Class 5
Friday 10th February 2023
admin on: Class 5
Well I must say I am really sad to see this half term come to an end. It has been a fantastic 6 weeks full of lots of fun and lots of learning. I am so proud of my brilliant Year 5's for their hard work, resilience and maturity that that they have shown throughout the entire half term, I hope to see it continue after the break. A huge well done to each and every student. I hope you all have a great half term break.
Miss Eastwood
This week's blog has been written by Alex H, Effie, Hattie, Noah, Jack, Evie and Autumn, we hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it. Enjoy!
- - - - - - - - - - - -
This week in maths we have been learning about rounding decimals to the nearest place. We have also been learning about percentages of a number. We also learned how to convert between a percentage and a decimal and a percentage and a fraction. Did you know that percentage just means ‘out of 100’?
In English we have been learning how to write a formal letter of complaint about the deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. After 3 planning lessons we managed to have the level of ideas to start writing. Everyone has now finished their letters and written them up in best. Miss Eastwood has been marking them and said that they are the best pieces of written work be have completed all year!
In art we have been learning about Henri Rousseau and the brilliant paintings of his. His paintings were based on rainforests. He’d never actually seen a rainforest so he used his imagination and pictures he had seen in story books for these wonderful paintings.
This week in PE we have continued to practise and rehearse Our dance, adding new parts to our dance routine. In rugby we played minigames of rugby which was very fun. So that was class 5’s week on PE.
In music we have been continuing with our brass playing. We have been playing a song called I wanna play in a band. We have also been playing we will rock you.
We went to assembly and watched a
Violin performance of Miss Kelly’s friend!
She played some songs from musicals like the sound of music etc. on her violin. She was very talented.
In R.E. we got to draw a word in fancy writing on how we should live our lives Then we got to draw patterns inside the word. Some people chose the word family as they look after you.
Finally, after recent the earthquake in Turkey 
Written by Alex H, Evie, Noah, Jack, Effie Hattie, Autumn
Friday 3rd February 2023
admin on: Class 5
Well Year 5 have blown me away yet again with another fantastic week as we race towards the end of this busy half term!
We have had a week of great behaviour, 100% effort and lots of fun and laughter. I would particularly like to say a huge WELL DONE to the children for their impeccable behaviour whilst representing the school during our visit to Holmfirth High School to watch their production of the Wizard of Oz on Tuesday. It was an absolute pleasure to take them and was lovely to see how much their all enjoyed it.
We are changing things up a bit this week and this week every single member of our class has contributed to our blog. Working in their tables of 3-4 pupils, the children have written a small paragraph about their past week in Class 5 at Netherthong!
We hope you have as much fun reading it as they all did writing it. Enjoy!
Thank you.
Miss Eastwood
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
On Tuesday this week we went to see the high school performance of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Holmfirth High School. It was outstanding! On Monday we started our English work whereby we will be writing a letter of complaint to our government about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. We started by learning lots of devastating facts about deforestation. We also had a new helper come into school, Peoni, who was lovely and helped us gather our facts. In Maths we have been learning about rounding decimals to whole numbers or to one decimal place.
Written by: Sophia, Amelia, Florence and Jacob
This week we had a very exciting week! On Tuesday we got to go to the local high school to watch their place. The Wizard of Oz but sadly Isla was ill along with Hattie and Freya. On Wednesday we practiced the last few bits of a dance in PE so now we only need to sort out some cool outfits and clean a few little parts up. On Thursday in maths we worked on rounding decimals in money which was a little tricky but we made sure to ask Miss Eastwood and our table buddies for help. We also did rugby training in PE on Thursday which was really fun, we were able to play a full game of tag rugby!
Written by Jemima, Isla, Jack and Jackson
On Tuesday we had a mini school trip where we walked up to the high school in single file so it wasn’t dangerous. Miss Eastwood was at the front of the line, Miss Kelly was at the back and Miss Monday in the middle to make sure it was safe for all of us. The play was about The Wizard of Oz and it was really good! It felt like we were watching a real performance, well I guess we were! We particularly liked all the cool round effects and how there were so many different characters. On Wednesday we learned the final part of our dance ready for our performance at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in a few weeks’ time. We also found out which of us would get to perform solo dances! Congratulations to Jemima, Betsy, Martha and Zachary.
Written by Ella, Alex G, Izzy and Zachary
We have enjoyed doing English this week because we are preparing to write a formal letter of complaint. Maths this week was quite hard but we did enjoy it. We have been learning about rounding decimals and whole numbers. The high school trip this week was also really cool and it was a lot of fun walking up to the school. Finally, in topic this week we learned about Sir David Attenborough and even wrote a biography about this life.
