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Chinese New Year in Class 5
We had so much fun celebrating chinese new year in Class 5! In RE, we learnt all about the Chinese zodiac; we ordered and retold the story in our own way. This helped us to identify what zodiac sign the children were (Year of the pig or rat).
Once we knew this, it was time to get creative! We…
Tags: Class 5
Maths in Class 5
Last half term we learnt everything there was to know about fractions. We can now add and subtract fractions with different denominators as well as multiply them with whole numbers! To consolidate our knowledge, we created some games in small groups and then showed them off by having a go at…
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Science in Class 5
In science this term, Class 5 are looking at materials and their properties. As a class, we have learnt so much new vocabulary and are now starting to put it in to practise by doing some fun experiments!
Our first experiment focused on soluble and insoluble materials. We started by making…
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Oreo Fractions!
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Year 4 have spent a few sessions looking at eqquivalen fractions, we struggled with this at first. However, using oreos and other concrete resources such as Numericon and Cuisenare rods we were really able to see the relationships. Class 4 now understand equivalent means the same as or equal…
Category: Class of 2014
Reception's Chinese New Year
This week Class R have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating the Year of the Dog. The topic was brought to life by a special visitor who told us all about how it is celebrated by Chinese families around the world and brought in lots of special Chinese decorations. We found out…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 25 February 2018
Category: Class of 2018
Chinese New Year in Class 2
The whole of The Bramham Shadwell Federation celebrated Chinese New Year today!
Each class learnt about an aspect of Chinese New Year and we all had the chance to taste some yummy treats.
Class 2 especially enjoyed the prawn crackers and dips and the lucky candy which is wrapped in red, a…
Category: Class of 2016
Chinese New Year!
Kung Hei Fat Choi from Class 4!
We celebrated Chinese New Year today during R.E! We tasted different traditional foods, learnt how to use chopsticks and all about their traditions and celebrations. We noticed there were similarities to our New Year's celebrations too. In their…
Category: Class of 2014
Stars of the week 22/02/18
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RSPB Birdwatch
Across the country (and federation!) each class has taken part in the RSPB Birdwatching activity. On Thursday, the children put their coats on and went out onto the school field to see what birds they could identify. They recorded this information as a tally and then we collected it together…
Category: Class of 2014
Beowulf Drama
Year 4 have started their new history topic of Anglo-Saxons. This week we have been immersing ourselves in the text of Beowulf. We've looked at the language used, the structure and retelling the story. We had a great afternoon doing drama as our English lesson, where we worked in groups…
Category: Class of 2014
Stars of the week 15/02/18
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Non-fiction books
We have been looking at the difference between fiction books and non-fiction books. The children have been using non-fiction books to find out information about Sir Francis Drake and other explorers. They have been learning about the different features of non-fiction books, such as a contents…
Category: Class of 2017