Term 5 Week 5 Learning Update.
We have had a really fantastic Sports Week! We were really proud of the children's efforts on Sports Day and of how supportive they were towards their friends.
English- We have practised using our phonics in sentences, in preparation for our national phonics screening in the second week of next term.
Maths- We practised our calculation skills by recapping the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division methods that we have learned this year.
PE- We have taken part in multiskills, a balloon volley, water relay, swimming, skipping challenge, parachute games, ultimate frizbee and athletics!
Spellings quiz for 5th June 2025:
The rule this week is: adding er to a verb.
Term 5 Week 4 Learning Update:
English- We finished our unit about factfiles, writing about the famous pirate Blackbeard using past tense verbs.
Maths- We finished our unit about number and place value, comparing numbers using our new knowledge of tens and ones.
History- We learned about the SS Great Britain and how it shortened journey times across the Atlantic Ocean compared to earlier sailing ships.
Art- We used our learning about sculpture to create 3D clay sculptures of ships and sea monsters.
Dance- We continued learning our dance routine with our Bristol Sport coaches.
Spellings quiz for 22nd May 2025:
The rule this week is: trigraph ure.
Term 5 Week 3 Learning Update.
English: We started a non-fiction unit about the famous pirate Blackbeard. The children will be writing fact files about him next week. Our grammar skill is using past tense verbs.
Maths: We learned about number and place value, counting in tens, using numberlines and partitioning numbers into tens and ones.
History: We learned about the Great Western Railway, connecting London to Bristol by rail.
Science: We learned to identify roots and shoots as part of our plants unit.
We also did some activities linked to VE day, designing a commemorative coin and finding out about the celebrations 80 years ago.
Spellings quiz for 15th May 2025:
The rule this week is: adding suffix est.
Term 5 Week 2 Learning Update.
We have had a really exciting week, with lots of special activities for Geography week. The children were absolutely enthralled by the Explorer Dome and they learned lots of new facts in really exciting ways. We also had a visit from Mr Keeping, who taught the children all about maps, both on paper and online.
English: We finished our unit about the story Pirate Pete. The children came up with new islands for Pirate Pete to visit and wrote about them using words ending with -ing and -est.
Maths- We finished our unit about calculation, learning to share objects between equal groups and draw arrays to help us multiply.
History: This week, we looked at bridges, in particular the Clifton Suspension Bridge. We learned about the surrounding area, the Avon Gorge and River Avon.
Art: We continued our Playful Making unit. The children used prompt cards for ideas to guide their sculptures, for example- "Make something that contains something else" or "Make something that feels shy".
PE: We have learned dance and partner games this week.
Science: We learned to find and identify a variety of trees and plants.
Spellings quiz for 8th May 2025:
The rule this week is: adding suffix er.
Term 5 Week 1 Learning Update:
We have had a lovely start of term 5. The children were very excited today to have a special guest for assembly, when Andy Day visited to teach us some Odd Socks songs!
English: We began our learning about the story Pirate Pete. We are learning to use -ing and -est suffixes. Next week, the children will be imagining their own islands to write about.
Maths: We have been recapping our learning about addition and subtraction. We have set a MyMaths homework to support this learning.
Art: We began our new unit called Playful Making, where we learned about sculpture. The children absolutely loved exploring playdough and creating sculptures based on their own ideas.
PE: We are very lucky to have professional sports coaches leading our dance unit this term.
Science: We finished our unit about animals by finding out what different animals eat. We learned the terms carnivore, omnivore and herbivore and used them to sort animals into groups.
Spellings quiz for 1st May 2025:
The rule this week is: constant blend wh.