Well done to everyone in class 5 on a fantastic term!

This week in English we finished reading our book ‘The Skylarks War’ and to round off our topic of World War One, the children wrote a book review that focused on the key events that occurred throughout the novel. The children included their thoughts and opinions on how the book was written as well as the storyline itself.

In Maths we have continued with our work on fractions, looking specifically at improper fractions and how the children can convert them into a mixed number. The children have shown real perseverance, using their multiplication tables knowledge to help them with understanding the process and method before applying it to a range problem solving activities including; proving or disproving mathematical statements, finding and correcting mistakes in calculations and word problems that require picking out the key information and utilising it in the most accurate way.

Our ‘Reading the Game’ programme also came to a close this week. The children’s work on a range of text types has been fantastic throughout this half-term, their knowledge surrounding Shrewsbury Town Football Club has been amazing and they have been able to apply that knowledge to our school setting as well, recognising how the two different environments can be similar. The football skills of everyone has been extremely impressive during our PE sessions with Coach Neil and the standard of play has improved massively each week. This is down to the children’s effort and application which was brilliant in every lesson so well done to everyone.

Have a fantastic Easter holiday and I will see you all in two weeks time.

Mr Sudlow.

Well done to everyone in class 5 for such a brilliant week! I’d like to thank everybody who attended our celebration assembly this morning, it was lovely to see so many of you there. I would also like to say a massive well done to all the children, you read your poem so nicely and the collaboration with class 6 on your song was absolutely amazing.

In English this week the children have widened their knowledge of diary entries. Previously, they had only ever written a single entry but this week they have focused on writing multiple entries that detail a character’s escape from a prison camp and the journey home from the Greek islands to England.

In Maths the children have really got stuck into our unit of work on fractions. The amount of determination and perseverance you have all shown this week has been brilliant! We began the week with an arithmetic test before moving onto looking at equivalent fractions. The children had to approach this with a really open mind, they challenged their own thinking and used multiplication to convert fractions before completing a wide range of problems. We moved onto looking at how pie charts can represent fractions in a more visual context and the children produced some fantastic charts of their own, taking great care with their presentation and ensuring that the key features of a pie chart were all included.

Next week we will be finishing our class novel and the focus will be on reviewing the book. In Maths we will be continuing with our work on fractions.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Mr Sudlow.