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This week, in reading, we have started reading our new non fiction text all about sharks. Year 5 have really engaged with this text, it has been lovely to see!

Today in PE We have used the bats, balls and cones, we moved slowly, then fast, we played the traffic light game, making sure we were always looking and listening.

We are beginning a new story in our literacy lessons, This is the Bear and the Scary night! Today we have created a talk for writing map to help us to remember the story and we then discussed what actions we could include for our retell. 

In History we have learned about how London was rebuilt after The Great Fire. We discussed how improvements were made to ensure a disaster like this never happens again. Roads were made wider and straighter so houses could be more spaced out. Houses were made out of brick which is a less flammable…

During Maths, we have practically worked out what is one more than a given number. We have used concrete objects and the tens frames to make our given number, add one more to it and watch our number become larger!

We have begun our new class text called ‘This is the bear and the scary night’ 

We have enjoyed using actions and phrase to retell the story during our Talk For Writing lesson. Look at the story map we have created together as a class! 

This morning we have been speaking about what makes a good friend and how we are all going to make sure we are a good friend today. Our ideas included asking someone to play with us, being kind to someone, smiling at a new friend and sharing when we are playing outside at lunch time. 

We love to share books as a class and with our friends. This week we chose our own books and discussed the different illustrations we could see.

The children were showing respect towards the book as they handle with care and know the importance of books. We turned the pages one by one, talked…

All About Zero! 
 

In Numbers and patterns we have looked at the numeral ‘0’ and have been identifying this around our environment. We discussed the value of Zero and could show this with objects, on our hands, and enjoyed listening to the story ‘Zero’ by Kathrine Otoshi. 
 

Super work…

We have began our topic ‘All About Me’ and we started by looking at our body parts and facial features. We loved using construction to make up our body and describing the different parts. We practised using our body parts to move in different ways during our PE lesson and used loose parts to make…

In History this week, we have been learning all about how the city of Baghdad became the city of new knowledge, as books were brought over from the library of Alexandria to the House of Wisdom. 

In writing this week, we have been focussing on using high level vocabulary to describe the tower in Rumaysa. We have created some fantastic vocabulary word banks!