January 20th 2012

Year 5 have started doing some experiments for their science topic and have been learning about saturation, dissolving and melting. In maths we have been looking at column subtraction and the children have been making wonderful progress. For literacy we have been writing learning about instructions, both written and verbal. In P.E. we have started using climbing apparatus and the children will be developing their balancing skills next week.

Perhaps the most exciting new thing this year has been the start of ukulele lessons. I will be taking part in the lesson next week for the first time and am looking forward to seeing what they have learned so far.

A highlight of last week was having a salsa dance teacher come in for a one-off lesson last week and this week the children are very much looking forward to going to see Bristol City for free as a reward for their great work in their football training sessions!

Mr Brown

Happy 2012!

The first week back was shorter than normal and we spent some of that time talking and writing about what we'd done over the holidays.

In literacy the children have been finishing off last term's learning about myths and today they wrote their own myths.

In numeracy they have been continuing to work on properties of shapes, rounding numbers up and down and also doubling.

Another exciting development was the delivery of ukuleles and the collection of the African drums. The children greatly enjoyed drumming and we are all hoping ukuleles will prove to be just as much fun!