Hi everyone, well it's finally here DECEMBER, and it's brought with it the Christmas weather!!
The friends of St. Vincent's annual Christmas Fayre took place this Saturday. It was a very festive occasion and was lovely to see so many of you there. The school council's bring and buy stall was a huge success as usual and we will let you know next week how much was raised. Thank you to everyone who helped out and to everyone for attending and making it such a successful event.
This week will be our assessment and review week.
Usually we would carry out our assessments in the last week of term but as Christmas is such an exciting time for the children, we felt it would only be fair to do this earlier, it will also help us to get the best out of the children.
The children will be assessed on Maths, English and Science which they have studied in this term. Please see this whole terms blogspots for the topics we have covered and for websites to help review your learning.
The children will also be reviewing the huge amount of ICT they have done this term by teaching Year 3 and 4 to use the new school laptops and teaching Year 1 to use the mini laptops.
Our Year 5 and 6 have become really skilled in this area and they will now be able to pass on their knowledge. They have planned their own lessons and will carry them out and then evaluate how their lessons went.
When we are not carrying out assessments the children will be writing their own biographies. They started this last week after hearing Roald Dahl's Boy for inspiration, they have produced some interesting work so far and we can't wait to see the finished result.
We did not have time to complete our bread experiment last week and therefore will be making our bread this week.
In Here I Am, the topic of birthdays now moves on to look at the season of advent. We will be looking at the advent wreath and it's meanings and discussing ways in which we prepare to celebrate Jesus' birth.
We also be deciding on reader and singers for our carol service this week and practising the songs and readings.
Finally, Mrs Narraway starts her maternity leave on Friday, we wish her well and hope to hear news of her new baby soon.
Thanks for visiting this weeks very short blogspot, see you next week.
Year 5/6 Team.
Saturday 29 November 2008
Sunday 23 November 2008
Week Beginning 24th November 2008
Hi everyone and welcome to the last blog of November!!
We have a busy week this week. Here are some dates for your diary to begin with.
Non uniform day
This Friday is a non uniform day. We would be grateful if children could bring something for the Tombola stall for the Christmas Fayre.
Christmas Fayre
Saturday sees the Friends of St Vincent’s hold their annual Christmas Fayre, between 11am and 1pm. Please do come along to visit Santa’s grotto and lots of other fun activities and stalls.
The school council would also appreciate any toys and books that are in a good condition for their bring and buy stall.
Operation Christmas Child
If you would like to send a shoebox into school, filled with Christmas gifts, then please do so by WEDNESDAY of this week. You will have received a leaflet explaining the types of things which are suitable to include for each age range. The boxes need to be able to be opened by customs, so securing the lid on with an elastic band is the best way to do this. Please also ensure that you remember to include the correct amount for postage costs.
Christmas Lunch
The children will be having their Christmas lunch on 8th December, so if you would like your child to take part in this, and haven’t already done so, please send in the payment by Monday. Obviously, children will not need a packed lunch for that day, but please bear in mind, that there will be no toast available at morning break on that day.
This weeks curriculum...
Literacy
This week we will be working on arguments.
We have lots of objectives to cover by the end of the week.
We need to be able to read and talk about discussion texts and arguments.
Write discussion text or argument.
Summarise texts and make notes. Identify passive verbs and change them to active.
Build up a bank of words and phrases for discussion and argument.
Take part in discussions, debates or planning inquiries.
By the end of this week the children:-
Must be able to construct a verbal argument.
Should be able to construct a written argument.
Could be able to construct a written argument that can be presented.
Try this website to help:-
http://www.globalfootprints.org/pdf/deserveswater_waterlit56.pdf
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be moving on to multiplying Th H T U x T U and using a fraction as an 'operator' to find fractions of amounts.
The children were very good at multiplying last week and now need to extend this knowledge it's really important to work on your times tables.
Have a look at these websites:-
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be working on length and weight.
