Monday, 21 October 2013
Andy Warhol Artwork
In the classrooms, year 5/6 have been busy with their artwork related to Andy Warhol and we have been copying american icons on to 4 pieces of tracing paper and colour-washig them. After, we stuck our art work on to individual coloured card and then stuck the 4 coloured pieces of card on to black card in a funky style. It looked really effective! Check out these pictures below!
The 5/6 Achiever Week 6
This week's achiever in year 5/6 was Katie for her amazing attitude in class and for being a great role model to the rest of the school.
Well done to Katie! Look- she always has her nose in a book!
Well done to Katie! Look- she always has her nose in a book!
The BIG Draw
Last week we participated in a big event called The Big Draw. In this event every class spent an entire school day doing nothing but ART. In year 5/6, we have been doing graffiti in the classrooms! When we got to go into the hall in the afternoon we then did graffiti on a skate park and on the brick wall! It was great! We each did a letter each for a large quote which was about the outside environment. We used different techniques such as blowing through straws and flicking toothbrushes. It looked AMAZING! Check out these pictures!
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Numeracy games!
Friday, 18 October 2013
Newsletter 18 October 2013
UKS2 Newsletter Week 7 Autumn 1 2013
News Roundup:
A really big well done and congratulations to all
the Year 5/6 children this week for completing their half termly assessments
with maturity and dedication. All the children gave their assessments 110%;
they should be very proud of themselves!
Big Draw 2013.
The children had a fabulous day on Monday! Year 5/6
looked at graffiti as their theme for the Big Draw this year. We used neon
paints to blow, print, paint and flick to create different techniques onto
black paper, we then cut out giant letters which spelt the quote, “Large
streams from little fountains flow, tall oaks from little acorns grow”. This
looked so impressive in the hall! The children also created their own graffiti
‘tag’ of an environmentally friendly word which was arranged in the branches of
the Robin Hood tree, which was painted on the wall in the hall. The children
and teachers had a great time and produced some impressive outcomes!
Year 5/6 PE clothing:-
The children in Year 5/6 are welcome to bring in
some clothing for their final dancing
session next week.
·
Mr Malley’s class - Line Dancing clothing on Monday.
·
Miss Gascoigne’s class - Street Dance clothing
on Tuesday.
·
Mrs Moore’s class - Rock and Roll on Monday.
Core Subjects:
Numeracy:
Next week we will be learning how to use the grid
method to multiply decimals when finding the area of compound shapes which make
up the rides in the theme park, Flamingo Land. We will also be learning how to
divide by using the Bus Stop method and then Chunking method. For some support
ahead of these sessions with these methods, visit our blog year 5/6 blog, which
you can access via our school website, for some interactive games.
Literacy:
Next week, we will be learning about the key features of narrative
stories and applying these skills into their own section of a mystery story all
about the Titanic.
SPELLINGS: This week, the
spellings are: literature, lecturer,
fracture, gesture, futuristic, manufacture, preacher, stretcher, century,
judgement.
Your child has received a copy of these spellings which have been glued
into their planner. They will be tested on these words on Friday October 25th.
Other areas of the curriculum:
Topic:
This
week in Topic, the children have been learning about the Titanic disaster. We
have looked at some footage, eye witness accounts and timelines of the tragedy
and have written our very own newspaper articles based on the disaster.
Music:
The
Year 5/6 children have had another great week of Music lessons. The Year 6
children can now hold the bow and play the notes D, G, A and E to some simple
songs on the violin and the Year 5 children can now play Firework by Katy Perry
on the guitar.
Numeracy 14th-18th OCT 2013
This week year 5/6 have been busy solving their numeracy papers and have been completing their times table challenge. The winner from year 5 is Chitua and the winner from year 6 is Shiksha. Please put your hands together for our winners and the other finalists who weren't fortunate enough to win but tried their hardest. Well done to Seb, Oliver, Alex and Georgia.
