Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 1, ending 10 November
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Reader: Finn
Special Mention: Rumina
Well done to these children!
Welcome back to school for Autumn 2! Blues music has greeted us each morning in Oak Tree Class and the children seemed mostly to enjoy Gary Clarke Junior.
In Maths, we have finished our unit on multiplication and division by attempting some tricky problem solving activities. I have to say, the children showed true resilience in these tasks and, I am pleased to report, worked wonderfully in small groups: there was a lot of teamwork and co-operation (and also a lot of learning!)
In English, we have looked at a variety of biographies written about people we have learned about lower down the school (eg Florence Nightingale and May Seacole) and have tried hard to identify features of biographies. Over the next couple of weeks, they class will be researching information about Dr Barnardo and presenting their own biography about this significant figure from the Victorian era.
In PE, we have begun our unit on football. In RE, we started our work on Judaism by recalling information we learned about this faith in Years 3 and 4.
Next week, we begin our long-awaited DT work on structures – I look forward to telling you more next Friday!
Have a splendid weekend,
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 8 (!!), ending 27 October 2023
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Reader: Henry M
Special Mention: Tom/Ezmae
Reading Ambassador: Daisyrose
A special well done to all these pupils this week!
And we have made it!! The past eight weeks have been a long, but rewarding half term for us in Oak Tree Class – none moreso than this past week.
Fabulous poetry has been created – using rhyme, rhythm AND onomatopoeia; tricky aspects of maths have been smashed (prime, square and cube numbers!) and an internal hockey tournament has been carried out, to celebrate the end of a very successful unit in PE.
It is clear that many of you are practising times table facts with your children and this has been so helpful in our recent maths unit. Please continue to do so, as after half term, we shall be moving onto FRACTIONS – and a secure times table knowledge makes this a much easier unit for Y5 children.
The ukulele playing has improved dramatically this week – “Lean on Me” sounded great and many children volunteered to play solos to the class! Some children are taking music home to practise over half term…
Our morning music style has been Soul – James Brown was a definite fave with this class!!
I hope you have a fab half term holiday! See you on November 6!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 7 (!), ending 20 October
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Reader: Amber
Special Mention: Isabel
A super well done to these pupils this week!
And the long term continues….! Just one week to go! But in the past week, we have been very busy in Oak Tree Class again.
Onomatopoeia has dominated our English sessions and we are building up nicely to producing a poem by the end of next week. It is true to say that the handwriting of this class is excellent, so the final published pieces should be awesome!
Maths has been all about multiples and factors – homework is also on this theme, so any support would be greatly appreciated.
We had our first indoor hockey lesson in PE, due to the torrential rain on Thursday, but both Sam and I are really pleased to see how the children’s hockey skills have developed over the half term.
Many children from or class represented RPPS in a Cross Country event – well done, guys! And those who stayed behind spent the afternoon learning how to draw a bridge. The results are stunning and are now proudly displayed in the Y4/5 corridor area.
After half term, we are looking at Marble Runs in DT. If you have one kicking about, that we could borrow, please do send in with your child!
It has been lovely to meet so many of you at Parents’ Evenings this past week - I hope you have a splendid weekend!.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 6, ending 13 October 2023
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No Friday assembly this week, so no certificates to be awarded.
But it has been another super week for the children in Oak Tree Class.
In Ukuleles, we have moved onto chords, which was fun. We began strumming along to ‘Lean on me’. I am certain it will sound brilliant soon.
Our new English unit is going to be linked to our Victorian topic, as we are looking at creating an onomatopoeic poem about working in a mill. Watch this space! And our topic lesson, based on Child Labour in the Victorian era too, will spread across two weeks – hopefully the children will come away from these lessons having a good understanding about the life of a child in this era (and may also appreciate more that they didn’t live then!)
If you know your French numbers (un, deux, trois etc), do practise those with your child. We have been learning up to 31 this half term.
Have a good long w/end….and we are STILL looking for cardboard tubes for DT….!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 5, ending 6 October
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Reader: Callum Smith
Special Mention: Phoebe Gowland
A special well done to these pupils this week!
This week, with Boybands as our backing tracks, we have held our elections for Oak Tree’s class representative for the school council. I was so impressed that all of these children bravely put themselves forward: Lilly, Phoebe, Rumi, Amber, Amelia, Zara, Isabel and Niamh. All had promising manifestoes, but ultimately, Amber won! Congratulations, Amber – we look forward to your new role!
Ukulele lessons have been progressing very well in Year 5. The Harry Potter theme is now recognisable (!) and we also had a lot of fun picking our way through an AC/DC riff!
We have continued to work on addition and subtraction in maths lessons, including practising the skill of rounding numbers to help us check answers. Homework will be on consolidating the skills of adding and subtracting numbers with more than 4 digits. Thank you for all your support in helping your child to memorise the first two verses of Charge of the Light Brigade. This has been so much fun to learn! And the children did a marvellous recitation of the poem to Mrs Harris on Thursday afternoon – she was so impressed and said it had even given her goosebumps! A class merit was achieved, too.
But, for me, the best part of this week has been the final publishing of our Victorian diary entries. Every pupil has made a neat presentation in pen and the standard of their presentation AND the content of the diaries have been stunning! Many children have been given permission to use handwriting pens, which has delighted them. I have sent home copies of this piece of work so you can also praise them for their superb efforts, too. It is encouraging to see this standard of work at this point in the year. Well done everyone!
I hope you all have a fab weekend – please send in more long cardboard tubes for Design Technology this term.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos