Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 2, ending 12 September
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Luna BG
Special Mention: Layton
Well done to these pupils!
This week has been a really settled and happy week. It has been remarkable how mature the children have been since moving up to Y5 – this bodes well for a successful year. Well done, Oak Tree Class!
In Maths, we have been developing our knowledge and skills in Place Value, learning how to recognise numbers up to 1,000,000. In English, we have been writing a short piece of narrative, from the point of view of a character in our class novel, Street Child. We have been focusing on key writing skills from Y4, including using conjunctions; this has given me a great baseline to build upon during the next school year.
In our topic session, we placed the Victorian period on a timeline. This skill of chronology is so important in primary school education.
Just to remind you, we plan to go to Armley Mill on 25 September and we hope that you will encourage your child to dress as a Victorian to help with the atmosphere! The children will require a packed lunch too. (This does not have to be Victorian styled, though!)
As well as the weekly spellings to find and learn, for homework this week, the children will be reminding themselves about Roman Numerals. Wednesday, when it is due to be handed in. Thank you in advance.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
PS Plea again for kitchen roll/wrapping paper tubes again. We currently have 6.....
Autumn Week 1, ending 5 September
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Millie G
Special Mention: Flossy
A super well done to these children, especially!
Welcome to Year 5! It has been a very enjoyable week in Oak Tree Class and it was lovely to meet so many of you at the door! I look forward to getting to know your child (and more of you!) over the coming academic year.
As well as a variety of ‘Getting to know you’ activities, we have spent some time recapping the writing and grammar skills learned in y4 and also revisited place value, addition and subtraction, as reminders for our work in the coming weeks. Also, we have started discussing our Autumn Term topic, Victorian Britain, which I know the children are really excited about. (If you happen to have anything in your attics/lofts/storage boxes which might help to boost the children’s experience of the Victorians, then I would love to hear about it! You can email me at oak@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk)
Just a little reminder that our school visit to Armley Mills will be on Thursday, 25 September.
Our PE days, as it already states on the website, are Mondays and Thursdays and in Y5, we continue to send homework out on Fridays and expect its return the following Wednesday.
Each week, in Oak Tree Class, the children will hear a different genre of music as they enter the classroom in the mornings. This week it has been the turn of SKA. They have loved tapping their feet along to Madness and the Mighty, Mighty Boss Tones among others this week! I hope the children will talk about these themes over the year.
The children have settled superbly this week, I feel – this is a delightful group to be working with! But should you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me – either by email or by stopping by at the end of the day. (Mornings are always very busy, so this possibly isn’t the best chance to chat.)
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
PS We are needing to collect a whole bunch of tubes for oyr DT project this term. Could you please save any long tubes (kitchen roll, wrapping paper etc) and send them into school wit your child! (Please note: NOT toilet roll tubes)
Final Week
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Well done to these pupils:
Special mention – Harrison
Reader of the Week – Max
And we have made it!!
The final week has continued in true ‘busy’ style – we have finished our Maths unit on Position and Direction and we have perfected a method for division (Some very brave pupils have also learned how to master Long Division – the Holy Grail of Maths in Y6!!!).
Each child has written a letter to a future Y5 pupil and the class talked about how reassuring it was to receive one of these nearly a year ago!
As well as this, we have celebrated the end of term in style!
Thanks to you all for your gifts and your support this past year – have a super summer holiday.
All the best
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 6, ending 11 July
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader of the Week: Ted M
Special Mention Pupil: Ted G
100% Attendance Award: Noah
A super well done to these pupils!
Just one more week to go! And each morning of this penultimate week has begun with a Grime genre of song – interesting!! Dizzee Rascal was a huge hit in our classroom on Tuesday morning!
Our Ukulele Gig was a definite highlight – and it was so encouraging to see many parents and other family members come along to watch it. Thank you – I hope you felt as proud as I did – what a long way they have come since September. We really enjoyed playing Livin' on a Prayer, but their best song, I think, was Green Green Grass.
The children spent Wednesday morning with their new Y6 teacher and they seemed very happy on their return. Exciting times ahead for you all! I shall miss this class very much when they move 'up'.
As usual, we shall be sending home some work and books that the children have used this past year (although in Y5, some folders move up to Y6 with them), so could you please ensure your child has a carrier bag suitable to bring these home next Thursday? Don't forget our disco is on Tuesday evening - you should have had a jotter message explaining how to get tickets etc.
Have a lovely weekend – just 5 more ‘get ups’ to go! Woop!
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 5, ending 4 July
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader of the Week: Enid
Special Mention Pupil: Leah
100% Attendance Award:
The end of the school year is fast approaching – and we, in Oak Tree Class, are busy finishing units and schemes. In science this week, we enjoyed an active lesson, learning all about and we have come to the end of our Athletics unit in PE. I have been so impressed by some children’ abilities across these skills – especially in javelin throwing and the triple jump. But all children have been putting in supreme efforts in PE this half term, which has been so pleasing to see.
In art, we continue to explore skills for drawing birds – using pencil crayons this week and we have spent much time rehearsing for our ukulele gig, which you will remember takes place THIS MONDAY, in the hall at 2.30pm. Hope to see you there!
We are all excited about the two high school visits – first one today. If you have not received information about these important visits, please do contact the school office asap.
Also, the Y6 children will be holding theiur 'Grow a Fiver' market place on Wednesday, 9 July and we will all have the opportunity to buy some of their products and get an idea for what we might do next year! Please do send your child in with some cash to support this event if you vcan. There will also be a chance for you to visit these stalls with your child after school on Wednesday.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Adrienne Amos