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Broad and Balanced... Year 5 Year 5 has had a great start to the new academic year. They have impressed us all with everything they have remembered from Year 4. We have been particularly impressed by their Maths skills and how confidently they can identify the place value of different digits in numbers. They have also been writing their own stories about a favourite teddy from home. There have been some amazing adventure stories and beautifully presented pieces of writing. Year 5 were also lucky enough to visit Geevor Tin Mine as a part of their first topic, ‘All about Cornwall’. The class had some fantastic questions for the ex-miners, and they enjoyed exploring the old buildings and equipment. We were amazed by how many of them could fit into one of the lifts that they used to travel down in. We also had some very talented workers, breaking down the rocks and panning for gold. Most of the class came back to school with a very full bag of gems and gold. Well done for having such a great start
Broad and Balanced... Year 6 Year 6 has had a very fast start to September and their final year in primary school. We have been writing playscripts based on the Rosa Parks bus boycott event, and developing the use of writing skills such as parenthesis for stage directions and colons to separate a character from the dialogue of characters. We then wrote a neat version on Google Docs using the word processing skills explored within computing. In maths, we have been looking at Place Value. As part of this learning, we’ve discussed how important our knowledge of this area is in order to build a solid foundation for all other learning that we will encounter this year. We’ve been understanding the value of digits within numbers from 100 to 1,000,000, writing numerals into words, comparing numbers using symbols of inequality and also exploring multiplying and dividing large numbers by 10, 100, and 1,000. In science, our focus has been on the circulatory system and looking at how our blood travels through our bodies. We dissected a lamb’s heart in order to identify features of our hearts, such as the atrium and ventricles. Our PSHE this term has involved learning about families and relationships; discussing the meaning of respect, how it is earnt and lost by our words, gestures and actions towards others. We looked at occupations in adult life and discussed reasons that each one might have our respect, based on their important roles within the community. We moved our learning into stereotypes and how our perception of someone is naturally prejudiced by our prior understanding based on appearances and behaviours. But those initial thoughts might not be a true reflection about others as we are all unique and individual. History has been a very impactful area and one that will relate to black history month, in October. We are studying the events that led up to the Montgomery bus boycott and how this event inspired the significant changes made by Martin Luther King Jr, for racial equality. The children have all been very engaged in this topic and are beginning to show real empathy for the hardship experienced by members of the black community in recent decades.
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