By Lucy and Bran 5/6G
By Lucy and Bran 5/6G
Friday, 11 October 2013
Newsletter 11 October 2013
UKS2 Newsletter Week 6 Autumn 1 2013
News Roundup:
We would like to wish everyone who submitted an
entry for Leeds Children’s Mayor a big well done! We were blown away with the
quality of the entries and choosing a winner to submit for the competition (as
we could only select one) was a very difficult task indeed! Congratulations to
Georgia in Mrs Moore’s class, whose entry was chosen! We wish you the best of
luck for the competition!
Leeds Junior Maths Challenge
Izzy, John, Evan and Bethan from year 6 were
fortunate enough to go to Leeds Grammar School with Miss Gascoigne on Monday to
take part the Leeds Junior Maths Challenge. They participated in four rounds:
logic, mental arithmetic, puzzles and a maths challenge round. They had lots of
fun competing against other schools in Leeds and, as a result of their super
maths skills; they are now through to the finals, which will take place in
November! Watch this space!
Big Draw and Harvest Festival
This Monday (14th October) we will be
partaking in our annual ‘Big Draw’ event. We have some creative and fun
activities planned for year 5/6 and suggest that all children come into school
with an art shirt for this day. There will be lots of paint and other art
materials being used and we don’t want any stained uniforms! Also next week, we
will be partaking in our Harvest Festival at Lofthouse church. This will be
happening on Friday (18th) October and will commence at the church
at 10am if you can join us.
5/6M Line Dancing attire
Please can all of Mr Malley’s class please bring in
clothing for their final line dancing performance on Monday. Any clothing which
is of a country style would be fantastic! Some ideas include; denim, cheque
shirts, cowboy hats, boots or shoes. Parents do not need to buy anything
especially, we just ask that children can try their best be complement our
American theme for our final recorded performance.
Achiever of the Week:
Achiever of the week goes to Katie in Mrs Moore’s
class. Katie has displayed an incredible attitude towards her learning since
coming in to year five. If she hasn’t got her nose in a reading book, she can
be found practicing her sums or writing diary entries and stories! To add to
this, she always comes into school with a smile on her face and is a friend to
everyone! Well done, Katie! Keep it up!
Core Subjects:
Numeracy: In Numeracy this week, we
have been learning about multiplication. The children have been using the grid
method to multiply numbers, including those with 3 and 4 digits as well as
decimals. We have been very impressed with their attitude towards this learning;
some of the numbers we were dealing with were huge! Why not ask your child to
show you how they can use the grid method to solve a sum? Next week is
assessment week so the children will be undertaking some numeracy papers. On
Thursday, we will be holding the first times table challenge of the year!
SPELLINGS: This week, the
spellings are: literature, lecturer, fracture, gesture, futuristic,
manufacture, preacher, stretcher, century, judgement.
Your child has received a copy of these spellings which have been glued
into their planner. They will be tested on these words on Friday October 18th.
Other areas of the curriculum:
PE:
This week, 5/6G have been continuing to develop
their street dance performances. 5/6MO have been choreographing their own small
rock and roll performances and competing against other performances in the
class. 5/6M have practiced their achy breaky heart routine. Pupils are now
ready to perform their fantastic routine in line dancing attire on Monday.
Once again, please ensure that your child comes to
school with the appropriate PE kit each week. PE this half term is indoors;
therefore the children will need to wear black shorts and a white t-shirt,
indoor pumps or bare feet too. Miss Gascoigne’s class may wear long tracksuit
bottoms or leggings for our street dance sessions as we may need to use our
knees at times.
5/6M and
5/6MO PE sessions are on Mondays and 5/6G PE sessions are on Tuesdays.
Spanish:
In
Spanish, the children have been enjoying continuing to learn about different
objects and places in the school. This week, they practiced their
conversational Spanish to describe where objects were using the sentence
starter‘ Alli esta’. Why not see if your child can remember what that means?
Titanic diarys
In year 5/6 this week we have been writing diary entries from anyone's perspective.
We have been writing about been on the dock waiting to approach the boat to actually been on the ship.
Jessica and Seb
We have been writing about been on the dock waiting to approach the boat to actually been on the ship.
Jessica and Seb
Science!
This week in science we have been learning how to plan and conduct investigations and the investigation that we conducted is do people that have longer arms also have longer fingers? Next week we will be making conclusions here is a example .
Dan
Thursday, 10 October 2013
America Home Learning Update
Please take a look at the video of the wonderful home learning created by the children. Apologies for the delay but due to a technical hitch the video could not be published earlier. Enjoy!
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Our ICT learning!
In ICT we have been making motion collages. Motion collages are moving collages that are made in Smart Notebook. With it's animations such as fading the images in and out it also provides other amazing animations. We are using other techniques such as transparency options and cloning. We later printed out pictures then made a real collage.
By
Caison and Dan J
By
Caison and Dan J
Titanic Diarys
This week in literacy we have been learning how to write diary entries about the Titanic. 5/6 have been doing their diary entries from either a childs, adults or workers point of view.
Newsletter Fri 4 Oct
UKS2
Newsletter Week 5 Autumn 1 2013
News Roundup:
Leeds Children’s Mayor
We would like to
congratulate all the children who have worked so hard to complete their manifestos,
posters and slogans for the Leeds Children’s Mayor. We have been impressed with
the dedication and fantastic ideas that these pupils have shown. The teachers will
now be reading all of the manifestos carefully and selecting a pupil to be put
forward to represent the school. www.breezeleeds.org.
Achiever of the Week:
Our Achiever of the Week goes
to Lewis in 5/6M. Lewis’ desire to succeed and better himself has been a
pleasure to see this term! His hard work is without doubt paying off!
Numeracy parent workshop:
A numeracy parent
workshop will be taking place on Wednesday 16th October from 4.30-
5.15pm. The focus of this workshop will address column addition strategies.
Core Subjects:
Numeracy:
This week pupils have been
learning how to add and subtract using written methods to support calculations;
including increasing and decreasing fractions and percentages of amounts. Next
week pupils will be learning how to use the grid method to multiply a variety
of numbers, including decimals. A fantastic website resource for pupils to
practice these strategies ahead of the sessions is: www.mathszone.co.uk (calculating x ÷, grid method and long
multiplication by Mark Weddell).
This week pupils have
been identifying the key features of a good diary entry and applying their
skills from the perspective of different individuals on board the Titanic. Next week pupils will continue their diary
writing skills and write an extract based on their thoughts and emotions on the
day of departure.
SPELLINGS: Next week, the spellings are words
with the same spelling but different pronunciation; heather- heat, please-
pleasant, woman- women,
mean- meant, fried- friend, common-
money, senior- region, honour- hourly, crow- crowd, fluid- fruit.
Your child has received a copy of these
spellings which have been glued into their planner. They will be tested on these
words on Friday October 11th.
Other areas of the curriculum:
PE:
This week, 5/6G have been
performing their street dance moves… the children came dressed in a street
dance theme and their performance was fantastic. 5/6M worked in small groups to
perform achy breaky heart. Pupils are nearing the end of the unit where they
will practice the whole dance dressed in character. 5/6MO have revisited the key rock & roll
moves from previous learning. Pupils are continuing to choreograph their own
whole class rock & roll performance.
Once again, please ensure
that your child comes to school with the appropriate PE kit each week. PE this
half term is indoors; therefore the children will need to wear black shorts and
a white t-shirt, indoor pumps or bare feet too. Miss Gascoigne’s class may wear
long tracksuit bottoms or leggings for our street dance sessions as we may need
to use our knees at times.
5/6M and 5/6MO PE sessions are on Mondays and 5/6G
PE sessions are on Tuesdays.
Spanish: - This week children have
enjoyed learning about the days of week and common directions. Muy bien!
Science:
This week in Science, children have re-capped on
scientific terms and vocabulary. The use of conclusions in science was
discussed and pupils collected their own data on alien creatures from planet
Xena. Pupils were then given the opportunity to write their own conclusions
based on a specific statement.
ICT:
In ICT this week, the children have been continuing
to develop their smart notebook montages based on American themes. Pupils have
been experimenting and combining motion techniques to create very effective
outcomes!
BLOG
As you know, we have re-launched our blog this
year. However, we are currently awaiting the link to replace the old link on
the school website. In the meantime, you can find it at the web address below.
We plan on building this up over the year so the children can show off their
learning in school, as well as it being a place for parents to find the
newsletter, spellings and information about the achievers.
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