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Week 2, ending 6 March
Posted: Mar 6, 2026 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Ella
Special Mention: Eva
A special well done to these children.
Gosh, it has been a busy week here at Rufford Park! The music genre that the children in Oak have been listening to has been ‘Legendary Bands’. The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones are among the tunes we have enjoyed.
In English, the children are continuing to build up writing skills – you may have heard something about our yeti adventure stories already! Character descriptions have been written and next week, we start to contemplate story ideas. In Maths, we are stretching our mathematical knowledge by learning about decimal numbers. Decimal Numbers form quite a large part of Y6 maths next year, so it is important that we give them a good go in Y5. Homework reflects this concept.
The Wizard of Oz rehearsals and prop making sessions continue – we have had two this week– not long to go now! So please do encourage your child to learn their words and song words (if they have not already done so) and you will be hearing very soon how to book your tickets for one of the three shows on offer (Tuesday, 24th March at 1.30 and 6pm and Wednesday, 25th at 6pm).
We were very lucky to visit Benton Park School on Tuesday to form an audience for a technical run through of High School Musical – we loved it! It is so helpful to watch a school show in the lead up to our own show.
Another treat for Oak Tree Class was a special PSHE workshop on Friends, delivered by a visiting teacher, Jane, who came from CORAM SCARF. This is the PSHE programme we follow at Rufford Park; in this session the children practised how to be assertive when friends try to put peer pressure on them.
World Book Day was a lot of fun, too. We took part in a BBC online lesson, where we participated in a quiz and listened/watched as a lot of well-known authors and footballers told us why they enjoy reading. Costumes for this year were fabulous! Well done to everyone! Our winner for the wooden spoon was Hannah - a superbly decorated spoon.
What a full and busy week we have had! I hope you all have a super weekend.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos