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Weekly Update 1.3.24
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello!
This week in English we have started to plan our newspaper reports about a yeti/bigfoot sighting here on the school site!
In maths, Mrs Trotter's group have been continuing their work on area and perimeter and my group have been looking at decimal place value and using this to order and compare decimals with up to three decimal places.
On Wednesday, we had a very exciting visit from James Ketchell, an adventurer and motivational speaker who spoke to all the children in school about the importance of resilience. UKS2 also had workshops with James in the afternoon where they were able to ask him more questions about his adventures, climbed in a tent and even tasted some powdered chocolate pudding food he takes with him on his expeditions!
Finally, on Friday we completed an investigation in science about thermal insulators and conductors. We were looking for the best thermal insulator to line a lunchbox. We measured this by covering ice cubes in various different materials (our independent variable) and took the temperature of the ice cubes at 5 minute intervals to work out which material was the best at keeping the ice cubes cool.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 23.2.24
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello,
Our slightly shorter first week back has flown by!
In English this week we started looking at the features of newspapers. We enjoyed cutting up some old copies of First News to find all the different things that make newspapers unique. We are looking forward to starting to write our own newspaper reports next week.
In maths, Mrs Trotter's group have been learning about area and perimeter and Miss Bairstow's group have moved on to decimal place value and equivalent decimals and fractions.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update 9.2.24
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello!
This super short half term has whizzed by and we are now half way through the school year!
All the children in Ash have worked incredibly hard in this final week. In maths, Year 6 have been completing assessments and Year 5 have been consolidating their fraction knowledge and also doing some work on negative numbers.
In English, we published our non-chronological reports about our chosen twin city. We learnt so much about different places around the globe and how they compare to our own city of Leeds! Here are a few of our finished pieces:
This week it has also been Safer Internet Day. We had a special assembly on Wednesday to remind the children about the importance of staying safe online. If you would like more information about this we have some useful links on our website - https://www.ruffordparkprimary.org.uk/information/curriculum/computing
Finally... all children will be sent home today (Friday 9th February) with a thought bubble template to complete ahead of World Book Day which is coming up in March. A letter with more information has been sent to parents/carers electronically. Half term might be a good time to get ahead and complete your thought bubble - particularly if the weather is rubbish!
KS2 children have also received a paper copy of an order form linked to our World Book Day visit from author, Phil Earle. If you would like to pre-order a book which will then be signed by Phil on the day please complete the form and return to school by Wednesday 21st February at the latest.
Have a great half term!
Miss Bairstow :)