This morning we went to Church to celebrate the feast day of St John Bosco, who is the patron saint of children. Year 5 accompanied their Reception Buddies to mass and as usual, they were such great role models. I was so proud of how mature they were and saw many examples of Year 5 children supporting their Buddies in making the sign of the cross and joining in with the responses. During mass each class presented a candle they had decorated in preparation for Sunday’s mass to celebrate the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas). On Sunday, Father will be lighting the candles from each class, so it would be lovely for the children to attend Church on Sunday to see this.
Our learning this week:
English - the children have begun preparing to write their myth about Pandora’s Box from the point of view of Pandora.
Maths - we’ve been looking at place value in 6 digit numbers, comparing numbers and looking at place value additions and subtractions.
RE - the children have been reflecting on the message from the Prophets including Hosea. We’ve also finished off our unit on Covenants, looking at the New Covenant and the new Commandment that Jesus has taught us.
Science - The children have explored the effects of water resistance. They have discovered that objects with greater surface area move through water much slower than objects with a streamlined smaller surface area.
History - The children have been exploring timelines, what BC and AD are, and have ordered Ancient Greek events on their own timelines.
Computing - This week the children learnt about variables and were presented with a Micro-bit program to try and work out what it did. They then ran the code to see if they were right and then investigated how the program changes when variables are changed.
PSHE - In our Bounce Forward session today the children made a badge to celebrate their strengths. They identified one of their key strengths and how their strength helps them to become more resilient.
Our resilient move challenges this week:
To understand right from wrong
To eat a healthy balanced diet
Each week we share the resilient moves that we have made over the course of the week and identify which of the potions they come from on the reliant framework. How many resilient moves can you make this week?
Build your resilience
Use the resilient framework to identify the ones you and your family make. Resilience Framework
Change 4 Life Champions Training - Last week the children were lucky to have an afternoon of training as part of the Change 4 Life Clubs programme. The workshop was to develop Year 5 as young leaders to recruit other children into sport clubs, organised and led by the children themselves, and supporting others, as ambassadors, to lead a healthy active lifestyle. The children had a great afternoon and I was so proud and impressed by how hard they worked. They planned their activities and they hope to set up these sports clubs soon.
For more information on the work that is done around these workshops please see Twitter feeds @SchoolGamesBPL and @Change4Life
Yoga has started again. The children are really working hard with their yoga poses and are developing their breathing and balance.
Our awards
Due to Mass, we didn’t have a Golden Award assembly so these have not yet been given out.
Maths award - Well done to Gabriella.
Please note:
For our performance of Taming of the Shrew, we need a front cover for the programme to be given out in the Grand Theatre. If you would like the chance to design the front cover of the programme, then draw and colour your picture onto an A4 sheet of paper (portrait) and bring it to me by Monday 3rd of February. The picture could be of Padua, where the story is set, or a picture of the characters from the play. There should be no text at all. Thank you.
On Thursday 13th February the PTFA have arranged a ‘Silly Sock Day!’. The children are still to wear their school uniform along with their silly socks or tights and we ask that they bring in £1 on this day to raise funds for our school library.
