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Friday 10th November 2023
Posted: Nov 10, 2023 by: Megan Eastwood (MEastwood) on: Class 5
Welcome back from half term break everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful week of Halloween and Bonfire Night fun!
We have certainly got back into the swing of things in Class 5 with a bang this week.
In our English lessons we have been reading the Greek myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops, Polyphemus. We have loved the story so much, despite it being a bit gruesome in places, I suppose it links quite nicely with the recent Halloween festivities in that sense. On Tuesday we used some drama and role playing to put ourselves in the shoes of the cyclops and think about his feelings before using this to write a letter to his father from his point of view.
In Maths this week our focus has been all about 3D shapes. We have learned about the different names and properties of various 3D shapes, looked at nets and even plans and elevations of 3D shapes. I have been so impressed with the work that the children have produced in Maths this week and it has been so lovely to see so many members of our class helping out their fellow classmates when they were struggling.
We also started our brand-new topics ‘It’s All Greek To Me’ which focusses on History and Geography and ‘Forces’ in science. We used 6 figure grid references in Geography, went on a scavenger hunt for facts about modern and ancient Greece and used Newton metres to measure the force of gravity upon objects around school. We even learned about Aristotle, Galileo Galilei, and Sir Isaac Newton.
It has been such a wonderful week here in Class 5 and I am already looking forward to Monday.
Finally, today, we have spent some time in class discussion Remembrance Day and why it is observed in commonwealth countries. The children were extremely respectful.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Miss Eastwood
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