The children will be suggesting suitable units and equipment to estimate and measure length and weight, measure and draw lines to the nearest millimetre and record estimates and recordings from weighing scales.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Measure
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Weight
Science
In science we will be looking at the micro-organism Yeast. The children will be investigating the difference in making bread with, and without yeast.
The will also observe the conditions needed in order to help yeast become active.
Why not try making some bread of your own at home.
Try the recipe on this website:-
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2000-07:f4funbread
PE
In PE this week we will be carrying on with orienteering and Mr Wilby from St Greg's will be coming back into school on Tuesday to work with the children on their playground leadership games which they are really enjoying.
That's all for this week.
Year 5/6 Team
We have a busy week this week. Here are some dates for your diary to begin with.
Non uniform day
This Friday is a non uniform day. We would be grateful if children could bring something for the Tombola stall for the Christmas Fayre.
Christmas Fayre
Saturday sees the Friends of St Vincent’s hold their annual Christmas Fayre, between 11am and 1pm. Please do come along to visit Santa’s grotto and lots of other fun activities and stalls.
The school council would also appreciate any toys and books that are in a good condition for their bring and buy stall.
Operation Christmas Child
If you would like to send a shoebox into school, filled with Christmas gifts, then please do so by WEDNESDAY of this week. You will have received a leaflet explaining the types of things which are suitable to include for each age range. The boxes need to be able to be opened by customs, so securing the lid on with an elastic band is the best way to do this. Please also ensure that you remember to include the correct amount for postage costs.
Christmas Lunch
The children will be having their Christmas lunch on 8th December, so if you would like your child to take part in this, and haven’t already done so, please send in the payment by Monday. Obviously, children will not need a packed lunch for that day, but please bear in mind, that there will be no toast available at morning break on that day.
This weeks curriculum...
Literacy
This week we will be working on arguments.
We have lots of objectives to cover by the end of the week.
We need to be able to read and talk about discussion texts and arguments.
Write discussion text or argument.
Summarise texts and make notes. Identify passive verbs and change them to active.
Build up a bank of words and phrases for discussion and argument.
Take part in discussions, debates or planning inquiries.
By the end of this week the children:-
Must be able to construct a verbal argument.
Should be able to construct a written argument.
Could be able to construct a written argument that can be presented.
Try this website to help:-
http://www.globalfootprints.org/pdf/deserveswater_waterlit56.pdf
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be moving on to multiplying Th H T U x T U and using a fraction as an 'operator' to find fractions of amounts.
The children were very good at multiplying last week and now need to extend this knowledge it's really important to work on your times tables.
Have a look at these websites:-
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be working on length and weight.
The children will be suggesting suitable units and equipment to estimate and measure length and weight, measure and draw lines to the nearest millimetre and record estimates and recordings from weighing scales.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Measure
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Weight
Science
In science we will be looking at the micro-organism Yeast. The children will be investigating the difference in making bread with, and without yeast.
The will also observe the conditions needed in order to help yeast become active.
Why not try making some bread of your own at home.
Try the recipe on this website:-
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2000-07:f4funbread
PE
In PE this week we will be carrying on with orienteering and Mr Wilby from St Greg's will be coming back into school on Tuesday to work with the children on their playground leadership games which they are really enjoying.
That's all for this week.
Year 5/6 Team
Sunday 16 November 2008
Week Beginning 17th November 2008
Hi everyone, hope you are having a good weekend.
On Thursday this week it is the Key Stage 2 disco, so get ready to boogie!!
The school council would like to make a plea for toys and books for their bring and buy stall at the Christmas Fair. Please make sure if you do send stuff into school that it is in good working order. Thank you.
This week's curriculum:-
Literacy
This week is our last week on quests. The children have really enjoyed this topic and some of their ideas are fantastic.
We will be working on drama this week. We will be doing some hot seating using the characters from the Lord of the Rings and the children will also be doing some drama on their own quests as well.
We will also finish writing our quests and recording them in different ways using the laptops.
