Class 5
Happy Half Term! Plant a Bulb Day - 25th October 2024
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We have had a really busy and fun end to the half term with our Break the Rules Day and Plant a Bulb Day!
It was great to see the children's outfits today, including some fantastic Halloween costumes and lots of spooky tatoos, and fab face gems and hair styles!
Thank you so much for being really kind and bringing in a brilliant array of bulbs - we are all really looking forward to seeing them brighten up our school field and school playground in the spring.
We hope you all have a wonderful half term break, including a spook-tacular Halloween!
Happy birthday to Annabel today and wishing Sebastian a very happy birthday next week.
With love and best wishes,
Dr Bamfield and Mrs Kendal
Hello to Lois the rabbit!
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We had a special visitor in Class 5 today, when Lois the rabbit came to say hello!
The children were very kind and caring, and luckily Lois was very patient and calm.
We all agreed she is very cute and has incredibly soft fur which is lovely to stroke.
Earlier in the week, Class 5 had a chance to explore outdoors in the school grounds, making the most of some nice sunny weather.
Hopefully the weather will stay nice for next Friday (25th October), which is our 'Plant a Bulb Day'. We have already received a few bulbs and it would be brilliant to receive some more next week, as we'd like every child in school to have a chance to plant a bulb in the school grounds.
Thanks for all your help with this and wishing you a lovely weekend,
Mrs Kendal, Dr Bamfield and Lois! x
Imagining mysterious characters and magical islands in Class 5!
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We have had another busy and exciting week in Class 5, with a literacy event on Thursday in which we got to meet the author, Liz Flanagan.
She told us about the inspiration behind her own books, set in a fantasy world with talking animals - which in turn inspired us to create our own characters and think of a story setting on a magical island.
Matilda mentioned, “I really enjoyed English because we got to write our own stories," while William observed, "Today we created our own character, island and plot for a story, and what I loved was the island I made up.”
Meanwhile, Noah noted that his idea of an island with a dungeon got mentioned at the live event, so that everyone from the other schools got to hear about it today. "Today I wrote about my island but made it different." he concluded.
Art with Miss Monday continues to be one of the children's favourite lessons. As Sebastian stated, “I liked Art because we got to use a graphite stick and also we had the chance to draw an astronaut.”
Rosie remarked, “I liked art because it was really fun to do,” and Zevi said, “I liked Art because we drew pictures of different planets.”
Brass and Mandarin are also very popular:
Millie mentioned, “I enjoyed Mandarin because we got our Mandarin names and we got to do a colour by number.”
Noah said, “I really liked Mandarin because we learned another word.”
Flo said, “I liked Brass because we learned a new song.”
Talia commented, “I enjoyed Brass because I got a sticker from Mr Brown.”
Science, Maths and Geography were also mentioned by the children:
Blake said, “I liked Science because we talked about space and I liked writing about the planet Uranus, because it is a very long distance from the sun.”
Rosie said, “I liked Maths today because we got to solve problems.”
Matilda said, “I liked Geography because we learned all about the continents.”
Having fun learning about space in Year 5!
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We have had another extremely busy week in Class 5!
The children discussed and shared their favourite moments from the week.
Sebastian said: “I liked Science because we got to design our own planets.” Xander agreed, “I like Science because we made our own to remember the planets of the solar system and I also liked making our own planets.”
Following the space theme, we have also been learning about the life of the astronaut Tim Peake and writing a biography.
In Leon's words, “I enjoyed English because we were taking notes and eventually writing good sentences about fabulous Tim Peake.”
Poppy said excitedly, “Mandarin was really fun because we got to discover a new culture.” Millie mentioned, “I enjoyed Mandarin because we’re understanding more words.”
Seb stated, “I enjoyed RE because we got to learn about the pilgrimage to Mecca.”
Annabel added, “I really liked Art because we were doing these cool swirls!”
Our Brass lessons on Thursdays continue to be a highlight of the week.
“I liked Brass because Mr Brown is really fun!” Owen said properly. (Can you tell we have been practising using adverbs and a range of verbs in our direct speech!)
“It was fun doing Brass because we got to learn a new note!” exclaimed Zevi. “Mandarin was also amazing because we got to learn two more words and five more numbers.”
Also, as you will see in these photos, we designed and performed sequences in PE, using our bodies to make interesting shapes.
Welcome to Year 5!
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Friday 20 September 2024
Year 5 have begun more new adventures this week, with the start of their Mandarin learning journey.
The children were delighted to meet their new teacher and are excited about bein given their own Mandarin names in the next few weeks:
“Mandarin was amazing because we got to learn numbers from one to five!” exclaimed Bobby.
Rosie said happily, “In Mandarin, we learned how to say some new words and it was really fun!”
“Mandarin was fun because we got to learn some new words that we never heard before and also we’re going to be able to take homework home for it.” reflected Ishan.
Macie observed, “Mandarin was fun because we got to learn a different language!”
Zevi exclaimed, “Mandarin and Brass were both exciting because we got to do new things!”
As Zevi's comment reflects Year 5's Brass lessons on Thursday continue to be a highlight of the week:
“Brass was really fun because the people who couldn’t read music got to read music!” noted Lottie.
Connie declared, “I loved Brass because I got a baritone and I really like Mr Brown.”
“I’m already really excited for Brass next week because it is really fun learning it at home and at school.” exclaimed William.
Another highlight of the week was the Art lesson on Thursday with Miss Monday, in which the children explored making designs using charcoal:
Rosey remarked, “Art was fun this week because we could do different patterns on the paper using charcoal.”
“I quite liked Art because the compressed charcoal was really fun!” said Noah.
In addition, the Topic Science lesson was brilliant because the children had a chance to explore phases of the moon with a biscuit!
As Millie mentioned, “Topic Science was fun because we got to eat a biscuit and learn about different phases of the moon.”
Finally, Ishan added, “Maths was fun because we got to practise mental addition and subtraction.”
Friday 13 September 2024
Wow - what a great start to the year in Class 5!
It has been absolutely brilliant getting to know everyone in the class and I feel very lucky to be teaching such a wonderful, friendly and enthusiastic group of children.
At the end of our first full week, we talked about what has been most exciting so far – and the clear winner was ‘Brass’!
Here is what the children think, in their own words:
“Brass is good because we get to play brass instruments.” (Bobby)
“Brass is really exciting and some of us haven’t really played brass instruments before.” (Lottie)
“It’s really fun because we get to play something new.” (Talia)
“I love brass because the instruments are fun to play and Mr Brown is funny.” (Rosie)
“I already love it because I got a massive deep baritone to play.” (William)
I know that Mrs Kendal has really enjoyed the start of term too and I hope all of the class have enjoyed it as much as their teachers!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Dr Bamfield & Mrs Kendal
