Class 5
Friday 3rd March 2023
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We have had another truly fantastic week here in Class 5. On Tuesday 25 of our pupils took part in the Strictly Pennine dance performance show. They were the first school to perform and kicked things off with a BANG! They performed incredibly and really made myself, the school, themselves and you parents proud. What an amazing night!
Not only that but we have also managed to squeeze in World Book Day this week too. The children loved dressing up in their pyjamas and spending timer reading some of their favourite stories with their Year 2 buddies. We spent the day completing lots of different fun reading-based activities such as quizzes, scavenger hunts and even managed to complete our brass lesson too! (It was a little strange to see 32 children dressed in pyjamas playing brass instruments but very fun nonetheless!)
This week’s blog has been written by Martha, Jemima, Zachary and Betsy. We hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it. Enjoy!
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Dance Show
On the 28th of February we got the exiting experience of dancing on the Laurence Batley theatre. We practised in the dressing room a bit before being the 1st on stage to open the entire event. Everyone was really nervous before the show began but we decided to say some positive words of encouragement to ease our nerves. By the time we had performed we were all on cloud 9! It was such an amazing experience, we all loved it!
English
We all finished the book about “Abloy in the girls’ bathroom” during our reading comprehension lessons and enjoyed it. Now, we are writing a diary entry of Bradley Chalkers, the main character from his point of view. It was a little bit tricky trying to get into the mind set of Bradley to begin with so we started the week with some role playing to try and help with this. By the end of the week we have all managed to write not only one, but two diary entries, which Miss Eastwood said are all fantastic!
World Book Day
Yesterday, we all got to dress up in our pyjamas and read to our buddies for world book day. It was really fun! Miss Eastwood dressed up as Mr Bump from the Mr Men book series but no one recognised who she was! People asked if she was a zombie (because she had a bandage on her head) or Humpty Dumpty! We also spent the day doing lots of run reading activities like a book quiz, a book treasure hunt and even designed out own book marks.
Science
In science this week we have been learning about pregnancy and the different stages of pregnancy. Did you know that when pregnancy begins, the baby is first called an embryo, then a foetus and finally a baby.
Friday 24th February 2023
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We have leapt straight into our second spring term with a fabulous start in Class 5! The children are really enthusiastic about their new topics and putting 100% effort into all of our lessons, all the while having great fun!
We have had a particularly exciting week this week with visits from our local police offers to discuss their role in the community and careers in the police. The children were really sensible during their presentation and had some brilliantly inquisitive questions to ask. I was very proud.
Not only that but an EXTRA SPECIAL guest came to visit our classroom today, the one and only… MR CURLY WURLY, Netherthong’s very own therapy dog. The children were all so excited to see him, he brought a huge smile to everyone’s faces as he walked around for pets and cuddles as the children worked.
This week’s blog has been written by our very own Zachary, Jack and Noah. We hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it, enjoy!
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This week on Monday our maths learning objective was to know the rules of angles and turns. On our CGP work Zachary got 9/11 which is a very decent score, Noah got 11/11 which is great and Jack did all 3 question sets in the book, A, B and C so he got 29/29 years. Throughout the rest of the week have continued to learn about different angles and different shapes including regular and irregular polygons. Did you know that a 7 sided, 2D shape is called a heptagon?
In Science this week, we learnt about gestation. Gestation means the length of time a mammal grows inside the womb before it is birthed. Miss Eastwood also showed us pictures about how she changed over the years from new born to 29 years old. This was because our Science topic this half term looks at the life cycle of a human. We also we learnt the gestation periods of different animals and how they can be very different. For example, the gestation period for a hamster was just over 2 weeks whereas the gestation period for a human was 9 months!
In RE this week we learnt about ways in which people show that they’re sorry to other people. We acted out an argument and then we had to say sorry.
In PSHE we learnt about to recognise friendship feelings in others. We watched a video about two girls’ friendship we had to write good things about their good friendship and bad things about their bad friendship.
In English this week, we had to write a persuasive brochure about how you should visit the Amazon Rainforest also we had to use very good vocabulary, rhetorical questions such as can you imagine the beautiful birds of paradise swooping before you, wouldn’t you like to fly over the beloved Amazon Rainforest, feel the lapis air blowing in your face?
This week in P.E (gymnastics/dance) we had our last dance practice for the show we are going to perform on Tuesday next week. All we were doing was neatening our dance routine. We all enjoyed it and said it was really fun. Everyone said they were exited, nervous but also scared for the act5ual performance. This week on Thursday it was our first gymnastics/sports acro lesson. It was great fun and we all learned how to do proper gymnastic jumps keeping our knees together.
This week in topic we were learning about the 5 major climate zones like Tropical, Dry, Temperate, Continental and Polar. We learnt about the climate zones and how represent the average weather in an area. The one that we live in is called the temperate zone.
Zachary, Noah and Jack
Friday 10th February 2023
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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!
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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.