Numeracy
The children did some fantastic work last week on averages using the mean, median, mode and range. They really got to grips with this topic and understood it really well.
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be working on multiplying HTU by TU using standard written methods and multiplying U.th by U.
Try these websites:-
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=Toolkit%20index2ahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/written/flash2.shtml multiply by larger numbers by partitioning. http://www.multiplication.com/interactive/quickflash/flash/index.html
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's group will be working on symmetry. They will be learning to understand the terms 'reflective symmetry' and 'axis of symmetry' , recognise reflective symmetry in regular polygons, recognise where a shape will after reflection in a mirror line parallel to one side.
Try these websites:-
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/shapes6.shtml
http://www.educationict.org.uk/bpt/symmetry.htm
Science
This week we will be looking at how micro-organisms effect food. We will also be having a look a what micro-organisms look like and them making our 3-d models of them.
If you have any scrap materials at home, for example egg boxes etc please send them into school to help with our model making.
Please see previous blogspots for websites on micro-organisms.
Here I Am.
This week we will be starting our new topic of birthdays. This week we will be recognising reasons for celebrating birthdays.
PE
The children enjoyed doing orienteering last week but got very muddy due to the weather. Please make sure that they have an outdoor PE kit in school at all times.
Music
This week we will be starting to learn some Carols for the Christmas Carol Concert which we are leading this year. It may feel a bit early to be singing Carols but we really haven't got that long left till Christmas so need to make a start.
Thanks for visiting the blogspot.
Year 5/6 Team
On Thursday this week it is the Key Stage 2 disco, so get ready to boogie!!
The school council would like to make a plea for toys and books for their bring and buy stall at the Christmas Fair. Please make sure if you do send stuff into school that it is in good working order. Thank you.
This week's curriculum:-
Literacy
This week is our last week on quests. The children have really enjoyed this topic and some of their ideas are fantastic.
We will be working on drama this week. We will be doing some hot seating using the characters from the Lord of the Rings and the children will also be doing some drama on their own quests as well.
We will also finish writing our quests and recording them in different ways using the laptops.
Numeracy
The children did some fantastic work last week on averages using the mean, median, mode and range. They really got to grips with this topic and understood it really well.
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be working on multiplying HTU by TU using standard written methods and multiplying U.th by U.
Try these websites:-
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=Toolkit%20index2ahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/written/flash2.shtml multiply by larger numbers by partitioning. http://www.multiplication.com/interactive/quickflash/flash/index.html
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's group will be working on symmetry. They will be learning to understand the terms 'reflective symmetry' and 'axis of symmetry' , recognise reflective symmetry in regular polygons, recognise where a shape will after reflection in a mirror line parallel to one side.
Try these websites:-
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/shapes6.shtml
http://www.educationict.org.uk/bpt/symmetry.htm
Science
This week we will be looking at how micro-organisms effect food. We will also be having a look a what micro-organisms look like and them making our 3-d models of them.
If you have any scrap materials at home, for example egg boxes etc please send them into school to help with our model making.
Please see previous blogspots for websites on micro-organisms.
Here I Am.
This week we will be starting our new topic of birthdays. This week we will be recognising reasons for celebrating birthdays.
PE
The children enjoyed doing orienteering last week but got very muddy due to the weather. Please make sure that they have an outdoor PE kit in school at all times.
Music
This week we will be starting to learn some Carols for the Christmas Carol Concert which we are leading this year. It may feel a bit early to be singing Carols but we really haven't got that long left till Christmas so need to make a start.
Thanks for visiting the blogspot.
Year 5/6 Team
Sunday 9 November 2008
Week Beginning 10th November 2008
Hi everyone, we are all settled back in now and ready for some hard work this half term.
Let get straight to it.
Literacy
We will continue our work on Quests this week. Most of the learning objectives will be the same as last week but we will also be moving on to planning and writing our own quest stories.
Your child should have a sticker in their diary this week about extracts of movies that we will be watching in school this week.
