Written by Grace and Noorpreet…
The dance workshop, for anti-bullying week, was great fun because we got to dance to songs. Each song was written by an artist who experienced bullying when they were younger. Our song was by Little Mix (Salute), encouraging us to stand up for ourselves. Near the end of the day, we got to share all of our dances, as did the the rest of KS2, and showed it to the rest of the school.
Written by Lori and Nicky…
First, we went looking around at each other’s homework, which was excellent of course. After that, we watched Danny’s presentation. Then, we threw the bean bag around to see which one people liked the most.
Here’s a few examples of our favourite responses:
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Plurals Last week, children investigated how to change a noun from the singular to the plural. This week, children should learn how to pluralise the words in this list in preparation for a test on Friday 24 November. (Take care – it’s not simply a case of adding an ‘s’!) Some of the words also revise previously taught spelling rules. |
| baby |
| sheep |
| bruise |
| explanation |
| opportunity |
| language |
| competition |
| yacht |
| church |
| worry |
In our writing lessons this week, we’ve been using our topic learning as a stimulus for our writing. We continued reading ‘The Land of Neverbelieve‘ but this time we focussed on the language used and the impact this has on the reader. We used our reading skills to work out what some of the trickier words might mean (learning about writer’s use of language) and then thought about how this impacts on the atmosphere/mood created (learning about atmosphere/mood).
Today, we looked at one page in detail…
…and thought about which different moods/atmospheres had been created by sorting each section into groups.
Tomorrow, we’ll create our own labels in the style of the author to add to our own made-up ‘Lands of Neverbelieve’ (learning about organising and combining visual and tactile elements).
Homework this week is Creative: I can reflect on our Explorers topic.
Sadly, we’re coming to the end of our big topic: Explorers. For their homework, I would like children to reflect on all the great learning we’ve done in this topic.
We discussed this as a class and came up with lots of ideas:
Plurals
This week, children will not be given a list of words to learn. Instead, I would like them to investigate how we turn singular nouns into plurals. They will have learnt this lower down school but we’re still making errors with this rule in our everyday writing. Children should think of the different ways in which words can be pluralised and show their findings. This should be evidenced in their homework book. To get them started, think about these words: bus, cup, baby.
For an extra challenge, see if you can think of any common mistakes.
This week, we’ve been linking our Explorers topic with our writing and art learning. (There’ll be more about our descriptive writing in a separate post.)
We’ve created our own version of ‘The Land of Neverbelieve‘ and have been busy creating/designing this fictional land. We started by imitating the style of the book to create the outline of our island and have been thinking about how to turn this shape into a magical, mystical island. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be completing our final, neat versions which we’ll combine with our writing learning.
Here’s a few pics of our learning so far…
An orca inspired island.
The original ‘Land of Neverbelieve’.
Ethan practises drawing the ‘head’ of the island.
Pia gets her ideas down on paper – this island involves a tribute to Pia’s hamsters.
A shark-shaped land of mystery.
An imaginative take on a ‘Land of Neverbelieve’.
A detailed sketch of the final piece.
Football training continued this week with 20 children from Year 5 and 6 in attendance. We focussed on our ball control and shooting before playing some small sided games.
Please note: we’ll always be outside for training (even in the rain). Please make sure your child has suitable, warm (if necessary, waterproof) clothing.
During the first term, we were lucky enough to be visited by some rugby coaches who are affiliated with Roundhegians RUFC. We learnt lots about rugby union and it was great to see our skills improve each session.
As a celebration, Roundhegians organised an engagement afternoon on Monday. Some children from Year 4 and Year 5 went along to Roundhegians to play in a non-competitive, fun tournament. Well done to all those involved. The coaches were extremely impressed with your attitude and behaviour – you certainly represented Moortown Primary well!
If you’re interested in playing rugby union, please visit Roundhegians RUFC. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me before or after school.
At Moortown, we do lots to create a love of reading: read a class novel, enjoy regular library sessions, have a weekly ‘love of reading’ free read session, read a range of interesting texts, take part in the ‘Extreme Reading’ competitions, etc.
In Year 5, we also enjoy reading with our Reception friends on a Friday. Reception and Y5 both look forward to this session. Year 5 do a great job of patiently reading to the younger children, asking questions to check their understanding while YR do a great job of reminding Y5 about phonics (and showing them how to stop after ‘3, 2, 1 Stop!’).
Here are a few pics from our most recent session…
