Class 5

WELCOME TO CLASS 5 2020-2021

I am excited to be teaching Y4 pupils in class 5 this year. Please check our class page for updates, information and to see what great things we have been doing in the classroom.

Miss Wilson 

Week beginning 9th November 2020

Every child has brought home their weekly spellings, a reminder of both groups' words is below. 

PE is now every Wednesday and Friday - please ensure that your child has their full PE kit on both days. As the weather gets colder, please send them with a warm top too. 

Group 1                                                   Group 2

adoration                                                 knock

admiration                                               know

coronation                                               knee

detonation                                               knit

observation                                             knew

location                                                   knight

generation                                              gnome

exploration                                              kneel

combination                                            gnat

illustration                                               gnaw

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the second part of the autumn term; it has been lovely to welcome all the children back into school after half term. They have all come back well-rested and ready to learn. 

The children were given their spellings before we broke up - here is a reminder of the spelling lists for both groups, we will continue to test every Friday. 

Miss Wilson 

Group 1                                     Group 2

information                               race

sensation                                  ice

preparation                              cell

vibration                                  city

decoration                                fancy

donation                                    lace

duration                                    space

registration                              circle

population                                 circus

determination                           rice

For Hello Yellow day we spent time thinking about ways in which we could look after ourselves and each other. Mental health issues affect many people, in many different ways, and all the children thought of ways in which we could help one another. Ideas such as asking someone if they're ok, smiling and being kind to all were some of the ideas the children thought of. 

We also made our own Yellow superheroes - people who would have the power to make people feel better and good about themselves. 

It was a fun day, and the children all showed maturity and sensitivity in discussing these important issues. 

Miss Wilson 

Week beginning 5th October

This week's spellings:

Group 1:                                                Group 2:

interact                                                    age

intercity                                                   huge

international                                            change

interfere                                                  charge

interview                                                 bulge

intercept                                                 village

intercom                                                 range

internet                                                   orange

interchange                                            hinge

interface                                                 stage

Please encourage your child to use the homework sheets to practise and learn their spellings 

Week beginning 28th September

This week's spelling focus is the prefix sub-, meaning below or under. 

submarine, subject, subway, submerge, subtropical, subdivide, subheading, substandard, subtitle, submit

Please help your child to use their homework sheet to practise this week's spellings. 

Miss Wilson 

Week beginning - 21st September

This week's spellings: illegal, illegible, immature, immortal, impossible, impatient, imperfect, irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible

Please continue to practise your times tables. 

Spelling test and times tables test every Friday. 

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS PAGE 2019 - 2020

WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS PAGE REGULARLY - WE HOPE YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT OUR PAGE.

Welcome to Class 5!

We are Miss Wilson, Mrs Kirk and Mr White and are pleased to be working with your children this year. 

Please check our class page for regular updates of your child's work in and out of the classroom.

What a fantastic finish to our Predator topic: a visit to Woodside Wildlife Park!

We saw an amazing array of predatory animals, as well as some rather less scary creatures. We were able to see the Bengal tiger and the Lynx cats at feeding time, we held snakes and a Bearded Dragon and loved seeing the penguins and the White Wolves. 

The children were given an educational guide from the Park Rangers and were able to wow the Park staff with their knowledge which they have learned from their studies in the classroom.

Behaviour of all children was impeccable and they were fantastic ambassadors for Woodlands Academy.

We all enjoyed such a brilliant day out.

As part of their MFL education the children across the academy celebrated Bastille Day. 

In class 5 we did some food tasting - croissant, pain au chocolat, crepes, Brie and Camembert.

We also made our own creations of the Eiffel Tower using art straws.

Vive La France! 🇫🇷

As part of the preparation for The Big Sing at the Auditorium on 8th July, the children took part in a workshop introducing them to A Soldier Through Time. The children took part in drama workshops and began to sing and learn the songs which they will be performing alongside 700 pupils from across the borough. It was a fabulous afternoon and the children really immersed themselves in the subject.

The songs can be practised at home by searching on YouTube for Grimsby Jazz Projects A Soldier Through Time.

17.06.19

Battle of the Bands starts again on Monday (17th June). We are battling against class 8 in order to reach the semi-finals of the competition! The children did amazingly well on the last battle, please continue to encourage them to use their tables knowledge on the TT Rockstars website to defeat the Year 4s!

Come on Class 5 - we can do this!

WB - 20.5.19

Weekly Spellings. 

Please encourage and support your child in the learning of their weekly spellings.

Miss Wilson's group - confusion, disastrous, occasion, March, April

Mrs Kirk's group - fancy, nice, pence, glanced, behind

WB - 13.5.19

TT Rockstars!

The children have been working very hard in securing and improving their rockstar statuses. We have been extremely pleased with how well they have engaged with the app, we are seeing huge improvements in their times tables knowledge. 

Keep up up the hard work!

WB - 6.5.19

We have started a new writing focus - persuasive letter writing. Our purpose for writing is to persuade Mrs Green to let us adopt an animal. We have been researching the reasons why people adopt vulnerable animals and will be including these in our letters to Mrs Green. We really hope our letters are persuasive enough 🤞

29.4.19

After a successful trial we have launched TT Rockstars as a whole school. The children all have their personalised logins and are encouraged to use the website to help improve their rapid recall of times tables. 

Times tables knowledge is incredibly important. Times tables underpin so much of the maths curriculum, and are important to know in order for children to reason, problem solve and access many different areas of mathematics. 

We will be running a number of events around the site, including Battle of the Bands and weekly prizes for gaining new 'Rockstar Statuses'. Weekly year group winners of fastest speed and highest earners will go onto the dedeicated Wall of Fame in the atrium.

Rock on!

24.4.19

Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the holidays.

Our new topic for the Summer term is PREDATOR! The children will be learning about land, sea and air predators, gaining an understanding of their diets, habitats and where they can be found and creating their own ultimate predator. We have lots of exciting learning opportunities planned and are confident the children will enjoy the topic.

WB - 1.4.19

Some of the pupils took part in a showcase Maths on the Move lesson. They worked hard finding number and shape sequences. It was a very engaging and exciting lesson during which the children learned lots, worked in teams and joined in with loads of enthusiasm.

Well done guys!

WB - 25.3.19

As part of our learning about the Ancient Greek Gods and Mortals we have been using the story of Hercules to inspire us in our writing. We have been sequencing the story and will be writing our own comic strips next week.

Friday 22nd March - Greek shield making.

We were very pleased to welcome so many of our parents into school to work alongside the children, designing and making Greek shields. As you can see from the pictures we had a great afternoon and made some amazing shields 😁

Please note:

Spelling test will be on Monday 18th March - due to Red Nose Day activities. 

World Book Day

Gods and Mortals

Our new topic this half term is all about Ancient Greece. In English we are reading the story of Theseus and the Minotaur - we are beginning to write a diary entry extract as Theseus. 

Woodlands Warriors!

Class 5 took part in a handball tournament alongside pupils from Signhills Academy. The children practiced the skills needed for handball before playing in mixed teams against each other. They were amazing - lots of effort, team work and sportsmanship was displayed from all our children. 

Star performers of the day were Patryk and Carol-Ann.

Well done to all of the children 

Friday 8th February

We had a fantastic time on Friday afternoon creating volcano art. We used watercolours to paint the sky, tissue paper to create a volcano and then used straws to blow paint to make it look like an eruption. 

WEEK 5 - 4.2.19

This week's spellings:

Miss Wilson                          Mrs Kirk

angrily                                   again

simply                                    half

incredibly                               money

mention                                 Mr

minute                                   Mrs

For extra spelling help please visit the Spelling website on the link below.

We are currently at the top of the school leader board!!

The children are trying really hard and we are incredibly proud of them. Their hard work has been noticed in the fantastic improvements they have made this week on their test.

Keep up the hard work!

WEEK 3 - 21.01.19

This week's spellings:

Miss Wilson                                   Mrs Kirk

reappear                                        should

finally                                             would

continually                                     who

important                                       whole

island                                             any

We saw huge improvements in test scores last week, and this is being seen in the children's work too. Please continue to help your child learn their spellings.

WEEK 2 - 14.1.19

Spellings - please continue to encourage and help your child as they learn their spellings each week.

Miss Wilson:                                   Mrs Kirk:

return                                              improve

usually                                            sure

unfortunately                                  sugar

regularly                                         eye

heard                                              could

Happy New Year!

Welcome back, we hope that you have enjoyed the holidays and have had a well earned rest. We are excited for the children to be back in school with us ready for a new term.

