On the week starting Monday 18th November the whole school will be taking part in a Modern Foreign Languages themed week, and we in year 5 will be lucky enough to learn some German! Ja, Deutsch! There will be a number of FREE workshops taking place in school during this week, including the chance to learn Mandarin Chinese and some Capoeira dancing from South America!
We will be teaching a lot of lessons in class based around the country of Germany, and Miss Cooke will be taking off her Spanish sunglasses and putting on a German hat for that week's languages lesson! We're really looking forward to this, as the previous Science themed week last half term was a huge success.
Wednesday 6 November 2013
Children in Need 2013 - Be A Hero!
The theme for this year's Children in Need appeal is "Be A Hero!" As such, we would like children to dress up as one of their heroes when they come to school on Friday 15th November - this does not just have to be someone like Batman or Wonder Woman! Your child can dress as someone that is a hero to them; a policeman, a paramedic, a celebrity or a teacher (*hint*hint*). If your child is coming to school in fancy dress, we would ask you to send them with a donation of 50p to £1.
Each year group will also have their own giant cut-out Pudsey Bear to cover with loose change - and the children from the year group that collects the most loose change will receive a special certificate to put in their Record of Achievement! So dig deep, and raid those piggy-banks!
Pudsey Bear wristbands will be on sale from Monday 11th November in the KS2 Hall for £1. Miss Page will also be selling her ever-popular Pudsey Bear badges for 50p at the same time! We have lots of opportunities to raise a stellar amount of money.
Each year group will also have their own giant cut-out Pudsey Bear to cover with loose change - and the children from the year group that collects the most loose change will receive a special certificate to put in their Record of Achievement! So dig deep, and raid those piggy-banks!
Pudsey Bear wristbands will be on sale from Monday 11th November in the KS2 Hall for £1. Miss Page will also be selling her ever-popular Pudsey Bear badges for 50p at the same time! We have lots of opportunities to raise a stellar amount of money.
Autumn Homework Project [2] - Victorian Celebrities
We are now halfway through our History topic on the Victorians, and we would like YOU to find out a little more about some of the most important people that lived during the 19th Century!
First, you need to choose one of the people from the list below:
Florence Nightingale - Nurse at war
Charles Dickens - Famous author
Doctor Barnado - Charity worker
Charles Darwin - Scientist and explorer
Once you have chosen the person from the list that you are going to find out about, we would like you to research information about them and their life; things that they achieved and their place in history.
You can present the information as:
· A poster
· A factsheet
· A PowerPoint presentation
The homework project is due in on Monday 16th December!
Galleries of Justice - Follow-up
The trip to the Galleries of Justice was a huge success, and the children had a fantastic time learning about crime and punishment in the Victorian Era. Whether it was being made to wear a Dunce's cap in a real Victorian classroom after being insolent to a teacher, or putting on their best acting wigs as solicitors in a mock trial in the courtroom, all of year 5 were involved in the activities that took place throughout the day. Thank you very much for your prompt payment for the trip; we hope that the children had a great time in gaol, and had many tales to tell you when they returned home.
There will be another off-site visit next year, and we are eagerly looking forward to taking the children out once again.
There will be another off-site visit next year, and we are eagerly looking forward to taking the children out once again.
Galleries of Justice Visit
Just a reminder that Year 5 will be visiting the Galleries
of Justice on Wednesday 9th October for a Victorian-themed day of
activities, including a lesson in a Victorian classroom, a mock trial in the
Court and a “Crime and Punishment” tour of the building. Children will need to
be in school promptly on the day, ready to leave at 9am. We will be returning
before 3:20pm, traffic permitting. Children will need an outdoor coat and a
packed lunch. Free school meals will be provided for those children who require
them.
Big Wood Biathlon
On Tuesday 24th September, both year 5 classes
were lucky enough to travel to Southglade Leisure Centre to take part in a
biathlon event organised and ran by the Sports Leaders from Bigwood School. The
children were very excited to take part in the two swimming and running events.
All children successfully completed the swimming challenge and took part in a
gruelling long-distance run immediately after having left the pool!
Upon passing the finish line, each child received a gold
medal and a goodie bag for completing the event. We were all really proud of
the children for not only taking part, but persevering if they found one of the
events a little challenging. We hope that this is the first of many sporting
achievements that our children can look forward to this year.
Autumn Homework Project [1] - Instruments
During the Autumn term, one of our science
topics in Year 5 is “Changing Sounds!”, a topic based on musical instruments,
how sounds are made, change in pitch and travel through the air.
Your homework project this half term is to
make a working musical instrument that you can play and that changes pitch.
Remember that there are lots of different
types of instruments that make sounds in different ways:
· String
instruments - plucking, hitting or strumming
· Percussion
instruments - banging or hitting
· Wind
instruments - blowing
However, you need to be able to change the pitch
of the instrument - it needs to be able to make either a higher or lower
sound than the one that it initially produces.
Here are some websites that you can check at
home to help you come up with ideas:
Remember that you can decorate your musical
instruments to help make them bright and colourful and stand out!
Welcome Back to Year 5!!
Welcome back - we hope you all had a great Summer and
are ready for the busy term ahead. The
autumn term focuses heavily on building a solid foundation for the year! As always, we will be expecting the children
to be focused and ready to learn at all times.
We will be covering a few topics this term
including; The Victorians, the art of L.S. Lowry and Changing Sounds. We will teach mental maths on a Wednesday and
Friday’s Literacy lesson will be focusing on spelling, punctuation and grammar,
in preparation for the new
spelling, punctuation and grammar test that has been introduced in Year Six.
Times Table tests will be carried out on a Thursday afternoon.
Mr.
Shadbolt and Miss Gethings will be teaching in class all week. The exception is
Tuesday morning when Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Cook will be covering planning time.
Mrs. Bishell will be supporting both classes all week, with Miss Page working
with us Tuesday to Thursday mornings. Mr. Williams, a student teacher working
on the SCITT programme, will also be working with 5S during the autumn term as
part of his ongoing training.
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