Written by Hatty, Tommy, Martha and Isaac
We really enjoyed English this week because we are writing a formal letter about deforestation, something we are all really interested in. It was extra fun because Miss Eastwood placed different facts about deforestation all around the hall and we had to take part in a kind of treasure hunt to find and read them all. We have also been learning about Sir David Attenborough in our topic lessons and all of the amazing things he’s done for the environment. In Maths we have been rounding decimals to the nearest whole number, nearest tenth and also to the nearest 10p in money.
Written by Effie, Alex H, Oscar and Evie
On Tuesday we walked to the high school to see the play The Wizard of Oz. On the way there we all started to sing ‘We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful l wizard of Oz’ and we really enjoyed this! There were so many cool sound effects and even smoke effects whilst watching the play. They even made it snow in the hall! Also, the school kindly handed out ice lollies during the break, they were lemon flavoured and really nice. All the cast played each character wonderfully which kept us all really entertained. The actors had enthusiasm, whit, creativity and exaggeration, it was fantastic!
Written by Daniel, Millie and Jake
It has been an exciting week this week in Class 5. We went on a class trip to Holmfirth High School to watch The Wizard of Oz on Tuesday and it was amazing. On Wednesday did our dance lesson and have almost complete dour dance, we just need to choose our outfits and finish a few last little bits. On Thursday we did rugby and practiced our music during our brass lessons. We also learned about Sir David Attenborough in our topic lesson and wrote a biography about his life, which was really interesting.
Written by Samuel, Betsy, Freya and Noah
On Tuesday we walked to Holmfirth High School to watch the play The Wizard of Oz. It lasted two hours. On Wednesday Mrs Kendall taught us how to be safe in major emergencies. On Wednesday afternoon we completed our dance routine with our dance teacher Ashleigh. We also looked at an example letter of complaint about deforestation in English on Wednesday to help inspire us to write our own version next week. In Thursday’s Maths lesson we looked at rounding decimals to the pound when dealing with money. We also did our PE lesson of rugby on Thursday afternoon but unfortunately there were a couple of scraped knees as children fell over while trying to score a try.
Written by Laura, Toby, Tatham and Tiana.
Friday 27th January 2023
admin on: Class 5
Yet again, another fabulous week in Class 5! We have had a jam-packed week full of lots of learning. From writing our very own sloth poems in English (ALL of which were incredible by the way), to learning about area, perimeter and volume in Maths and even scoring lots of tries in Rugby! (My apologies to parents for the muddy knees from Thursday, the children were so enthused by the game that they could not help themselves but dive for the tries!).
I have been beaming with pride all week, well done Class 5!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This week's blog has been written by our very own Evie, Betsy and Ella! We hope you enjoy reading it just as much as they enjoyed writing it!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
PE
In PE we have been doing dance on a Wednesday with our dance teacher Ashleigh. Ashleigh is a really good teacher and dancer and has been showing how to do so many cool new moves so we can get ready to perform at the Lawrence Batley theatre. We are all really excited! We have almost finished our dance but we still need to learn the start of the song. The song is called Finesse by Bruno Mars and Cardi B. The start of the song is a rap by Cardi B.
In PE on a Thursday we do rugby. This week we were aloud to be on the grass. Our rugby teacher is called Mr Jones. During the lesson we did an activity where someone had a rugby ball and that person would pass it to the next person and score a try without a defender tagging you. It was great fun and LOTS of children were diving in the mud to score their try. There were lots of muddy knees by the end of the lesson!
English
In English this week we have been writing poems linked to our topic ‘The Rainforest’ and one of our poems was a sloth poem. So, we had to describe the movements of a sloth. It was really fun! We even made a piece of music about a sloth to reflect a sloth’s movements, behaviours and appearance. Some children even got to perform their musical piece to the class. We then used the music as inspiration to help us write the poems.
Maths
This week in maths we have been looking perimeter, area and volume. We learned that the perimeter is the length all the way around a shape and you can work this out by adding up the length of each side. The area is the part inside a 2D shape and you can work this out by multiplying the length and the width. Finally, the volume is the part inside a 3D shape. You can work this out by multiplying the height x width x depth. So many people in class did really well in Maths with lots of children completing ALL THREE sets of questions!
Science
In science we have been looking at life cycles of different living things and then reproduction of animals. We even got to spend today playing a fun game of throwing peas into cups to replicate the reproduction process of different animals. Miss Eastwood was panicking ALL afternoon about the amount of peas flying around the room and landing on the floor. It was really funny.
Thank you for reading our blog.
Evie, Betsy and Ella.
Friday 20th January 2023
admin on: Class 5
Another fantastic week for my fabulous Year 5 class! We have had quite a few indoor morning and lunch breaks this week due to the colder weather which can always be a little frustrating for the children, however they have been so well behaved and so sensible during this time which makes me so proud! The end of this week marks halfway through the term, time is really flying but we have 3 more weeks of exciting learning, progressing and succeeding ahead of us!
