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Week 4, ending 30 January
Posted: Jan 30, 2026 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Erica
Special Mention: Hannah
Well done to these children this week!
Another busy busy week in Oak Tree Class, but we really seem to be motoring through the Y5 curriculum and I am seeing some great progress!
Our music genre this week has been Disco – and even though YMCA probably received the largest response, the Bee Gees ‘Stayin’ Alive’ had lots of heads bopping to the beat!
We have finally completed the first draft of our non-chronological reports and next week each child will publish and produce a fantastic double page spread on the theme of Twinned Towns/Sister Cities.
Methods for short division have been learned in maths – some of you may call it the ‘bus stop method’? Lots of children have really seen the benefit of spending time recalling their times tables; still, some children are scoring 10 or below in a tables test of 20. Homework this week reflects this learning – please do support your child in these questions and encourage them to show all their working out if you can.
We have continued learning the skills for Tag Rugby in PE and in a couple of weeks, there is hopefully going to be an intra-school Tag Rugby competition, which is very exciting! [Pray for good weather!!]
We have spent time creating a piece of art work on the theme of the Bridging Generations. This work will be displayed in school, to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January) – we also enjoyed seeing this event mentioned on the BBC’s Newsround programme. I was really touched by the sensitive and mature approach the children had towards this subject.
An extra home learning task the children have been set is to try to memorise as many US state names as they can – and, if possible, their abbreviated form eg NY for New York, FL for Florida. This work complements our studies in geography, where we will soon be comparing Yorkshire with the Western USA. Many children are thoroughly enjoying this work, I am pleased to say.
I hope you all enjoy your weekends,
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos