Class Biz!

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Class Biz!
Class Info....
Reading We will be learning to read by having
Guided Reading sessions weekly. We can change our
individual books when we have finished them, even
though our teacher may not hear us read them.
Bring them daily just in case. CAPER We can
change these in our class libraries weekly. Come
to our class meetings where reading will be
explained in more detail. Games Mondays (
Outdoor kits) PE
Friday ( Indoor kit)
Music is on Wednesdays.
We start
school at 8.50 am.
Year 5/6
Welcome....
Welcome back after a busy holiday. We are all
settling into our new classroom. This year we are
a mixed year 5 and 6 class and have a busy year
to look forward to! Miss Wasaall .
Other Biz....
What's Going On....
Well, we have a very busy term ahead of us!! To
start off we have a class meeting on Wednesday
the 14th of September at 5 pm. Margam Park Sept
19th All day. Class Meeting 13th and 14th
Sept. Divali Day November 3rd Gardening Day
October 14th Pirate Day October 21st Design
Technology Day October 7th Techniquest TBA
In our class we have a pet hamster called Harry.
We will all take it in turns to care for him. If
anybody would like to look after Harry over the
weekend or during a holiday please let me know!
Harry loves to watch TV and Im told the X
Factor and the cube are his favourites!! Water
bottles are for sale at 1.20 and available from
the office. All after school clubs will start
back Monday 19th of September.
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My Learning in the Core Subjects....
This term in English we will be writing recounts,
poetry and instructions. In story telling we will
be learning the story The Canal, and then
creating our own stories. I cant wait!! Our
maths work this term will look at place value,
addition, subtraction, division, multiplication,
fractions, co-ordinates, 2D shape, and capacity.
Science will all be about investigating
properties of materials, dissolving and
reversible and irreversible changes. Lots of
experiments ahead!!
Our Theme....
Shipwrecked!!!!
My Learning in otherSubjects....
We will be exploring the country of Jamaica.
During our geography topic we will be comparing
Jamaica with Margam. In art we will be
investigating a Jamaican artist and creating 3D
models of pirate ships. We will also be
practising our word processing skills and
creating presentations related to our topic in
ICT. Our DT topic is cooking Jamaican food! In
R.E we will exploring harvest around the world,
Judaism and Christmas customs around the world.
In history we will research famous pirates and
ship wrecks!! In P.E we will be having games, gym
and dance. During our welsh lessons we will be
learning the patterns Es i plus endings,
Gwelais i.... plus endings, Ces i.... plus
endings,Faint o'r gloch, o'r gloch, Hanner wedi,
Chwarter wedi, Chwarter i ,Beth wyt ti'n hoffi?
Gwylio, Fwyta, Yfed, Chwarae.
Things I can do at home...
Websites to help me...
Reading your individual reading books and
practising your 4,6,7,8,9 times tables. You can
also research and collect items for our topic.
Some useful websites www.mathszone.co.uk,
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/en/english,
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/material
s (material s), http//www.woodlands-junior.kent.
sch.uk/homework/relig ion/jewish.htm (Judasim),
http//cookit.e2bn.org (cooking),
www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/adventure.htm
(pirates), http//www.atozkidsstuff.com/pirates.h
tml ,