Class 15 have been really enjoying learning all about the Ancient Egyptians. Last week, we learned about their Journey to the Afterlife – where only those light of heart would make it to the Field of Reeds. Check out some of our comic strips depicting this perilous journey below:
Yesterday saw our first group of bikeability riders complete their course. Well done everybody, we have heard that there was some fantastic behaviour and safety skills on display.
A huge shout out and well done to our Crew Champion and HOWL point winners!
What a great way to start the week!
Year 5 had an awesome day today, starting with an extremely fun and informative workshop. The children were engaged and completely immersed in their learning. After lunch followed some Egyptian dancing and games, along with making healthy fruit kebabs. The Year 5 team were delighted to also receive an email from the ladies who delivered the workshop. This was full of praise for our children and school, bringing a lovely end to a perfect day! Well done Crew Year 5!!!
Class 15 and the rest of Year 5 have all enjoyed an amazing Egyptian-themed day. We started by enjoying a very informative presentation by the ladies from Heritage Doncaster who were blown away, not only by our beautiful behaviour but our fantastic prior-knowledge too! To say I was super proud would be an understatement so a huge well done to everybody. Then we took part in a number of different exploratory activities that allowed us to get hands-on with some very realistic replica artefacts.
The rest of our morning was spent digesting all of our new learning with some chilled Ancient Egyptian music and artwork. In the afternoon, we reflected on our workshop experience before heading to the hall for a whole year group fun session. We danced like an Egyptian, played musical Egyptian statues and squeezed in a game of Egyptian-themed corners. To end the day, we made links with the healthy eating theme of our expedition and enjoyed a fruit kebab reward … very YUMMY MUMMY!
A huge shout out to all of the children – I am so proud of you all and thank you for such an enjoyable day! I would also like to say a big thank you for those who could dress up – you all looked fantastic :). Please keep your costumes safe as we will ask you to use them again for our final product and celebration events at the end of the term.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend and can’t wait to see how much more learning lies in store for us all next week.
Mrs Dutton x
In English, Year 5 have been learning all about the importance of clear and precise instruction writing. Unfortunately this had to come at the expense of some very undesirable-looking jam sandwiches … check out our pictures below. Fortunately, the children were able to edit their instructions enough to enjoy a much more normal jam sandwich – or two! It’s amazing how quickly we can learn when a tasty treat is involved 🙂
Wow! What a fantastic and busy week it has been in Class 15. After a couple of days to settle back in, we have ended on a real high – with EVERYBODY in the class achieving a 4 in their HoWLs for two days in a row :). Of course, the children were keen to celebrate this and we have enjoyed milkshake and sweet treats together, as well as some extra break time to enjoy playing dodgeball. The cherry on the top? 100% attendance ALL week – well done!
As part of our immersion into our new expedition topic, we have been learning all about the ancient Egyptians – reading facts, creating our own pharaoh-themed portraits, creating papyrus coloured paper, using hieroglyphics and even making our very own headdresses … check out our photos and I’m sure you’ll agree they look amazing!
I can’t wait to see how next week can top this week … and now we know everyone is capable of a 4 on the HoWLs tracker, the standard is really set high for amazing learning behaviours all round 🙂 Let’s keep it up!
Best wishes for everyone’s well-earned weekend,
Mrs Dutton x
Following the Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew on Monday, a useful handout about keeping safe around dogs has been shared. Please share and discuss with your children.
This half term, Year 5 will take part in Kixx sessions every Monday PM.
This will replace PE on a Thursday afternoon.
Please can children bring PE kits and appropriate footwear for Kixx starting from next Monday. The sessions will take place outside.
Thank you,
Year 5
In Maths this half-term, we have been learning about decimals and fractions, as well as area and perimeter of shape. Please find some worksheets to help you recap and consolidate these important topics on the following slides: Y5 Easter Maths Recap HomeWork. There is no requirement to print the forms, you can just do the working out and answers straight onto paper. Don’t forget to bring this homework in to earn yourself 250 Work Hard Points to kick-start your Summer term HoWLS!
Alternatively, you can purchase your own Maths practice journal for £4.99 and there is a link to this on the slides 🙂 Thank you and best wishes for a lovely Easter! x
