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Amazing School Coucillors

Well done to all 8 children who gave some superb school council speeches (including one via video link!). We are so proud of each and every one of them who all held such important qualities, which would make them an excellent school councillor. Everyone spoke with such passion and hunger for the…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 16 October 2020

Category: Class of 2015

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Character descriptions

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In English, we have been learning about descriptive writing, including using expanded noun phrases, ambitious vocabulary and show not tell sentences. Today, the children listened to some character descriptions from our book 'Journey to the River Sea'. They closed their eyes and imagined what was…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 8 October 2020

Category: Class of 2015

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All Things Space

In Class 5, we are loving learning about space!

This week, we learnt about how the Earth rotates and orbits at the same time. We learnt that the Earth rotates on its axis, which creates day and night. It is night in your country when you are faced away from the Sun- this is why we have time…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 2 October 2020

Category: Class of 2015

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Year 5 Celebration Assembly

Wow, wow, wow!!

Everyone is settling in to Class 5 so terrifically well, which meant that when it came to our class celebration assembly, there were so many special children to celebrate!

We had two stars of the week because it was so tricky to pick just one! I am so impressed with…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 25 September 2020

Category: Class of 2015

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Welcome to Class 5

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It has been lovely to welcome our new Year 5 class back to school. There have already been lots of smiles and giggles shared as the children catch up with their peers, Mrs Bourne and get to know myself too! 

We've had lots of fun already: creating Peter Thorpe inspired art, writing our own…

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Favela Art

To end our topic on South America, we learnt about the inequalities between wealthy and poor in Rio, Brazil, which is often referred to as a 'city of 2 halves'. We learnt about life in one of the wealthiest areas, Barra Di Tijuca and compared it to life in one of the poorest favelas of Brazil,…

Category: Class of 2014

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Tricky Maths

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Class 5 have been working hard to develop their understanding of tenths, hundredths and thousandths using dienes. Children worked in groups to write the dienes shown as a decimal, fraction and in words. I am very impressed with just how quickly the children are picking up this tricky maths work…

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Keeping Safe

Our new PSHE topic is 'keeping safe'. 

This week, the children were investigating the question, 'what is violence?' 

The children started the lesson by having a silent conversation, which is where a whiteboard is passed between two children and they have a conversation without speaking by…

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Robotics at Allerton Grange

Allerton Grange have kindly offered to host our Year 5 class for the next 4 weeks, where we will attend both robotics and Spanish classes. 

The children really enjoyed their first robotics session, where they impressed the teacher with their knowledge of algorithms and debugging, which they…

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Fire and Rescue Service

Thank you to Killingbeck Fire and Rescue Service, who came to visit Class 5 today. 

We learnt about the fire triangle and how firefighters remove one of the corners in order to put out a fire and the different ways that this can be done.

We watched a very eye opening video about how fast…

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What started the decline of the Mayan civilisation?

In history, we have been learning about the Mayan civilisation. 

This week, we explored reasons for their slow and steady decline including disease, over farming, warfare and drought. The children took part in lots of speaking and listening activities which ended with them building a persuasive…

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Leeds Grand Mosque

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Shadwell and Bramham's Year 5s had a brilliant trip to Leeds Grand Mosque as part of our RE focus on Islam. It was very interesting, and they all asked very inquisitive questions.

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