Well done class 5 on a great week.

Our focus in English has been on letter writing. The children briefly recapped the features of a letter before planning out the content for their work. They moved onto writing an initial first draft using a layout guide, their individual plans and the class novel to help them. After that they evaluated their work along with peer assessment and using marking comments. The children then edited and improved their draft to create the final version of their letter. Next week our topic will be descriptive writing and the children will be re-writing a chapter of the book.

In Maths the children have been working really hard on fractions. We have used our  knowledge of the relationships between numbers to convert fractions so that they have a common denominator. This has then enabled the children to compare and order the fractions, using mathematical symbols. The children have utilised written calculation alongside visual representations of fractions really accurately and efficiently during this week. We have then moved onto adding and subtracting fractions that have a common denominator as well as fractions that don’t, using multiplication and division to find the best solution for converting fractions so that they can be added or subtracted. We will be continuing with this topic next week.

Please note that our weekly spelling test will take place next Thursday (16th) because of the Arthog trip on Friday.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone, see you next week.

Mr Sudlow.

Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Easter!

The children have settled into the new term really well this week. They’ve worked incredibly hard, their focus has been brilliant and the work that they’ve produced has been amazing.

Our class novel for this term is ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar and the children have really enjoyed the opening chapters as there is some humour in the book as well as mystery. With the mystery in mind, our focus in English this week has been on newspaper reports. The children began by using a planning sheet as a guide to writing their own extensive plan, they came up with their own theories to explain the mystery and these have been included in their writing. They then completed their first draft and after analysing feedback from me and Mrs Allen, as well as identifying their own next steps using self-assessment, the children then went onto edit their first draft before writing the final version.

In Maths we have carried on with our fractions unit that we started just prior to Easter. This week we have looked at converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and have started to use those conversions to work in number sequences. The children have shown incredible perseverance at times this week, looking at problems from lots of different angles, using trial and error techniques to calculate their answers.

Have a fantastic bank holiday and I will see you all again on Tuesday,

Mr Sudlow.

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.

Well done class 5 on your fantastic work last week!

In English we were re-writing a dream sequence using creativity to add detail and description to the character’s surroundings, actions and experiences. The children came up with some interesting alternatives to ‘boring’ words that we shared as a whole class to create a word bank for everyone’s benefit. It was brilliant to see the children using such expansive vocabulary and it highlighted the hard work they have put into widening the range of words that they incorporate into their writing.

In Maths we looked at division and the bus stop method. The children’s confidence with this topic really took off during the week and they made great strides in terms of their buy phentermine online in canada efficiency, accuracy and understanding of how to use the method effectively. We looked at how to complete the process step-by-step as a whole class to begin with, before applying it independently. The next step was progressing onto problems that included a remainder in the answer. The children used their methodology to provide some brilliant reasoning where they analysed where a calculation was incorrect, what the mistake was and how to fix it so that the calculation was right.

This week we are looking at writing a series of diary entries that details how a character has escaped from a prison, as well as starting our new unit of work in Maths which is fractions.