English

This week Class 5 have written diary entries as Mister Tom.  They focussed on chapters 8 and 9 of the story and looked for clues in the text about what Mister Tom was feeling or thinking.  They then used their notes to write a diary entry.

Maths

Year 5 have continued their work on decimals this week, particularly focussing on addition and subtraction of decimals.

Year 6 have done lots of revision ready for SATs next week.  They have revised finding the mean, reading data on line and pie charts, algebra and decimals and percentages.

History

This week the children completed their exhibitions on Sir Winston Churchill.  They worked in small groups to present their information using power point presentations, photographs and their own writing.  They enjoyed sharing their exhibitions with each other at the end of today’s lesson.

English

This week the children have been doing procedural writing.  They used ideas from ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ and some further research to write instructions for how to build an Anderson Shelter during World War II.

Maths

This week the Year 5 children have been practising addition and subtraction of decimal numbers.

The Year 6 children have been doing some challenging problem solving involving all 4 methods of calculation.

History

The children have worked in small groups to research Winston Churchill.  They are going to use this research to make an exhibition about him to share with their classmates.

Science

The children have been writing up their findings from their most recent investigation and explaining what affects the size or length of a shadow.

English

This week the children began reading our new novel study text ‘Goodnight Mister Tom.’  This week they have focussed on describing the two main characters using evidence and quotations from the story.

Maths

The children have been working on measuring and calculating angles in different shapes.

History

We began our World War II topic by imagining we were sitting in an air raid shelter in 1940.  We discussed how it felt and what it would have been like.  The children have also begun to learn which countries were involved in the war and what the events were that led up to the Battle of Britain.

Science

This week the children began their new science topic on ‘light.’  They explored what they knew already about different light sources, how we see light and how shadows are formed.  They then drew diagrams to show how shadows are created when an object blocks light and how we see this.

English

This week the children were given the task of continuing the story of our novel study ‘Phoenix’ from where we have read up to so far.  As well as making predictions about what they thought would happen next, their writing included devices to create atmosphere and the use of dialogue.  The children finished the week by continuing to read the story and see if their predictions were correct!

Maths

This week in maths Year 6 have worked on ratio and proportion.  Year 5 have worked on angles including the use of protractors and calculating missing angles on straight lines.

Geography

This week the children chose a specific location in North America to compare and contrast with Shrewsbury.  They researched their chosen locality and made notes on information such as population, landscape, climate, tourism, culture or economy.  This information will be used next week to write an extended piece comparing the 2 localities.

RE

The children continued using an art frieze and Luke’s gospel to revise the crucifixion and resurrection and write in their own words.

Computing

This week the children did some programming using Logo.  They worked on drawing rectangles, triangles, circles and then other shapes using the programming tool.

English

This week the children have been writing poetry based on part of ‘Phoenix.’  They have worked on using a range of poetic devices and powerful vocabulary to create impact and emotion.

Maths

The children have continued their work on area and perimeter this week, applying formula for finding the area of triangles, parallelograms and compound shapes.  They have also worked on calculating the perimeter of more complex shapes.

Geography

The children completed their work on the capital cities of North American countries and carried out more detailed research into one capital city of their choice.

Science

In science, the children have planned how they will make a simulation of the moon’s phases.  They have identified what equipment they will use for this and how they will set up their simulation.