Year 4/5: Quartz: Gallery
Trip to M Shed Museum in Bristol
Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 3:56pm
We had a brilliant day finding out about life in Anglo Saxon Britain. We explored replica artefacts from a Saxon home; handled grave goods from a Saxon King, warrior and farmer; and traded goods such as spices, metalwork and honey.
Quartz Class World Book Day 2024
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 12:28pm
What a wonderful day celebrating our love of reading we have had! All the children looked amazing, well done to them and to all the parents. We have had a lovely day taking part in 'speedy reader', a World Book Day quiz set up by Miss Nesbitt and we even attempted to learn McGrammar's 'Readers are leaders' song!
Date: 4th Dec 2023 @ 4:12pm
We had an amazing week focusing on Properties and Changes of Materials. The children could not believe that every morning we did two different experiments.
We compared materials according to their properties, we tested materials based on their thermal conductivity, and gave reasons for their use. We then thought about how and why materials dissolve, and how some form solutions and others mixtures. We were set a task to separate mixtures and solutions, after am accident had happened in a local suppermarket. On the final day we created a gas!!! By using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar we saw how these created a chemical change when they were mixed together.
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 2:50pm
What a great week we have had completing an AMAZING and OUTSTANDING 11,301 'Bearpees'! We are so proud of you all. Thank you to all who sponsored the children or donated to Children in Need.
We had a great day baking and decorating 'Pudsey' biscuits (yum yum).
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 2:43pm
WOW! What an amazing time we all had at Hooke Court this year. The children were fantastic and made it very easy for us adults so thank you children!
The children took part in a range of wonderful activities including: bridging the moat, night search and rescue, tribal kingdom day, shell craft and rocket building!
As always, the first night resulted in many excited children taking a while to get off to sleep but come night two they were all ready for their beds after the evening activity.
We all enjoyed some delicious food for breakfast, lunch and tea!
I am sure you will agree from looking at the photos and videos that the children (and adults) had a truly memorable experience away and one that they will hopefully remember and cherish for a long time!
Date: 16th Oct 2023 @ 7:53pm
Today, we had a brilliant afternoon visiting the beautiful Slade Farm. We arrived in time for a picnic lunch and then we got busy making rafts and 3D landscapes using only natural materials. There was plenty of teamwork, problem solving and creativity all around.
Date: 29th Sep 2023 @ 12:12pm
Our new English unit is based on the book 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King. This week we immersed ourselves into the unit through using Lego to build Stig's den, thinking about what items he would have inside. We then focused on our grammar looking at using the correct punctuation for direct speech. We had a super fun lesson where we learnt a new song to help us remember what we need to include and the week ended with us becoming Stig, engaging in a conversation between himself and Barney. This resulted in a final piece of work which showed a conversation between Sig and Barney in which the direct speech was punctuated correctly.
Date: 25th Sep 2023 @ 3:34pm
We had a bright and sunny day at Nympsfield Long Barrow. We spent the morning exploring the barrow, making observational drawings and writing poetry.
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 12:29pm
This week, we introduced our new times tables boxes which are full of great activities to help us practise our mixed times tables.
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 12:27pm
This week, the children have enjoyed using our wonderful reading corner to enjoy a book or two :)
Date: 19th Sep 2023 @ 4:25pm
To help us understand how bronze objects were made in the Bronze Age, we made our own plaster cast tiles. We had a fantastic time and the results were beautiful. Have a look at the photos to find out about the process we followed.
Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 9:33pm
What a pleasure it was to welcome the new Quartz Class into their new classroom today. To help us get to know eachother a little better, we made and showcased a fabulous collection of outfits all made out of paper and tape! It was wonderful to see the creative energy and bravery that the children brought to the challenge.
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 12:09pm
The children and adults in Quartz class had a great afternoon trying out a range of puzzles during our Geometry session. Well done to all the children for perservering and acomlishing so many of the tricky puzzles on offer.
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!!