All of the extracts are from children's movies e.g. The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Lord of the Rings etc but some of these movies are rated PG. If you do not wish your child to watch these then please put a note in their diaries to make us aware of this, we will check all the diaries before we watch any of the movies. Thank you.
The children will have to make notes when watching the movies to help them when they come to plan their own.
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be working on averages and looking at mean, median, mode and range. We will find the mode and range of a set of data, begin to find the mean and median of a set of data and calculate different types of averages of a set of data.
Try these websites:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/modemedianmean.shtml
http://revisionworld.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/mean-median-mode-and-range-rhyme/
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be working on frequency tables and pictograms.
They will be collecting their own data and constructing their own pictograms. They will also study other pictograms and interpret the data.
Try this website to help:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/interpretingdata.shtml
You could also try making your own pictograms at home.
Science
We will continue our work on micro-organisms. We will be looking at food hygiene this week and what it needs to survive. We will be going on a visit to the kitchen and having a look round at the hygiene and also looking at posters and rules that have to be followed when cooking.
You could help at home by discussing with your child how you ensure that your kitchen and food preparation is hygienic.
Topic
We will get back to our Greek topic this week. We will look at the Spartan Army and be designing our own shields and swords for a battle. If you have any cardboard boxes at home that you do not need could you please send them into school so we can use them to make our props.
Please send them in flat so that we can store them in classroom.
Have a look at these websites for information on the Spartan Army:-
http://www.sikyon.com/sparta/history_eg.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/spartans2.htm
PE
The children have designed their orienteering courses this week and will be using them in the next few weeks in their PE lessons. They will need an outdoor PE kit for these activities. They need old clothes and old trainers as they will be going on the field and will get muddy. Thank you.
That's all for this week, until next time.
Year 5/6 Team.
Let get straight to it.
Literacy
We will continue our work on Quests this week. Most of the learning objectives will be the same as last week but we will also be moving on to planning and writing our own quest stories.
Your child should have a sticker in their diary this week about extracts of movies that we will be watching in school this week.
All of the extracts are from children's movies e.g. The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Lord of the Rings etc but some of these movies are rated PG. If you do not wish your child to watch these then please put a note in their diaries to make us aware of this, we will check all the diaries before we watch any of the movies. Thank you.
The children will have to make notes when watching the movies to help them when they come to plan their own.
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be working on averages and looking at mean, median, mode and range. We will find the mode and range of a set of data, begin to find the mean and median of a set of data and calculate different types of averages of a set of data.
Try these websites:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/modemedianmean.shtml
http://revisionworld.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/mean-median-mode-and-range-rhyme/
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be working on frequency tables and pictograms.
They will be collecting their own data and constructing their own pictograms. They will also study other pictograms and interpret the data.
Try this website to help:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/interpretingdata.shtml
You could also try making your own pictograms at home.
Science
We will continue our work on micro-organisms. We will be looking at food hygiene this week and what it needs to survive. We will be going on a visit to the kitchen and having a look round at the hygiene and also looking at posters and rules that have to be followed when cooking.
You could help at home by discussing with your child how you ensure that your kitchen and food preparation is hygienic.
Topic
We will get back to our Greek topic this week. We will look at the Spartan Army and be designing our own shields and swords for a battle. If you have any cardboard boxes at home that you do not need could you please send them into school so we can use them to make our props.
Please send them in flat so that we can store them in classroom.
Have a look at these websites for information on the Spartan Army:-
http://www.sikyon.com/sparta/history_eg.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/spartans2.htm
PE
The children have designed their orienteering courses this week and will be using them in the next few weeks in their PE lessons. They will need an outdoor PE kit for these activities. They need old clothes and old trainers as they will be going on the field and will get muddy. Thank you.
That's all for this week, until next time.
Year 5/6 Team.
Sunday 2 November 2008
Week Beginning 3rd October 2008
Welcome back to a very hectic but fun half term. The half term leading up to Christmas is always an enjoyable one as we can all get into the Christmas spirit.
