Sapphire (Yr5)

Hello parents and carers,

another positive start to our new half term.

The children are really enjoying our new book, 'The Lost Thing' and have come up with some fantastic writing based around the book. We have also been looking at forces in Science and spoke about what forces we are using in PE whilst playing Tag rugby.

Hello parents and carers.

We have had a fantastic start to our new academic year in Year 5.

The children have given me a very warm welcome and they have settled in extremely well considering they are in a new building and have a new teacher!

There has been lots of amazing learning in class. Our Science topic is based around Earth and Space and this is something that we as a class are very interested in. This topic also blends in well with our English as we are basing our current writing around the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. The book dives into the fascinating real life stories of four black women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. We have learnt about the Cold War, the Space Race and the planning and launch of the Apollo 11 mission.

We have also delved into the social side of life for these women. Segregation, the Civil rights movement and fighting for an education have really given the children food for thought and they have had some incredible discussions in class about these issues. Through this research the class have written diary entries, formal and informal letters, role playing in the character of one of these pioneers and next week we are writing a newspaper article and beginning a non-chronological report.

Ms David