In science, year 5 have been exploring the planets in the solar system and discovering what characteristics all planets have. They have discovered why Pluto was reclassified to a dwarf planet in 2006. Year 6 have been able to have hands on experience to separate mixtures. They have had another opportunity to use the Bunsen burners to separate salt from rock salt
In Geography, year 5 have taken their books away with them this week to give them a good tidy up. Please look out for their book and talk to them about their work and the topics we have covered. They are completing their first geography prep based on map skills; completing some four figure grid references ready for our lesson next week. Year 6 have tracked the journey of several common foodstuffs this week, the furthest being the pineapple from Indonesia. This has developed map skills and locations knowledge. They will be exploring the hidden journey of products prior to them being placed on our shop shelves this week. Starting with the humble cotton t-shirt. Please do ask your child about their geography work when they come home from school, our current topic affects all of us so I am sure they will be keen to tell you all about it.
In French, year 5 have started their new topic ‘Mon ordinateur and mon portable’. They will be spending time learning vocabulary about computers, sports and favourite activities in order to be able to talk about their hobbies during leisure time. We have also introduced the present tense of regular -ER verbs. Please ask your children to tell you a bit more about verbs conjugation in French.
Year 6 have been challenged to use different adjectives to describe people and have focussed on adjectival agreement. In the next few weeks they will continue talking about friends and they will express opinions about music and clothes.
In Maths, year 6 Blue has been busy drawing and interpreting pie charts. Children have used their knowledge of proportion and have recapped drawing angles and using a protractor accurately. They have understood the need to convert their data totals into degrees to ensure that their pie charts were fully completed and truly representative of the data given . Once secure the children moved onto drawing and reading conversion graphs. It has been a practical week and all the children have fully enjoyed completing graph work- let's hope these skills are accurately transferred to other subjects.
Year 5 Green set have been learning about angles on a straight line. We have used angle dominoes to find an appropriate angle to make 180 degrees. The children enjoyed the hands on activity whilst using key general arithmetic skills to add on from one angle or take away from 180 degrees. We have also been starting each lesson with 5 quick general arithmetic questions and using songs and actions to help remember what to do next! A fun week.
In DT/Textiles, year 5 are researching different kinds of masks and their purpose and how different cultures may have used masks. From this research they are starting to create their own design for a mask, which they will draw, colour and annotate. Year 6 are looking at slippers, ideas for slippers, designs from different cultures in order to help them design their own unique slipper design.