Year 5 Class News

Try this tasty dip

Posted on Sunday 13 January 2013 by Mrs Taylor

Year 6 have been developing their food technology skills by making hummus:

Have a try at making hummus!  It is a great source of protein and fibre and makes a healthy alternative to meat if you’re a vegetarian.  To make this tasty dip even more delicious, spread it in pitta bread for a light lunch or dip veg into it for a scrumptious snack.  Try it in your lunchbox – you won’t be disappointed!

Here’s the recipe:

  • 410g can of chickpeas
  • juice of one lemon
  • 1 clove of garlic, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Whizz the chickpeas, lemon juice and garlic in a food processor or using a hand blender until just smooth.

Loosen with a little warm water if needed.

A chance to perform

Posted on Thursday 10 January 2013 by Mrs Taylor

This term sees the return of the annual dance showcase event held at Allerton Grange.  Alongside Talbot, Moor Allerton Hall and Hillcrest Primary Schools, we’ll be taking part once again.

To prepare for the event we are running an eight week after-school club led by dance leaders from Allerton Grange to master the routine for the showcase.

No dance experience is necessary and it’s a great opportunity to learn a fun routine and take part in a fantastic dance event.

The club, open to boys and girls, starts next Tuesday 15 January3.15 – 4.30pm and will run until Tuesday 19 March.  The dance showcase will be on Thursday 24 March.

There are still a few places left so call in at the office if you’d like to sign up.

New SEAL theme – Getting on

Posted on Saturday 03 November 2012 by Mrs Taylor

The SEAL theme Getting On covers four main aspects:

  • developing the social skills of friendship
  • working well together in a group
  • managing anger
  • resolving conflict

Group work takes place across all lessons and even at lunchtime and playtimes.  Some questions for children to consider are:

  • Did everyone take turns?
  • Did everyone listen to what other people thought?
  • Did each person have chance to tell the group what they thought?
  • If people had different ideas could the group reach a compromise?

The key areas of learning throughout this theme are empathy, managing feelings and social skills.

Within this theme is Antibullying Week, 19 November – 23 November.

Hobby Half Day

Posted on Monday 29 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

What a great way to finish a very long half term.  All the children from Year 1 to Year 6 were mixed up into new groups and they went off to do one of many activities for the afternoon on Friday.  There were all sorts going on: iJamming, drumming, candle making and glass painting to name just a few.  As I went round, there was a great atmosphere and all the children were chatting and learning together.  Thanks to Mrs Maver for organising it and thanks to all the staff who led a workshop.

Have a great half term!

Goodbye, Year 5

Posted on Saturday 27 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

I was very nervous on 04 September (it seems a long time ago now) jumping from Year 1 to Year 5.  I knew that the class were one of the most enthusiastic in school after teaching them four years ago but the trepidation – note the wow word, Y5 – was still setting in.  At the end of the half-term, I can now say that I have enjoyed every minute of teaching this class again.  The enthusiasm and fantastic learning behaviours made my decision so worthwhile and I would like to thank all of you for making my job so enjoyable and easy!!

Make sure you keep up the great start you have made for Mr Owen and I’ll be checking up on your progress after such a great start!

Enjoy your half term; you deserve a good rest.  See you on Monday 05 November.

Bringing the past into the present

Posted on Tuesday 23 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

Our class novel “Street Child” is continuing to provide many opportunities for us to learn in different ways.  A lot of the drama recently done in Y5 has looked at mood and feelings which will enable the children to include these aspects in their writing.  Here is some of the drama being photographed by the children on our iPads.  They then uploaded the photo into an app and annotated it with how they felt the characters felt.

Drama being caught on camera.
   
Feelings captured and annotated.

 

Rich and Poor

Posted on Monday 15 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

What have these pieces of art got to do with “Rich and Poor?”

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Freeze-framing

Posted on Thursday 11 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

Open the door or I'll kick it down!

Our class novel is Street Child by Berlie Doherty.  It’s given us great opportunities to explore narrative in many different ways.  This week, we tried to show how some of the characters might be feeling when they were evicted from their home.  Jim lives with his Ma and two sisters; when they can’t pay their rent they are thrown out onto the street.  These photos are where we created a freeze frame showing how the family may have felt when they heard the news.  The freeze frames were then given a caption to show what they were trying to portray.

The family was terrified!

 

Give me my money!

Researching the old with the new

Posted on Thursday 11 October 2012 by Mrs Weekes

Year 5 became historians this week, researching how life was for Victorian children.  The iPads should have been steaming when we had finished – we found an amazing amount of facts!

     
Spiders in butter were swallowed to cure a cough!

 

 

                              
Poor boys still went to school but poor girls did not go at all.

 

                                                                    

 

 

 

PE links with Allerton Grange

Posted on Monday 01 October 2012 by Mrs Taylor

We work closely with Allerton Grange to arrange PE activities for each class. 

Throughout the year, Year 1 to Year 6 will be taking part in sessions led by the Sports and Dance leaders at Allerton Grange.

The visits take place during the school day and teachers will inform their class nearer to the time.