Well done to everyone in Class 5 on a fantastic action-packed week!

Last week in English the children finished their story writing. They have taken the events of our class novel and used them as a base for their work, building on the storyline by adding extra detail or changing small aspects of the plot to incorporate their own ideas, resulting in a more exciting adventure. The children have been challenged to think really creatively, using a wide range of punctuation and vocabulary to make their writing interesting and engaging for the reader.

In Maths we worked on rounding decimals to the nearest whole, tenth, hundredth and thousandth. We recapped the rules of rounding and used this prior knowledge to great effect with the children producing accurate work that was supported by detailed yet concise reasoning, explaining their calculations and the thinking behind their answers.

A big thank you to the children for their excellent participation levels on activity day and sports day. It was a remarkable effort because not only did you take part in lots of different activities that were quite challenging, especially in the hot weather, but you also played a crucial role in running the events by helping the younger children and taking on extra responsibilities to help all of the adults. You set a fantastic example last week and should be proud of your involvement.

This week in English the children are going to be working in pairs on play scripts. They will have a choice of which events in our novel they want to base their work on before planning, writing and performing collaboratively. In Maths we will be finishing off our unit of work on decimals and percentages.

This week we will also be going for our final swimming session and if you have any questions regarding the football tournament at Baschurch Village Hall on Thursday, please do not hesitate to pop in and see me either at the start or end of the school day.

Thanks… Mr Sudlow.

Well done Class 5 for a fantastic week!

Our focus in English has been on story writing. The children have used our reading from this week to identify the key events that they needed to get into their writing. From there they have been able to plan changes to those events that they could incorporate into their story in order to make it even more exciting. The children have planned ideas using a wide range of descriptive techniques and vocabulary so they could make their writing detailed and interesting. This is a large piece of work and the children will be carrying on with it next week with our main focus being on proof-reading, analysing and suggesting ways in which the children can edit and improve their first draft.

In Maths we have looked at working with decimals that include thousandths. The children have demonstrated a really secure understanding of place value, working with confidence across a range of question styles. We have looked at equivalent fractions and the relationship between fractions and decimals.

Have a great weekend everyone, I’ll see you on Monday.

Mr Sudlow.

Well done Class 5 on a super week!

In English we have been focusing on making predictions. A lot has been revealed in our class novel during our reading sessions this week and the children have been establishing the links between all of the facts they know to make calculated and appropriate predictions about what is going to happen next. The children have produced some fantastic ideas that they have then supported effectively with evidence from the text. Their work has been at a high standard in terms of quality and quantity which has been brilliant to see.

In Maths we have moved onto our decimals, percentages and equivalent fractions unit of work which the children have approached with a huge amount of enthusiasm. The children have demonstrated a high standard of prior knowledge and have produced some fantastic work. They have shown a high level of resilience to work on problem solving questions that require reasoning skills, explaining their methodology and how they’ve arrived at their final answer.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone and I’ll see you on Monday.

Mr Sudlow.

Well done Class 5 on a brilliant week!

In English, we have focused on persuasive writing. We have talked about some very mature issues that our class novel has brought up and it has been lovely to hear the children’s thoughts and opinions. We have used a debate to get across points of view, countering arguments by using facts and evidence from the book. Everyone has shown fantastic listening skills and the mature approach that the children have taken towards this topic has been extremely impressive.

In Maths we have been multiplying fractions. The children have used their knowledge of times tables to show a high level of understanding, working with the inverse operation of division, identifying the relationships between numbers to simplify multiplied fractions and to convert them into mixed numbers.

We had our first swimming session on Tuesday which was brilliant. Well done to everyone, you were super organised and demonstrated some great swimming technique. Please make sure you remember your kit next Tuesday.

On Wednesday we attended Crucial Crew. Everybody joined in the activities, tried their best and had a great time. Well done Class 5, I’m glad you enjoyed the experience.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone, I’ll see you next week.

Mr Sudlow.