Well done class 5 on a great week!

In Maths we have been focusing on using the grid and column methods to multiply three and four digit numbers by two digit numbers. The children have really worked hard to master both processes and have shown fantastic flexibility with their calculating, presentation and reasoning skills. Next week our focus will switch to division.

In English we have been working on how to describe a scene. The children used evidence from our class novel as well as non-fiction books from the library and their own research to plan out what they were going to include in their description of the front line. We explored how we could use the five senses as a way of describing the trenches and what it would have been like for soldiers during World War One. The children have used an expansive amount of vocabulary to make their work extremely interesting to read as well as creating a flow throughout their writing. Next week we will be re-writing a dream scenario using the events of our class novel as inspiration.

Coach Neil will be in next Monday afternoon so PE kit with trainers would be great.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Mr Sudlow.

Well done this week everyone, it’s been a week full of challenges but you’ve risen to it really well and have made fantastic progress.

In English we’ve focused on play scripts, using a short chapter where two characters were discussing their friendship and school as our theme. The children have used a range of punctuation effectively to convey emotive adjectives, verbs and adverbs in their stage directions, as well as presenting their work in an appropriate fashion and we’ll be setting some time aside next week to see some performances of the scripts that the children have been working on.

In Maths our focus has been on multiplication. We started the week by looking at the grid method which the children mastered really well. Since then we have moved onto looking at other methods of multiplication including the column method. Being fluid between the different processes is really important as questions can be presented in a multitude of ways and achieving this fluidity takes a lot of flexibility in the children’s thinking, but the progress they have made has been great and as we move into next week we’ll be continuing with our focus on improving our fluidity between different methods and presentation styles.

Coach Neil will be in at the start of next week for our ‘Reading the Game’ session so PE kits with trainers on Monday would be great.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Mr Sudlow.

Well done everyone on a fantastic first week back!

Our focus in English has been persuasive writing. We looked at features by working in pairs to try and persuade for or against before reflecting on the techniques that were used. The children then planned their work by conducting research into the role of animals during World War One. All of the children got the chance to decide what genre of writing they would like to use to get their persuasive argument across and the end result has been absolutely brilliant.

In Maths we have finished off our work on area and perimeter by estimating the area of irregular shapes and by looking at developing our knowledge of converting between different units of measurement even further. The children have shown some great reasoning skills and this is something they have worked extremely hard on in recent weeks. On Monday we will move onto our new block of work which will be focusing on multiplication and division using formal methods and bigger numbers.

We have had our first ‘Reading The Game’ session today which the children thoroughly enjoyed. The classroom session was an introductory lesson where the children got to learn more about the aims of the programme, what we’ll be looking at over the next few weeks and Shrewsbury Town Football Club. Our PE session was based around recognising space and how to use it effectively as well as practising some freestyle tricks and skills before a match at the end. Well done to everyone in Class 5 this afternoon, you worked extremely hard, showing great perseverance during the session outdoors and I’m looking forward to the amazing work you’re all going to produce over the next few weeks. Our second session will be on Monday afternoon so children will need football kit or PE kit along with trainers.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Sudlow.

Year 5s had a fantastic day at The Corbet Languages Day last Friday and learnt lots of new vocabulary.  As well as the activities shown in the photo gallery below, they also did an activity on French colours.  They really got into the spirit of the day and their pronunciation when ordering their pizzas in the Italian restaurant was hilarious especially when some of the customers started moaning at the waiters for getting their orders wrong!

The children’s behaviour was absolutely superb and they were great ambassadors for our school throughout the day.  Hopefully it has given them a useful and reassuring insight into what secondary school is like!