Download 5C Class News Spring 1 2017

Maths
We have spent time securing our knowledge of place value and then have used this to add
and subtract numbers which have different place value positions. Our fluency in
multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 has also improved. We have learned about
negative numbers as well as becoming confident with multiples and factors.
Music
Mrs Knight has continued to
teach 5C music this term. We
have learned to play a chord
sequence in C on the
keyboard and then added a
simple melody with a
calypso rhythm, making sure
that we are using a good hand
position at all times.
Book Study
5C
Class News
Spring 1
2017
Our love of reading
continues… with the slow
burner ‘Smith’ by Leon
Garfield. This book is
Drama
We have been lucky enough to work
with drama expert Sarah Reid who
has taught us that drama is a quiet and
thoughtful way to understand and
relate to what we are reading.
En francais…
We have been learning the
French for the names of
the objects and rooms
found in school.
incredibly well written
and contains some
complex structures and
language. The plot moves
steadily, especially in its
early stages, but each
chapter is packed full of
Science
We have really enjoyed exploring our Solar System – not literally of
course! The children have been developing their ability to research from
information texts and from web-based sources, making sure that they
have an appropriate amount of relevant information and ensuring they
have been citing their sources. Working independently, everyone has
then created their own mini-book packed full of scientific facts about the
planets, what causes our day and night, the movement of the moon and
what gravity is.
detail and clues. One of
Smith’s associates is the
Highwayman, Lord Tom,
which led us on to study
the haunting poem of the
same title by Alfred
Noyes.