Oak Tree Class Blog
Oak Tree Class Blog
Week 8, ending 25 October
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Noah
Special Mention: Lottie
A special well done to all these pupils this week!
And we have made it!! The past eight weeks have been a long, but rewarding half term for us in Oak Tree Class – none moreso than this past week.
Our fabulous diary entries have been produced, mounted and displayed; tricky aspects of maths have been smashed (including prime and square numbers!) and an inter-team rugby tournament has been carried out, to celebrate the end of a very successful unit in PE.
It is clear that many of you are practising times table facts with your children and this has been so helpful in our recent maths unit. Please continue to do so, as after half term, we shall be moving onto FRACTIONS – and a secure times table knowledge makes this a much easier unit for Y5 children.
The ukulele playing has improved dramatically this week – “Lean on Me” sounded great and many children volunteered to play solos to the class!
Our morning music style has been Soul – James Brown was a definite fave with this class!!
Oak Tree's Got talent was FA-BU-LOUS this afternoon.
I am attaching some pics for your pleasure. All children who participated received a sweet treat and a certificate. Well done to them all!
Look out for our *extra optional homework* for this half term – creating a WW2 shelter in a shoebox.
I hope you have a fab half term holiday! See you on November 4!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 7, ending 18 October
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Week 7, ending 18 October
Reader: Harrison
Special Mention: Lillian
A super well done to these pupils this week!
And the long term continues….! Just one week to go! But in the past week, we have been very busy in Oak Tree Class again, while listening to a variety of ‘Disney Classics’ in the morning.
Finally, we have published our WW2 diary entries. They are amazing. The children have evidently been able to empathise with children of their own age from this era – very pleasing. It was lovely to share these diary entries with so many parents on Parents’ Evenings. It is true to say that the handwriting of this class is excellent – many pen licences have been awarded.
Maths has been all about multiples this week, including a multiplication tables test – homework is also on this theme, so any support would be greatly appreciated.
It was our final Tag Rugby session this week – next week, we are hoping to hold an Intra-House Tournament for UKS2. Watch this space for the winners!
Many children from our class represented RPPS in a Cross-Country event – well done, guys!
Just to let you know, we have now sent home the children’s Celebration Books for you to enjoy. Due to time constraints etc we can no longer source, download, print and add further pics to these mementoes. But I can assure you that I shall regularly put pictures onto the weekly blog, so you can easily print them out and add them yourselves.
It has been lovely to meet so many of you at Parents’ Evenings this past week - I hope you have a splendid weekend!
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 6, ending 11 October
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Week 5, ending 11 October
Reader: Millie
Special Mention: Seth
A super well done to these pupils this week!
It has been another great week for the children in Oak Tree Class. Tina Turner was by far the most enjoyed ‘Female Legend’ in our early morning music!
In Ukuleles, we all sang and plucked our way through 'Happy Birthday to you' to Dima, as it was actually his birthday. We have moved onto chords too, and began to sing and strum to 'A Thousand Years'.
Our English unit continues – diary entries have been written and edited; now we will publish! Already I can see progress in how the children are writing their ideas down – they are much more fluently adding details to each sentence, including elative clauses, expanded noun phrases and a range of conjunctions. All of these will stand them in good stead for the rest of Y5 and beyond.
In our topic session (history), the children have been investigating what food was rationed during WW2 and have also considered the language that was used in propaganda posters, encouraging families to ration their food. A lot of persuasive posters have been created by my brilliant class. I have been thrilled by the number of Ration Recipe pics that have been coming in - what superstars you all are! Keep up the fab work and continue to send photos of kids with creations to oak@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk
Here is a pic of us tasting the amazing bread, baked by Ted, following a WW2 ration recipe! Yum. We all loved it!
In Maths, more work has been done on addition and subtraction. We will revisit this area again shortly in Y5 but it would be very helpful if you could spend time revising ‘halving and doubling’ with your Y5 child. This is an area of weakness at the minute and could do with an extra boost from home. Thank you!
If you know how to say ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you’ in French, do practise together! Our French lessons are a lot of fun and it’s always good to know the children remember these phrases at home.
Have a lovely weekend! Hope to see you all at one of the Parents’ Evenings next week.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 5, ending 4 October
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Week 5, ending 4 October
Reader: Leah
Special Mention: Deacon
A special well done to these pupils this week!
This week, the children have been coming into school to the sounds of Boy Bands. All were well-received, but I definitely think that Year 3000 by Busted was the favourite tune!
Ukulele lessons have been progressing very well in Year 5. The children’s song ‘Rocky Mountain’ is now recognisable (!) and we also had a lot of fun picking our way through Happy Birthday to You this week!
We have continued to work our way through addition and subtraction in maths lessons, including practising the skill of rounding numbers to help us check answers.
But, for me, the best part of this week was the English lesson on National Poetry Day (Thursday) when the children worked in small groups to plan, perfect and perform a poem. Well done everyone!
The children are also working hard to plan and write WW2 diary entries – I really hope these will be published and displayed by Parents’ Evenings. Do remember to sign up for an appointment on 15th or 16th October.
I hope you all have a fab weekend – please continue to send in the fabulous Ration cooking pics.They make my day!
Homework is spellings and SPaG tasks.- all due in on Wednesday.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos
Week 4, ending 27 September
Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Ted G
Special Mention: Katie
A really well done to these pupils this week!
Classical music has been the soundtrack for Oak Tree Class’s mornings. Vivaldi’s Season of Spring seemed to be the most well liked – the children said they recognised it from assemblies, but they seemed to enjoy In the Hall of the Mountain King the most.
The visit to Worth Valley Railway has certainly been the highlight of our week. We had a marvellous time pretending to experience being evacuated during the Second World War. I am sure that any creative work we do in response to this visit will be excellent because of it. Thank you for all your inspired costumes – team points all around! The children’s engagement was 100% and their behaviour was superb.
I hope to add pictures – so keep your eyes peeled! Miss Bairstow will also be putting pictures up - so do look on Ash Tree Class's blog/page, too.
Last week we set the first of our additional homework tasks. All children in Y5 and Y6 have been issued with a rationed recipe booklet and letter explaining this task. This will run all the way up until the end of Autumn 2 where we will announce winners and give out prizes for the most recipes completed! Happy cooking! It has been great to have already had some pictures emailed in.
In maths lessons, we have finished Place value and have moved onto addition and subtraction strategies – homework will reflect some of our learning again this week.
Please be aware of the following site:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
It is recommended to parents about Internet Safety – especially giving advice about how we can protect our children while they are online.
Homework this week is spellings (as usual) and some revision of prepositions. We have been looking at these in class and they are incredibly helpful to add details into written work.
I hope you have a lovely weekend
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos