Welcome to Class 5 Class Activities

Frisbee

We loved taking part in a Frisbee session with Jo from the School Sports Partnership.

Football with Marc

Class 5 are having so much fun with Marc learning all about football. We are enhancing our skills and ensuring we are practising our team work skills.

Forest School

We enjoyed our forest schools session this week. We all enjoyed looking at the natural materials and using them to make a bed for Stick Man … we cant wait to do more forest school activities.

STEM at Beamish

Class 5 have had an amazing time on their trip to Beamish. They had lots of fun learning all about Science and Engineering and building their crane to enter into the competition. Don’t forget that Parents and Carers can attend Beamish this weekend (9th July) to view our fantastic crane and display.

National Fieldwork Week

Class 5 enjoyed walking around our village to look at the features we could see. We were very good at comparing maps, we looked at an old map from the 1800’s and compared it to todays Google map. We spotted lots of differences!

Summer Term 2

Homework – wb: 27.6.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Class 5 Literacy HW – 27.6.22

Homework – wb: 20.6.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Science.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Science HW – Alnwick – 20.6.22

Science HW – Bamburgh – 20.6.22

Science HW – Lindisfarne – 20.6.22

Science HW – LUMLEY – 20.6.22

Science HW – Raby – 20.6.22

Homework – wb: 13.6.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Numeracy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Maths – Alnwick HW – 13.6.22

Maths – Bamburgh HW – 13.6.22

Maths – Lindisfarne HW – 13.6.22

Maths – Lumley HW – 13.6.22

Maths – Raby HW – 13.6.22

 

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education – 6.6.22

Today we kicked started our term with a visit from Paul Cookson, a poet and musician. He really blew our mind with his poem writing skills …. we all had a go at singing our own poems too!

Homework – wb: 6.6.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Homework 6.6.22

Raby & Lumley Homework 6.6.22

Cornerstones Curriculum Summer Term 2 – Class 5

I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing half-term and are ready for the next 7 weeks. During the Summer 2^nd half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Tomorrow’s World!

Text messages, emails, websites, blogs and podcasts. There are so many ways to communicate. Learn how to set up a class blog and build a homepage on a subject of your choice. Suggest ways to improve your school website, and hopefully the headteacher will listen to your ideas. Discover the movers and shakers in the world of technology, the people who’ve shaped the modern world. Perhaps you might be a visionary for the next generation. Build robots and circuits, break codes and investigate gadgets galore. Why not write a thriller narrative in the style of Anthony Horowitz? Then, on request from MI99, build a website for a new Spy School. What pages will it need? One for gadgets? A secret lunch menu? You decide. Let’s start today on Tomorrow’s World.

Linked text: Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz

As well as our topic, the children will develop their Football and Swimming in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited that all their hard work and preparations for the SATs will continue in preparation for Year 6 and 7 alike; extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays will continue to the end of the year. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.

Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings and Times Tables will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.

Class 5 will have PE on Wednesday and Fridays this half term, with swimming being on Thursday mornings. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning, and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays. All swimming kits are to come into school on Thursday morning and will be sent home on the Thursday night.

Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links.

Mr. Graham

Summer Term 1

UNCRC Article 30 – customs and religion

What an unbelievable treat we had today when our rights respecting council delivered an assembly in celebration to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Well done to Amelia and Maisie who played the National Anthem on their violin.

Future Star in the making

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and culture

A massive well done to Marcus who participated in a football tournament with his team and won the entire tournament. You are a star performer Marcus who demonstrated Rights Respecting Gold ethos outside of the school setting.

Homework – wb: 23.5.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

HW – King or Queen for Day – 23.5.22

Vision Treats – 19.5.22

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and culture

What a wonderful surprise our children have had when an ice cream van pulled up for our Year 6s: all organised by Vision – Thank you ever so much. Even the staff got an ice cream!

PE – Dodgeball – 19.5.22

Another wonderful treat in PE where our children demonstrated wonderful teamwork, tactical awareness and a desire to win in dodgeball.

Well done everyone.

Skipping School

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and culture

Well done to all our children in Class 5 this week who demonstrated some fantastic skipping skills using the resources from Skipping School.

Design Technology – Engineering – 18.5.22

Well done to our Year 5 children who created some lovely knex models that could be used as part of our Beamish Engineering project.

Fabulous teamwork and Rights Respecting Gold values demonstrated all lesson.

World Maths Day – 18.5.22

UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education

A super effort by all our children who participated in a Guinness Book of Records attempt hosted by Baz Winter – TT Rockstars.

Homework – wb: 16.5.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Science.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Please find your appropriate sheet in the document below.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

 

SATs – 9.5 to 12.5.22

UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education

What an unbelievable effort all of our Year 6 children have had this week in the SATs: all their commitment, desire and willingness to succeed has really shone through this week. We are all very proud of you 👍 Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated on a daily basis by all.

You very much deserved your End of SATs party on Friday 🎉

Homework – wb: 9.5.22

Please find below this week’s homework (YEAR 5 only) – Maths.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Year 6 remember to concentrate on your SATs.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Yr5 HW – Maths – 9.5.22

Design Technology – Engineering – 4.5.22

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

What a fabulous project that has just been presented to Class 5; we’re all to become engineers and have to design and construct a crane that is strong enough to lift a weight of 30g. Our final design will be constructed at Beamish Museum later in the term.

Today we met Helen who delivered a PowerPoint via TEAMs and guided us through the Knex equipment.

We can’t wait to get started.

Homework – wb: 3.5.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

HW – Alchemy Island – 3.5..22

Homework – wb: 26.4.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Science.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Cornerstones Curriculum Summer Term 1 – Class 5

I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing Easter holiday and are ready for the next 5 weeks. During the Summer 1^st half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Alchemy Island!

It’s time to suspend your disbelief and open your mind. We’re going on a magical journey to Alchemy Island. Can you find the gold hidden deep within the island’s mysterious landscape? The only way is to study the map, unravel the riddle and begin your adventure. On the way, you must do all you can to learn about gold and master the ancient art of alchemy. Be creative and try to impress the island’s team of ace alchemists. Will they praise your scientific expertise? What if there were a video game version of Alchemy Island? Could you compose a stunning soundtrack to bring this mysterious landscape to life? You’ve got your map, coordinates and everything else you need to make your way across Alchemy Island. Don’t forget to pack your imagination. Got your suitcase ready? Then let the journey begin.

As well as our topic, the children will develop their Athletics and Tennis in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited that all their hard work and preparations for the upcoming SATs will come to fruition; SATs week beginning Monday 9^th May. Extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.

Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings and Times Tables will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.

Class 5 will have PE on Monday and Wednesdays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning, and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.

Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links, and I am looking forward to meeting you.

Kind Regards

Mr. Graham

 

Parent information

We’re going on a magical journey to find the gold hidden somewhere on Alchemy Island.

This half term, a mysterious visitor will arrive to present us with artefacts from the island. Reading stories set in fantasy worlds will inspire our story openings. We’ll manipulate digital photographs, adding fantastical special effects. Our geography skills will improve as we look closely at maps of Alchemy Island, plotting routes and using coordinates. We’ll examine samples from the island, explore the properties of materials and experiment with changes of state. If we’re going to find gold, we’d better find out all about it! In English we’ll write soliloquies and poems inspired by the island’s magical powers and dramatic landscape. The coding programme Scratch will help us to plot and correct errors in our route, and we’ll use technology to create beautiful digital images. We’ll compose raps and use sound effects and mood music to reflect the atmosphere on Alchemy Island.

At the end of the project, we’ll perform songs about our amazing adventure and present what we have learned. We’ll design a map for a new app and a board game based on our adventures.

Help your child prepare for their project
Start your mysterious journey to Alchemy Island at home! Why not investigate foods together that change state when they are heated or cooled? You could also visit the library to find a book to read together which is set in a fantasy world. Alternatively, create a map of your own fantasy island – what landmarks will you include?

Memorable experience	Chief Alchemist’s riddle
Innovate challenge	Game soundtrack
English	Fantasy narratives; Non-chronological reports; Soliloquies; Poetry; Lyrics
Music	Composing; Recording and editing software; Music; Graphic scores
Computing	Photography; Debugging programs; Gaming
D&T	Electrical circuits; Designing a board game
Geography	Map reading; Using coordinates; Human and physical features
Science	Properties and changes of materials; Working scientifically
Science investigations	Can you clean dirty water? Do all solids dissolve? Will it erupt? Which materials conduct heat?

 

Art & DT

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

What a wonderful creative lesson we have had today in designing and making our entries into Nettlesworth Primary School’s Easter Eg Competition. We can’t wait to see who wins tomorrow!
Good luck everyone.

Homework – wb: 4.4.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Science.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Electric-conductors-worksheets

Find-the-problem-with-the-electrical-circuit

Y5 Interpreting-and-Drawing-Circuit-Symbols – 4.4.22

Y6 Series-and-parallel-circuits – 4.4.22

PE – Skipping

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

In Class 5, we were able to demonstrate our Rights Respecting Gold ethos in learning a variety of new skipping skills including: single bounce; double bounce; figure of eight…

The children absolutely loved their session with Gail and can’t wait to practice their skills during play and dinner times.

PE – Tennis

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

Another fantastic lesson today in PE; we really are demonstrating fabulous skills in our racket and ball control. Another example of Rights Respecting Gold ethos Class 5.

Art

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

Some fabulous efforts in our artwork today where our children are recreating artistic qualities demonstrated by the Inuit population. Unbelievable resilience and dedication to succeed. Well done Class 5.

PE – Cricket

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

A super experience today when our children participated in a cricket taster session. Well done to all for demonstrating your Rights Respecting Gold ethos once again.

Science Enquiry

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

Some super Science Enquiries today when our wonderful children were exploring the best electrical conductors. Well done Class 5.

Homework – wb: 28.3.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Robert Falcon Scott – 28.3.22

 

Homework – wb: 21.3.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Maths.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

 

PE Boxercise 17.3.22

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

A fabulous session today when our children participated in their latest boxercise lesson. A superb endurance session today which made the children concentrate on their own physical strength. As always, wonderful rights respecting gold ethos by all: well done Class 5👍

PE Tennis – 16.3.22

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

A fabulous session today when our children participated in their first tennis lesson. Ball control and special awareness today as we practiced a variety of skills. As always, wonderful rights respecting gold ethos by all: well done Class 5👍

Art in Class 5 – 14.3.22

Unbelievable efforts in Class 5 today where the children demonstrated their Rights Respecting Gold ethos to complete water colour paintings in the style of Inuit People – linked to our Cournerstones Curriculum Frozen Kingdom. Super proud 👍👍

Homework – wb: 14.3.22

Please find below this week’s homework – Literacy.

Remember to upload your finished work onto DB Primary.

Enjoy.

Mr. Graham

HW – Polar Travel – 14.3.22

Fair Trade Fortnight in Class 5

Science Day 2022

Mrs Aspinall visited Class 5 and they learnt about DNA … everyone found out very interesting facts … we couldn’t believe that 50% of our DNA is the same as a banana! We then had a real life crime scene to investigate … someone had trashed the breakfast club cupboard! We had 3 main suspects, Mrs Lee, Mrs Hill and Mrs Gallacher we interviewed all 3, who had very good alibis. Only Stacey guessed the culprit …. Mrs Hindmarch!

Maths Day in Class 5 – 9.3.22

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

A fabulous surprise today when our children were taught by Mrs Morton for our Maths Wow Day! She had a wonderful treat for us as she put us all through our paces with Army style PE drills with a variety of maths calculations in each activity. As always, wonderful rights respecting gold ethos by all: well done Class 5👍

World Book Day 3.3.22

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and culture

What a brilliant time we have all had celebrating World Book Day; fabulous costumes and of course, unbelievable rights respecting gold ethos.

PE Boxercise 3.3.22

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

A fabulous session today when our children participated in their first boxercise lesson. As always, wonderful rights respecting gold ethos by all: well done Class 5👍

Cornerstones Curriculum Memorable Experience

Frozen Kingdom – 2.3.22

UNCRC Article 28 – right to education

Where did that iceberg come from?

Why hasn’t it melted?

How big are icebergs?

Is there more of the iceberg above or below the waterline?
Do any animals live on icebergs?

So many lines of enquiry to a wonderful topic this term. The children of class 5 had a fantastic memorable experience when they made 2 ‘miniature’ icebergs and researched how they melted.
It got very interesting when salt was added!
Well done Class 5👍

Spring Term 1

Art

UNCRC Article 31 – art and culture

Some beautiful artwork to finish our Tudor topic when we combined our DT picture frames with our art portraits.

Beautiful work everyone 👍

Cornerstones Curriculum Showcase – 18.2.22

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and culture

What a fabulous way to celebrate the end of our Off With Her Head Cornerstone Curriculum by having a Tudor Banquet after performing our Tudor Masquerade to the school.

Once again, fantastic Rights Respecting Gold ethos to all our children 👍

PE – Masquerade – 18.2.22

UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education

What a surprise we all had today; a visit from Henry VIII himself! He organised his Royal Court and they performed the Tudor Masquerade to the whole school. Bravo to everyone in Class 5👍

PE – Golf – 16.2.22

UNCRC Article 29 (goals  to education)

A brilliant effort to everyone in Class 5 to finish their PE topic – golf. You all competed in a tournament where you displayed some fabulous skills. Well done.

PE – Archery – 10.2.22

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What another fabulous session with Darren where the children experienced archery; a sport that Henry VIII particularly enjoyed. Well done everyone.

DT – 7.2.22

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What beautiful DT Class 5 produced today in making their picture frames ready for their Tudor portraits of Henry VIII’s wives. Superb Rights Respecting Gold ethos again.

Player Of The Match – 9.2.22

UNCRC Article 31- leisure, play and culture

A super performance over the weekend to Jenson who collected his POTM award for his efforts in goal. Well done and a future career in sports maybe?

Future Artist

UNCRC Article 31- leisure, play and culture 28.1.22

What wonderful drawings you produce Jayden; all done independently at home.

A future career in art we think. Keep up your good work 👍

PE – Masquerade – 1.2.22

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

Well done to everyone for all your efforts in dance this week; Masquerading is definitely a challenging style to master! Gemma is very proud and your Rights Respecting Gold ethos shines through as always.

PE – Masquerade – 11.1.22

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What fabulous efforts all of the children in Class 5 displayed today; our core task for our new PE topic in dance with Gemma from SSCo. We can’t wait to see your skills develop during the term and to showcase your final routine. Well done Class 5.

Cornerstones Curriculum Enhancement (Memorable Experience) – Off With Her Head

What a brilliant day we have had: our Memorable Experience for our new Cornerstones Curriculum topic – Off With Her Head (OWHH) – with our favourite author Adam Bushnell.

We looked at dragons which Henry VIII believed to represent strength, and added a variety of other animals to create a new dangerous species! Adam then retold the story when a stranger from far away killed a mythical beast by turning it to stone, and sold it to Henry VIII for a huge sum of money… this stone head was mounted on the top of Hampton Court where it is still visible today😳

Well done to everyone who truly demonstrated their Rights Respecting Gold ethos.

Spring Term 1 2022

Happy New Year; I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing Christmas holiday and are ready for the next 7 weeks. During the Spring 1^st half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Off with her Head!

What sort of man would order the beheading of his own wife? Was she really that bad?

The children will travel back in time to the 1500s and meet the terrifying Tudors, a domineering dynasty that changed our history.

We will discover an opulent court where dancing and singing goes hand in hand with swift falls from favour – and even sweeter falling of heads!

We will flex our detective muscles and become criminal investigators! Will you find out the facts or will the evidence from the past bemuse you? How will you find the accused…innocent or guilty?

As well as our topic, the children will develop their dance in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited to continue their preparations for the upcoming SATs, extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesday and Wednesdays. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.

Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings and Times Tables will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.

Class 5 will have PE on Tuesday and Wednesdays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.

Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links.

Kind regards

Mr. Graham

OWHH-Parent-and-carer-information

Autumn Term 2

Christmas Fair – Nettlesworth Primary School

Another fabulous example of Rights Respecting Gold from our children when they helped to organise and run our Christmas Fair.

Well done to everyone involved 👍

Festive Creativities in Class 5

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

How creative are the children of Class 5 being?

We are making our Christmas decorations and gifts, as well as writing our letter to Santa Claus in French. Well done to everyone for fabulous work👍

Christingles – 14.12.21

UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion)

What a creative day we have all had: busy making our Christingles in preparation for our service with Rev. Michael.
Well done to all the children in creating their work and understanding the Christian meaning of each part of the Christingle.

PE – Gymnastics

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

Another excellent example of Rights Respecting Gold when our children have demonstrated their dedication and determination to complete their gymnastics routines- this time to music!

Well done Class 5.

Computing Coding

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

A fabulous effort for all our children in Class 5; you have worked as part of a team to create a PowerPoint consisting of a variety of slides that contain: text; word art; hyperlinks; slide transitions…

 

KS2 – A Magical Christmas Jigsaw – 7.12.21

Literacy – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

What fabulous fun we have all had using and applying our theatrical skills to create our KS2 Christmas Nativity- A Magical Christmas Jigsaw .

We have enhanced our acting, speaking and listening skills and singing during our rehearsals.

We bet you all can’t wait to see our finished performance 👍

Hola Mexico – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Just look at the wonderful DT work our children in Class 5 have created in their Cornerstones Curriculum. Another brilliant example of Rights Respecting Gold mindset to utilise and enhance your skills.
#veryproud

Hola Mexico – DT – 9.12.21

KS2 Pantomime in a Day

Science Enquiry

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

A super science lesson today where we explored how plants reproduce and how new plants are created.

Well done Class 5 on your fabulous Rights Respecting Gold attitude once again 👍

Children In Need 2021

Professor Brainstorm

PE – Rugby

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

Another fantastic rugby lesson today where our Rights Respecting Gold children organised small sided invasion games for rugby.

It is an absolute pleasure to see your leadership skills develop. Well done Class 5.

Crisis Support Sleep Over – 12.11.21

UNCRC Article 27 (adequate standard of living)

What an experience we have all just had – a sleep over with a difference!

In support to our Charity – Crisis Support – our children spent the night in school sleeping on the hall floor to re-enact what it would be like if we were to be homeless. The children made shelters from cardboard boxes, ate soup from the soup kitchen and made clothing from plastic bags. This has been a real eye-opener for the children, who all demonstrated their Rights Respecting Ethos in how they conducted themselves throughout the evening. Well done Class 5; you have shone once again.

Music – Edvard Grieg – 12.11.21

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What fabulous fun we all had trying to recreate ‘In the hall of the Mountain King’ by Edvard Grieg. Keeping the beat whilst working together as a team really did test our Rights Respecting Gold Ethos.

A superb effort by all.

Hola Mexico – Engagement – 11.11.21

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What a fabulous day we have had sampling all things Mexico! As part of the Engagement for our new Cornerstones Curriculum topic – Hola Mexico –  the children from Class 5 spent the afternoon tasting a variety of Mexican foods that would have been eaten during the Ancient Maya up to the current times. The smells from the classroom were fantastic and it was so pleasing to hear that the children were so inspired by their new tastes, they went home and encouraged their own adults to make Mexican foods.

We can’t wait for the rest of the topic.

Well done Class 5.

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

Cornerstones Curriculum Autumn Term 2 – Class 5

Dear Parent / Carer,

I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing half term and are ready for the next 7 weeks. During the Autumn 2^nd half term in Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our next topic – Hola Mexico.

Welcome to Mexico! The children will explore this unique country, from its towering temples and stunning geography to its pulsing rhythms and fun-packed festivals.

Tummy rumbling? The children will concoct a traditional fruit cocktail, or a delicious Mexican Meal. What’s on your shopping list? Go steady with the spices!

We will also discover the mysterious world of the ancient Maya civilisation, make their chocolate, learn their poetry, play their ball game and follow all their curious rituals.

Feel like celebrating? The children will design a Mexican skull, grab a drum, join a tribe and make some noise! Have we got what it takes to be a chief? Let’s find out…

As well as our topic, the children will develop their rugby in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our children are excited to continue their preparations for the upcoming SATs, extra-curricular clubs are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with the Football Club continuing for those enrolled from last term. All children in Class 5 are encouraged to participate in the SAT Clubs.

Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.

Class 5 will have PE on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this half term. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.

Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links, and I am looking forward to meeting you.

Kind Regards

Mr. Graham

Deputy Head Teacher

c.graham201@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk

 

Autumn Term 1

Cornerstones Curriculum Showcase – 22.10.21

UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflicts)

What a lovely way to finish our Cornerstones Curriculum Fallen Fields topic this term – a Street Party to celebrate the end of World War 1.

The children made bunting to string across the classroom,  wreaths and poppies to remember those who made the biggest sacrifice whilst serving their country, ate party food from WW1 (1918) whilst listening to wartime music.

Well done to all children in Class 5 – you really are fabulous and demonstrated your Rights Respecting Gold ethos across the entire term.

Walk n Talk Session 6 – 22.10.21

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What a fabulous way to finish our Walk n Talk program with Darren; the children utilised their leadership skills and organised all activities learned during the previous 5 weeks and participated in an 8 activity carousel. Teamwork, encouragement, dedication to succeed were just a few of the Sainsbury Skills the children needed to show to successfully complete their goals. Well done Class 5 on another brilliant Rights Respecting Gold mindset throughout.

Harvest Festival-14.10.21-UNCRC Article 24 (right to nutritious food)

Well done to Year 5/6 who performed an acrostic poem and presented a powerpoint on what is harvest festival. Oscar, Amelia and Peyton also spoke on behalf of the Rights Respecting Champions and Logan helped Mrs Lee with the harvest prayer.

 

 

 

World Smile Day – 1.10.21 – UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

What a lovely surprise we had from Mrs. Morton today to celebrate World Smile Day. We all enjoyed pizza that definitely put a smile on our faces!

Music – Keep the Home Fires Burning

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

Listen and Appraise – What do you think of this Wartime piece of music?

“Keep the Home-Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)” is a British patriotic First World War song composed in 1914 by Ivor Novello with words by Lena Guilbert Ford (whose middle name was sometimes printed as “Gilbert”). A new edition was printed in 1915 with the name “Keep the Home-Fires Burning”.

Hoopstarz – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

What a fabulous day we all had today – Hoopstarz were in town!

We all were transfixed on the challenge of hoola-hooping to the beat and managed to work up a sweat!

Well done everyone.

Gymnastics – Durham City – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Another fabulous day today in Class 5 when we visited Durham City Academy to participate in the gymnastics festival. We managed to do rolls and balances individually and in pairs. Truly outstanding Rights Respecting Gold children again.

Well done Class 5.