This week’s blog has been written by Tatham & Millie We hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it. Enjoy!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
On Thursday we voted for school council. Everybody who wanted to run for a place had to prepare a speech and perform it to the whole class. Some people even made voting posters and stuck them up around the class. After the speeches, everybody came outside one at a time and sat on the sofa to place their votes. We chose are favourite 3 contestants then put it in a blue box, then read our books while waiting for everybody to finish. We can’t wait for the results to be announced!
Throughout the week we’ve been looking at converting between different metric units of measurement in maths. After a few days we then worked up to converting between imperial and metric units of measurement. It has been very hard for most people at first but it’s safe to say that everybody is really good at it now! At first everyone was on set A to get a feel for it then next lesson when we did this the same but the final maths we did something a little different. We did converting mass instead of length!
On Tuesday we did Mandarin and although we do Mandarin every week this lesson was special because we were learning about Chinese New Year and all the years e. g year of the rat or year of the chicken. Then she gave us two Chinese New Year calendars and a beautiful ornament to put in our classroom. How kind!
On Wednesday we learned about the life of frogs and butterflies in a lot of detail. Like learning about the way caterpillars turn into butterflies and tadpoles turn into frogs! We have learned about this before in younger year groups but this time it was much more complex!
On Wednesday we did PSHE, learning about humanists and we were actually lucky enough to have an actual humanist come in and talk to us about her beliefs also mentioning that humanism is not a religion! And not all humanists have the same beliefs. We then acted out what makes us be happy.
On Thursday we did brass and played different songs like robots on the dance floor and I want to play in a band. Then we did some practising of D and C chords together in a song. Then we fished of the lesson/day with the name game and some solos.
We had an assembly on Monday about an engineering competition where you can submit your engineering ideas and the winner has their design actually made into a real thing by real engineers!
There is also an English competition that has been running this week called The Big Green Poetry Machine where we have each been asked to write a piece of poetry and send it into the competition to be submitted AND if you win you get your piece of poetry printed and published in an actual book!
On Wednesday we did a dance that we are practising to preform! It is quite hard and complicated but really fun. Then on Thursday we did rugby which is also really fun and this week we used the crashmat and dived onto it!
All in all, we have had a fantastic week!
Millie & Tatham
Friday 13th January 2023
admin on: Class 5
Well 2023 is definitely turning out to be OUR year in Class 5! We have had another incredible week, had so much fun and learned so many new things! I have been really proud of the unbelievable effort that so many of the children have been putting into their learning this week, not just in class but at home too. It’s really amazing to see and makes me very proud!
This week’s blog has been written by our very own Daniel and Sophia! We hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it. Enjoy!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This week we have been making posters about the rainforest in our English lessons. The posters were to try and convince people to choose the Amazon Rainforest as their next holiday destination! We have also been learning about how to prepare and write speeches in preparation for school council elections next week! We had a lot of fun in this lesson. Some children even came to the front of the class and practiced reading a famous JFK speech!
But…. back to the rainforest we have been reading a class book called The Explorer. We are all really loving the book. Miss Eastwood asked us to listen silently while she read and try to close our eyes and imagine and picture the scene of the book. It made the book seem much more interesting and as though we were right there with the characters!
In Maths we have been solving word problems using the 4 operations (that means addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, not knee operations!) These lessons have been really tricky but when we reviewed our learning form the week today, lots of children did really well with their questions.
In P.E. we have been doing dance and rugby. In dance there is going to be a dance show at the Batley Theatre with lots of other schools in the area. This week we began practicing our dance which is a street dance style. We can’t wait for next week to learn more steps.
We have also been doing rugby in PE. In these lessons we have been learning foot movement and learning how to pass a rugby ball to other players.
In PSHE we have been learning about canal safety here is some ways to keep safe near canals: Stay away from the edge, Canals are waterways not play ways , don’t swim in canals because there is a risk of drowning , Canals are not the best place to swim, swimming pools are better.
In Topic we have been learning about the 4 layers of a rainforest which are The Emergent Layer, The Canopy Layer, The Understory Layer and The Forest Floor Layer. We learnt about the different biomes as well. The different biomes are Desert, Grassland , Temperate Rainforest , Temperate Deciduous Forest , Taiga , Savana and Tundra. Here a sad part, each year an area the size of Great Britain is cut down from The Amazon Rainforest.
In brass we are learning how to play I want to play in a band. We have been learning the lyrics and singing along but also learning how to play our instruments to accompany the lyrics. Miss Eastwood even came in and watched us do a surprise mini performance, she was SO IMPRESSED!
Thank you for reading our blog.
Sophia & Daniel