| Indoor PE | Friday morning |
| Outdoor Games | Wednesday afternoon |
| PPA/COSMIC | Tuesday afternoon |
| Library | Monday afternoon |
Spring Term |
Page updated 1st February 2023 |
The children have come back after Christmas ready to learn and engage with us, which is amazing. Please ensure that you continue reading and practicing times tables as this will benefit them in all aspects of school life. In addition, can you ensure that these books are bought into school every Friday.
Upcoming Events
The children are very excited about our Parent Drop In where they will be able to show you all of their brilliant work. We will also be holding an Avon Tyrrell talk after that event. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday 10th February at 2.15pm.
Spring Term Learning:
English
We are reading ‘Who Let The Gods Out’, a book by Maz Evans. The children are loving this book, especially as it links so well to our History topic, ‘Ancient Greece’. So far, we have used the book to stimulate the writing of a setting description of Stonehenge and then of Elysium, which is where the Greek Gods live. We have started looking at speech and how an author moves the story on. We will also be looking at poetry and writing our own poems inspired by the book.
Maths
In Maths, we have been continuously retrieving our existing knowledge on all of the four operations. We have learnt about fractions and percentages and how they relate to each other. The children have really embraced new methods and are applying and further developing their new knowledge to reasoning and problem-solving activities. Moving forward, we will be ensuring the children are secure on all aspects of maths.
Science
In Science, we have been learning about different forms of Friction. We have been carrying out a number of experiments to embed our knowledge about water resistance, air resistance, friction and levers pulleys and gears. We are working towards answering the question – How and why do things, move or not?
History
In History we are learning about Ancient Greece with a focus on democracy, rights and freedom. We are learning about their ideas, beliefs and attitudes and how living in that era still has a massive impact on our lives now through elements such as architecture, theatre and the Olympics. To kick this topic off we had a visit from West End in Schools. We spent a wonderful morning travelling through time experiencing life as a Spartan solider, a Greek citizen in the Agora (marketplace) and as a sculpture.
Art
In Art, we have been learning about an artist called Grayson Perry. He makes pottery about his memories. We are linking the work of Grayson Perry to our History topic where we will be sculpting a clay Greek Hydria (ask your child what this is).
Music
In Music we are starting a new topic called ‘Read, write and remember to Twinkle!’ We will be learning to write music and then we will perform our compositions on glockenspiels.
Spanish
In Spanish, we have been learning about the home. We’ve be learning how to say what’s in our house and the chores we do at home.
Computing
In Computing we have been using Audacity to record an edit sounds. We will work towards making our own radio jingle.
Cosmic
Each Tuesday afternoon, our children experience our Cosmic curriculum. See our Long Term plans to find out which topics are being covered each half-term.
P.E.
Both classes have now both had a chance to go swimming on a Wednesday afternoon and will enjoy a second set of lessons during the Spring term. Owls will be swimming first, whilst Puffins will be learning to play handball outside. This, swaps around in Spring 2. All Year 5 children have been learning how to play badminton during our indoor P.E. sessions, which are on a Friday.
Once again, we look forward to seeing you on 10th February at 2.15. Ongoing, please use our year group email address if you have any questions.
Thank you again for your ongoing support,