Thank you to all the parents who attended parents evening during the last week of half term.
We hope you all had a good rest over the holidays and are ready to work your socks off in the run up to Christmas (we have to do something to keep ourselves warm!!).
Literacy
This week we will be looking at a unit of work based on the novels 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' by JR Tolkin , many of the children will have read this book but we will also be reading some of it in school too.
The children will begin to understand what a Quest adventure is.
Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view. /Appraise a text quickly.
Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others including in reading groups.
Use a range of oral techniques to present persuasive arguments.
Explore the setting of a famous quest.
Make notes when listening for a sustained period.
Appraise a text quickly deciding on its value, quality or usefulness.
Summarise a passage, chapter or texts.
Understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and impact.
If you have these books at home why not try sharing them with your child this week?
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be learning to read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants and we will also be looking at the properties of 3d shapes.
Bonfire night is a great time for looking at 3d shapes, if you have fireworks at home you will seen that they come in all manner of 3d shapes, get your child to describe the properties of these shapes, before they are set off of course!!
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be looking at parallel and perpendicular lines, they will learn to recognise parallel and perpendicular lines and to classify triangles using criteria such as equal sides, equal angles and lines of symmetry.
Science
We will continue our topic of micro-organisms this week. We will combine science with history this week and will investigate Edward Jenner, who was a pioneer in discovering vaccinations.
Try these websites to find out information about him:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jenner_edward.shtml
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/edwardjenner.html
Topic
We will use our topic time this week to discover what bonfire night is all about. We will research Guy Fawkes and investigate the 'Gun Powder Plot'.
There are many websites about this subject but the children will be using the laptops to research their own information and therefore will find their own websites.
Each group will then give a presentation at the end of the week using the information they have found out on this subject.
Here I Am
We will be focusing on Confirmation this week in our invitation topic. We will discuss how this cements our path into the Church community.
Have a sparkling week and be safe on Wednesday!!
Year 5/6 Team.
Thank you to all the parents who attended parents evening during the last week of half term.
We hope you all had a good rest over the holidays and are ready to work your socks off in the run up to Christmas (we have to do something to keep ourselves warm!!).
Literacy
This week we will be looking at a unit of work based on the novels 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' by JR Tolkin , many of the children will have read this book but we will also be reading some of it in school too.
The children will begin to understand what a Quest adventure is.
Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view. /Appraise a text quickly.
Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others including in reading groups.
Use a range of oral techniques to present persuasive arguments.
Explore the setting of a famous quest.
Make notes when listening for a sustained period.
Appraise a text quickly deciding on its value, quality or usefulness.
Summarise a passage, chapter or texts.
Understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and impact.
If you have these books at home why not try sharing them with your child this week?
Numeracy
This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be learning to read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants and we will also be looking at the properties of 3d shapes.
Bonfire night is a great time for looking at 3d shapes, if you have fireworks at home you will seen that they come in all manner of 3d shapes, get your child to describe the properties of these shapes, before they are set off of course!!
Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be looking at parallel and perpendicular lines, they will learn to recognise parallel and perpendicular lines and to classify triangles using criteria such as equal sides, equal angles and lines of symmetry.
Science
We will continue our topic of micro-organisms this week. We will combine science with history this week and will investigate Edward Jenner, who was a pioneer in discovering vaccinations.
Try these websites to find out information about him:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jenner_edward.shtml
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/edwardjenner.html
Topic
We will use our topic time this week to discover what bonfire night is all about. We will research Guy Fawkes and investigate the 'Gun Powder Plot'.
There are many websites about this subject but the children will be using the laptops to research their own information and therefore will find their own websites.
Each group will then give a presentation at the end of the week using the information they have found out on this subject.
Here I Am
We will be focusing on Confirmation this week in our invitation topic. We will discuss how this cements our path into the Church community.
Have a sparkling week and be safe on Wednesday!!
Year 5/6 Team.
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