Hello from Mr Raybould!Hello and welcome to the Rowling Class webpage!
This is the start of the Summer Term! I'm really looking forward to this as, due to the first set of school closures in 2020, I am yet to experience a summer term at the school. We have a new topic - The Seaside - to study that will involve a lot of geography and science - in particular focusing on geological aspects of both subjects, namely erosion, rocks and soils. I'm excited about our DT Textiles project this half term which will be to make hand puppets similar to those found in traditional seaside puppet shows! As always, children will have new spellings to learn (see below), times tables to practice on Times Table Rockstars, and will need to continue reading the books that they love. Home Learning BlogClick on the button below to take you straight to the Rowling Home Learning Blog
Learning at Home: Making PapyrusLearning at Home: Making PyramidsLearning at Home: Egyptian CartouchesAutumn TermFor the first part of the Autumn term, we focussed on getting back into school life after such a long time away from full-time education. The second half of the term will be no different: well-being and mindfulness will continue to be at the forefront of our life in the classroom.
Our topic this half-term is OUT OF THIS WORLD and, in science, we have been looking at the Earth, the Sun and the Moon as well as the other planets in the Solar System. Computing will be about programming a Scratch game where the main character has to avoid "Space Junk." Our writing has focussed on a narrative story that involves sci-fi (which I'm now looking forward to reading!) as well as writing a biography about a famous astronaut. Maths will round off our work on multiplication and division which will lead into several weeks focussing on fractions. So far we have looked at equivalent fractions as well as switching between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Finally, Art this half-term will concentrate on an abstract artist named Peter Thorpe who uses space and rockets as a main theme for his paintings. PE is on Tuesdays and Thursday - remember to come to school already in PE kit. You can follow Mr Raybould on Twitter for snippets of what's been happening in class. 
Artwork by Peter Thorpe
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Planning - What we are learning about this half term.
We are reading Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-BoyceTune into Google Meet:
@09:30 every Monday @13:30 every Friday. (Link on Seesaw) 
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English
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Writing:
For the first half of the Summer Term, we will firstly be writing animal poems. The main focus is to look at how we can use figurative language (simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia and personification) in our poems to describe our favourite animal. Following this, we will look at how to write a suspense story that will involve camping out in the garden and hearing some strange noises... Spellings: Each week, we will look at a new spelling rule (e.g. 'shuhs' words spelt -cious) or a collection of words (e.g. ambitious adjectives). In class, we will complete activities on those words. Spellings can be practiced in a whole variety of ways which can be found on the button opposite. We also use Spelling Shed which can be found at the link above - new weekly spellings will go live on a Friday evening. Spelling assessments are on Fridays. |
This week's spelling rules:
Year 5: Words containing the letter string ‘ough’ Year 6: Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning |
Maths
Nearly every day, we will practice times tables using a paper based version of Times Tables Rock Stars (link above). The times tables that children practice will be personalised to them based on their progress. Children can practice at home using the web or app based versions.
Maths for the Summer Term will focus on embedding prior knowledge based on the four operations as well as looking at 2D and 3D shapes, angles, volume, capacity and coordinates.
Maths for the Summer Term will focus on embedding prior knowledge based on the four operations as well as looking at 2D and 3D shapes, angles, volume, capacity and coordinates.
Road Safety
Children were presented with a set of reflective stickers, key-fobs and a snap-band to help them to be more visible as the nights come drawing in. Thank you to PSCO Anthony Boswell for the road safety gifts.
Children's Work
MATHS: More graffiti maths - this time looking at multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
SCIENCE: Life-cycles Quizzes - click to play
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STEM: Ada Lovelace Day
MATHS: Graffiti Maths - "Make 100"
WRITING: A selection of the children's poems describing our Favourite Places