Our new topic is TREMORS - we will learning all about volcanoes, their geographical locations, volcanoes today and exploring the city of Pompeii through our literacy work. We hope the children will be as excited as us!

The children have all brought log on cards home for Times Tables Rockstars - this can be accessed through the link below on laptops, phones, tablets or PCs. By the end of Year 3 children are expected to know their X3, X4 and x8 tables, please help them to do this. They will earn coins for correct answers which can be used to spruce up their avatar on the website. 

WEEK 14 - 10.12.18

This week's Spellings:

Miss Wilson:

review

supermarket

sadly

eventually

fruit

Mrs Kirk:

father

class

grass

pass

plant

WEEK 13 - 3.12.18

Buddy the elf has come to stay with us this month! He will watching the children work in the classroom during December - let's hope he is a good elf and doesn't cause too much mischief!

Weekly Spellings:

Miss Wilson                                  Mrs Kirk

dislike                                           beautiful

misunderstood                             after

incomplete                                   fast

incredible                                     last

forward                                        past

Please spend time with your child learning their spellings and encourage them to complete their spelling sentences. Thank you.

WEEK 12 - 26.11.18

Miss Wilson                              Mrs Kirk

disobey                                     every

misheard                                  great

invisible                                    break

misjudge                                  steak

enough                                     pretty

Please encourage your child to learn this week's spellings and complete their spelling homework.

WEEK 11 - 19.11.18

Weekly spellings

Miss Wilson                        Mrs Kirk                

disappoint                           old

misspell.                             cold

incorrect.                            gold

disresectful.                        hold

eight.                                  told

Please encourage your child to practise their spellings, dojos are awarded for returned homework sheets every Friday 😁

WEEK 10 - 12.11.18

This week we are learning and using our 3x and 4x tables.

Please help us to become times tables superstars by helping us practice at home too.

Here are some links to the songs we have been using to help us and a times tables games website.

Week 9 - 5.11.18

We have been using art to help us understand Remembrance and the 100 year anniversary of WW1. We created sunset watercolour back washes and then used black sugar paper to create memorial silhouettes. We think they are a fitting memorial to commemorate those who have fought and died for our country. 

Welcome back! We hope you had a great half term.

We kicked off the new term with our ‘Heroes and Villains’ day today. The children wrote about their characters, created their own superhero and made a mask. 

WEEK 7 15th OCTOBER 2018

UPDATE - MRS GREEN WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH OUR LETTERS THAT SHE SAID YES!!

We spent the afternoon watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with...

Our very own chocolate bars 😁😁

The children have been working on their questioning and letter writing skills in the hopes that they can persuade Mrs Green to allow the class to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They have been working hard all term and have loved reading the book so they all have their fingers crossed that after reading their finished letters Mrs Green will decide that it's a well-deserved treat. Fingers crossed 🤞

WEEK 6 - 8TH OCTOBER 2018

Fruit Tasting - Thursday 11th October 1.30pm

Join us for a fruit tasting session in the hall as part of our project 'Scrumdiddlyumptious'.

We will be treated to a variety of yummy treats and hope to encourage the children to try as many new fruity delights as they can. 

WEEK 5 1ST OCTOBER 2018

In RE we have been learning about Sukkot, the Jewish festival of harvest. We made Sukkah's which are used for the week of harvest. Jewish families live, sleep, work and play in the Sukkah for the whole of Sukkot.

This week's new spellings (01.10.18)

beginning

beginner

happening

happened

targeted

Remember - we test spellings every Friday, dojo points are available for those children who bring back their spelling sheet.

As we have been studying all things yummy in year 3, we thought the children could become star bakers for the day. We mixed up the two classes and the children spent the afternoon following a recipe to bake their own 'bread in a bag'. We will be using this experience to help them with instructional writing.

If you would like to have a go at baking your own bread in a bag, follow the link below

Fantastic factory visit!

To launch into our new project 'Scrumdiddlyumptious' year 3 went on an educational visit to the Morrisons Fish Factory. The children had an amazing day, finding out where their fish comes from, what happens to it on its way to the supermarket shelves, and were even treated to a sensational taste testing session. The children had very diverse tastes and couldn't decide which fish they liked best with salmon, smoked haddock and crab sticks coming top! It was a super trip which everyone enjoyed and really helped to excite the children about their new project back in the classroom.