Year 4/5: Quartz: Gallery
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 1:57pm
The year 5's have had a fun filled week learning all about Earth and Space. They have created factfiles on the planets, thought about the size of each planet in relationship to each other, learnt about the movement of the planets in relationship with the sun and begun to explore the movement of the moon.
Date: 9th May 2023 @ 3:20pm
The children are really enjoying our cricket sessions with Vinny this term. They are all showing great skill with throwing, catching and batting. Well done :)
Date: 9th May 2023 @ 3:02pm
We have had a wonderful week celebrating the King's coronation. It started with the children making crowns using recycled materials; they were all fabulous! Then we spent time looking at what will happen during the ceremony; the children were fascinated to learn all about the two carriages that would be used and the crowns! The children created beautiful celebration cards to send to the King and the week ended with a lovely crown parade and whole school picnic.
Date: 16th Apr 2023 @ 4:09pm
The children did themselves proud on our visit to the Pitt Rivers this week. We saw all sorts of artefacts from human history across the world and heard the fascinating stories behind lots of them.
Date: 8th Mar 2023 @ 4:31pm
We have had a great day celebrating our love of reading! The children (and adults) all looked amazing!!
We drew along with Sarah McIntyre (the author and illustrator of our new class book, Pugs from the Frozen North); Watched the BBC Live World Book Day Event; had time to just sit and read for pleasure; went off to listen to an adult read us a book of our choice and made some lovely bookmarks.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:39pm
On Friday morning, we learnt 4 new stitches and practised our sewing skills using these 4 types. They were the running stitch, back stitch, cross stitch and blanket stitch. The children will use these skills to design and make a Christmas stocking that will be sold at the PTA Christmas Fair.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:32pm
Over the last couple of weeks, the children have learnt the running stitch, back stitch, cross stitch and blanket stitch. They then designed their own Christmas stocking to sell at the school Christmas fair. In each stocking the children had to make a stocking that would fit on a Christmas tree, include at least two stitches they had learnt and be selling to the target market (children and adults). I think you will all agree that they did an amazing job, and their stockings look wonderful!
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:22pm
This week we visited Slade Farm. We took a short walk from school and along the way we all admired the views of Stroud. Once we arrived, we were greeted by Heidi and Sarah who talked us through the morning. We had lots of fun building our own mini rafts with sticks and reeds and then tested them in the stream to see which ones were the quickest. After this, we searched along the hedgerow to see how many different plant species we could spot. The children enjoyed playing a mini bug mime game before we settled down on the grass to have some lunch, again admiring the amazing views!!
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:14pm
Today, we dedicated the whole day to researching, developing and preparing our own seasonal salads. After our trip to Hawkwood College, we know all about what grows seasonally in the UK. First, we tasted ingredients in a traditional Greek salad and then thought about flavours and textures to create our own recipes. In groups, we used a range of tools to grate, peel, slice and chop fruits and vegetables. Next, we added ingredients such as seeds, olives and cheese before mixing and drizzling sweet and zingy dressings on our salads. As you can see, they not only looked irresistible but were also healthy and delicious!
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:07pm
We had an amazing time at the Stroud Reading Festival. The children thoroughly enjoyed sitting and listening to the incredibly inspiring Emma Carroll. We are looking forward to diving in and reading her new book ‘The Tales of Truthwater Lake’.
English fun with 'direct speech'
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 2:03pm
This week, we had lots of fun reminding ourselves how to punctuate direct speech. We learnt a super catchy song to help us remember; please ask your child if they can sing it to you! Be warned though it is very catchy!! After this, the children tried turning some text messages between Mrs Barrett and Mrs Ward into direct speech. We then created comic strips around a conversation between two soldiers hiding in the Trojan horse. The children acted their comic strips and then turned them into direct speech to prove that they can now punctate direct speech accurately. What a busy but fun week we had in English!!
