unit where we used atlases and computers to learn about the 4 countries which make up the United Kingdom and their capitals. We researched a number of questions such as the population, national flags, land mass, and national flowers.
Our focus in maths is fractions, we have been learning how to convert mixed numbers into improper fractions and back. We have looked at fraction walls and equivalent fractions. We have also been on Soundcheck to prepare the Yera 4 for the multiplication test in June. All children are working extremely hard and should be proud of their scores.
I have attached a fraction wall and cards if you want to create your own at home:
In English, we are reading ‘The PaperBag Prince’ we have been able to describe the rubbish tip and the poison pool, Year 5 have been introduced to modal verbs and we have used a range of new vocabulary to describe the two scenes.
We have now finished our swimming unit where all children should be very proud of all they achieved. Even though they are at different stages they all accomplished so much. We have now started our new unit, ‘Althletcis’ where children have enjoyed using a range of resources to master their skills, racing, long jump, and javelin.
Our Art unit started with excitement, awe, and wonder.
Our aim is to understand:
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That artists think carefully not just about what they make, but also how they present what they make.
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That when we view sculpture (or other art), the context (way it is presented) affects how we react to it.
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That how something will be seen can help us shape what is made.
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That we can give thought to how we display the art we make, to help us understand how people will view our work.
We spent time researching the work of Thomas J Price –
Thomas J Price is a sculptor who questions the types of people that have traditionally been made into a sculpture and displayed on a plinth. Price is interested in making sculptures of anonymous people – people who are no one and everyone at the same time. By doing this he asks us as viewers to question: What is the purpose of sculpture? How do my figures speak to you?
We finished our very busy week with a celebration lunch for the King’s Coronation, each class sang a song and dressed in red, white, and blue to show our support.