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.