Engagement – Cornerstones Curriculum – UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflicts)

What an unbelievable day we have all had in Class 5: we were lucky enough to experience first hand the Prisoner of War Camp (PoW), Eden Camp. We explored each hut and researched what it was like during wartime in Britain. Eden Camp not only covers our Cornerstones Curriculum ‘Fallen Fields’, but all conflicts to present date. It was a truly moving day and our children showed just why we believe they are Rights Respecting Gold – a brilliant day by all. Well done Class 5.

Walk n Talk – Recovery and Adjustment to Change

UNCRC Article 23 (children with a disability)

Today in our first week on the Walk n Talk program, we met Alex Dewar: he was in the army when he suffered a brain injury. We learnt that Alex has had to bravely re-build his life after his injury and a big part of this was physical fitness. What a truly inspirational individual Alex was in school. He even shared his Invictus Games medals that he won. We just loved having you in and can’t wait to share your inspiration with others. Thank you Alex.

Literacy – Roald Dahl Day – UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Another fabulous day in Class 5 today when we all celebrated the inspirational author Roald Dahl. We all got dressed up as a character from our favourite book and shared our stories with each other.

Well done Class 5.

Memorable Experience – UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

We have just experienced a truly excellent session with the inspirational illustrator and artist – Liz Million. She taught us how to draw characters from wartime scenes and linked her artwork to our Cornerstones Curriculum Fallen Fields.

Another example of Rights Respecting Gold from our brilliant children.

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

Literacy – The Railway Children

UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)

In Literacy next week, we will be learning how to write a precis on a piece of text we have read in class. That text is Chapter 2 of The Railway Children.

Can you listen / read Chapter 2 in preparation for next week.

Remember to enjoy.

Mr. Graham

Literacy – The Railway Children

UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)

This term’s Literacy will be based on the novel The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. During this week (wb: 6.9.21), we shall be answering comprehension questions based on Chapter 1. Can you read / listen to the audio book below to help prepare you for your tasks in school.

Remember to enjoy.

Welcome to Class 5

Dear Parent / Carer,

I hope that you have all had a wonderful, relaxing summer holiday and are ready for the year ahead; welcome to Class 5 – Year 5 and 6.

In Class 5, we are looking forward to learning about our new topic – Fallen Fields…

The Sun sets on the battlefields of France and solitary bugle sounds the Last Post.

Known as ‘the war to end all wars’ the First World War was a conflict that had a devastating effect on millions of people across the world.

What started this global tragedy? What was life like for families on the home front as they waited for news of loved ones who were ‘missing in action’? How did the soldiers endure the terrible conditions in the trenches? How was a fragile peace finally achieved?

We will always remember the fallen.

As well as our topic, the children will develop their gymnastics in PE, as well as enhancing our Literacy and Numeracy skills. Our Year 6 children are excited to start their preparations for the upcoming SATs, and an extra-curricular club has been organised to start on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from week beginning (wb: 20^th September 2021). All children in Class 5 will be encouraged to join in the fun on these After-School Clubs.

Homework will be issued weekly. Spellings and Times Tables will be issued on Wednesday and returned ready for a test on Mondays. Either Literacy, Numeracy or Science will be issued on Mondays, to be returned on Fridays. To continue all our hard work to develop our Remote Learning, we are encouraging our children to access their homework via DB Primary and upload their homework onto the MY WORK section by the Friday deadline – paper copies will still be distributed if necessary. We are trying to encourage our children to read daily, asking parents / carers to give a brief comment in their reading diary. Please ensure that your child returns their reading book to school daily.

Class 5 will have PE on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please ensure your child has their PE kits in school on Monday morning and leave it in school for the whole week. We will send PE kits home on Fridays.

I am really looking forward to working with your child and getting to know them throughout the year. Please feel free to contact me with any queries; I genuinely believe that a happy child is the result of outstanding home / school links, and I am looking forward to meeting you.

Kind Regards

Mr. Graham

Deputy Head Teacher

c.graham201@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk

 

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