Newsletter 10 22.01.21

Broad and Balanced...
Y5
Class 5 have had another great week of home learning, the children’s attitude
to learning and the effort they have applied to their work is exceptional. This
week in English they’ve finished writing their diary entries based around the
novel ‘Anglo-Saxon Boy’ by Tony Bradman. The writing outcomes after three
weeks of hard work structuring, planning, creating, editing and copying up into
neat has been brilliant. They were all a pleasure to read, the children have included
lots of emotions and ideas from the book. In their history, they’ve been
learning about how the Anglo-Saxon’s made their clothes and dyed them using
natural materials such as onions, avocado, beetroot. At home & in school they
have had a go at dyeing and weaving their own Anglo-Saxon friendship bands
which they have been really proud of. In science, they have been planning
experiments that look into the effect of weight, gravity and forces. They have
enjoyed dropping items of different weights and sizes from the same height
then comparing the different size craters. ICT has linked really well with the
space theme, looking further into computer architecture identifying sensors,
knowing the difference between computer input and output and how the size of
RAM affects the processing of data. The children’s knowledge for this area for
their age is exceptional. They have also been busy making presentations about
biomes, learning column multiplication in Maths and street dancing in PE. Finally,
the children have been talking in depth in PSHE about their future careers,
discussing in detail the skills, qualifications and personality traits they would
need to succeed. Dream, Believe, Achieve.