Year 5: Slat Class - Mr Ward

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Curiosity class have begun their Forest School journey. Dave, our forest school leader, set us the task of creating a pulley system that could carry a rocket model across. The system needed to be one-metre high and two-metres long, made from natural materials. The afternoon saw us working in teams, strengthening our communication and having fun in the process. It was a muddy, damp day but that didn’t stop us from getting the job done with some very successful pulley systems and rockets.

Curriculum Newsletter

mission to mars curriculum newsletter 2019.docx

Sikh Langar

How Your Ears Work

In science we have learning about our hearing and how our ears work!

WORLD HAPPINESS 2019! We used Google Sheets to input data from the World Happiness Survey 2019.

Summer topic - Ancient Maya

Our topic for the Summer term: the Ancient Maya civilization!

Our New Book - Journey to the River Sea!

Stop Plastic Pollution by Curie Class.

Stop Plastic Pollution by Curie Class

Spring Term - Our book: 'Itch' By Simon Mayo

Itchingham Lofte - known as Itch - is 14, and loves science - especially chemistry. He is also an element-hunter: he has decided to collect all the elements in the periodic table.

One day, Itch makes a discovery. A new element, never seen before. At first, no one believes him - but soon, someone hears about the strange new rock and wants it for himself. Itch is in serious danger.

- What do YOU think will happen to Itch?

- Why is the rock valuable?

- Where might he store it?

- When will he be free again?

- Why do you enjoy the book?

Christmas Curie Sharks

Enjoy a song, performed by us!

Spring Term Curriculum Map

The Big Night | Christmas 2018

Watch this video and think about.... - Which Christmas characters can you spot? - How does the star feel at the start? - How does the star feel at the end? - Is her Mum proud? How do you know? - What is the main message behind the video?

Rang-Tan in my bedroom - Palm Oil

Inspired by Greenpeace's recent campaign against dirty palm oil, Curie Class have produced story openers and persuasive letters upon the subject!

You can sign the petition and tell big brands to stop using palm oil from forest destroyers here: http://greenpeace.org/saverangtan

This week's topic: William Wilberforce

Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers

We're currently doing lots of work on fractions in Year 5/6. One of the most difficult concepts for us is improper fractions and mixed numbers. This video is SUPER helpful when working with these tricky forms of number!

Coding fun in Year 5/6

Each week of this year so far, we have completed various coding tasks on code.org. We have been learning to write simple code, debug code and use higher level instructions (such as a 'repeat' function') to make things happen on our screens (such as games and small animations).

If you want to practice at home head to:

www.code.org/hourofcode

www.codecombat.com/play

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