Class 5 Blog

Hello Class 5, I hope that you all had a wonderful half term and enjoyed the sunshine! 🌞😎 Here is a message for you and your parents: Please be aware that this term you will notice that the activities posted on the class blogs will be a little different from what you have been used to previously, for example, they may not always include an English and Maths lesson. This is for several reasons, i) there will be a focus on Well Being for the children (in and out of school) as we move through the Covid-19 journey; ii) normally during the summer term we have a range of curriculum focus weeks; iii) to ensure consistency for groups both attending school, or remaining at home. This approach will enable teaching staff to manage providing the planning for both groups in a workable manner. This week, the school will focus on Well Being in our school community and reflecting on the changes we have all had to make over the last two months. We will also be enjoying some new P.E activities

Hello Class 5, I won't be setting any work over the half term holiday but here are some ideas for outdoor activities you might like to try with your families. Half Term Outdoor Fun As always, if you have any photos or news you'd like to share please email them to school - we love seeing what you're getting up too. Wishing you all a wonderful half term! 🌳🦋🌞 Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you're all well and looking forward to half term. Well done for all your hard work with the home learning this term. ⭐ I've really enjoyed catching up with lots of you and your parents this week and hearing about the things that you've been doing. There were a few of you I didn't manage to get hold of, if you would like a phone call please get in touch with the office and give them a date/time for me to call you back. Here are your tasks for Friday - the maths task is a bit different, there is a worksheet and a practical task too - perhaps you could try this over half term. Friday 22nd May If you can, ask someone to test you on your spellings too. Before you start your tasks you may like to listen to another story from the Open the Book Team. This week they have prepared the story of  The Big Spender  for you to enjoy. I also wanted to tell you about the PTA Logo Challenge - this would be great to have a go at over half term. PTA Lo

Hello Class 5, I hope you're all well and having a good day. Here are your tasks for Thursday: Thursday 21st May Please try to complete a spelling activity too. Have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine! 🌞 Here are your tasks for Wednesday: Wednesday 20th May Hope you have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you are all having a good Monday! 🌞 Here are your tasks for Tuesday: Tuesday 19th May If you can, try to complete another spelling activity too. I also wanted to remind you to take a look at the 'Well-Being Blog' which you can find on the class pages of the school website. If you haven't been on it before (or for a little while) I'd really recommend taking a look. On the blog you'll find some links to different resources that you could look at with your families. Hopefully you'll find them useful during this time of uncertainty. Hope you all have a lovely day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, Here are a couple more photos of your fantastic artwork 📷🎨🖌 ... These are from Harry and Millie: What a brilliant guitar! 🎸 Excellent work Millie 🍌🕶 It's been lovely to see so many of you enjoying your artwork - what a talented class you are!! ⭐ Enjoy the sunshine, 🌞 Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you've all had a great weekend. Here are your tasks for Monday: Monday 18th May Here are your spellings: Spellings - 18th May Have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, It's photo time! 🎨🖌📷 I'm so impressed with the artwork I've seen this week - well done Class 5!!👏⭐ These fantastic pictures were created by Eloise: And here's Bibi with her wonderful artwork that tells the story of lockdown: Well done girls - these are brilliant - thanks very much for sharing! Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I just wanted to say a massive well done to everyone who took part in the 'Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship' this week. We ended up finishing in 63rd position overall (out of 92 schools) which is a great result for the size of our school. 58 children took part from across Key Stage 2 and they managed to answer an impressive 41,306 questions correctly! 🎸⭐😎 Enjoy your weekend, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, Here are your tasks for Friday: Friday 15th May If you can, please ask someone to test you on your spellings too. I also have another recording from the Open the Book Team to share with you. This week they have prepared the story of  The Lost Coin  for you to listen to. Just a quick update after the final day of the 'Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship.' It looks like we have finished in 63rd position overall - I'm just awaiting the final confirmation and will share this with you tomorrow. Well done to all of you that took part - we're really proud of you! Hope you enjoyed it. 🎸⭐ Enjoy you day and have a wonderful weekend, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you've been enjoying the art activities this week. I was in school today and got to see a brilliant frottage patchwork that Tom created - great work! ⭐ All the children that were in school had a go the activity too - they enjoyed the textile treasure hunt and created some super patchworks. Here are your tasks for Thursday: Thursday 14th May Well done to those of you who took part in the 'Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship' today. It was great to see that even more children took part on day two. We are currently in 59th position going into the final day. Good luck to all of you who will be taking part on Thursday! 🍀 Hope you all have a lovely day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, Hope you're all having a good week so far. Here are your tasks for Wednesday: Wednesday 13th May A big well done to those of you that took part in day one of the 'Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship' - you've got us off to a great start! It was really pleasing to see that lots of you took part and achieved some fantastic scores. Currently our school is in 50th position overall, out of about 90 schools. Some schools have more classes and year groups involved than ours, so you're doing really well. Please join in again tomorrow and Thursday if you can. If you didn't take part today but you'd like to give it a go, just log in between 10am and 1pm on Wednesday and Thursday and answer as many questions as you can - let's see if we can climb the leaderboards! ⭐🎸😎 Enjoy your day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I just wanted to share with you some news and photos that I've received today. 📷🎨🖌 Here we have Ellie who celebrated VE Day with a social distancing lockdown street party. Looks like a lot of fun - weren't we lucky with the weather! 🌞   Great job with the bunting! ⚑ Loving the artwork (and your dog)!  Here we have some artwork from Poppy who has been doing some drawing with Rob Biddulph. Well done Poppy - these are fantastic! ⭐🎨 If you're feeling inspired to do some drawing after looking at these you could go to the  Rob Biddulph  website where there's lots of great ideas. Here we have a wonderful stencil artwork that was created by Eloise - I love your choice of colours!  Sam has also sent me in an information page about Claude Monet, including some pictures of his work. Well done Sam.⭐ Thanks very much for sending these in - what a great way to start the week! It's brilliant to se

Hello Class 5, I hope you are all well. Here are your tasks for Tuesday 12th May: Tuesday 12th May Just a quick reminder for those of you wanting to take part in the 'Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship' - it will run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week from 10am - 1pm each day. All you need to do is log on and answer as many questions as you can during these time slots. You can still play outside of these times but those points will not count. You can play in any of the game modes - garage, studio, soundcheck, festival or arena and you will gain a point for each correct answer. You should be able to see the individual and class leaderboards and I will keep you posted with how our school is doing overall. Check us out in the video: Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship Have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you all had a great weekend celebrating VE Day. Here are your tasks for Monday: Monday 11th May Here are your spellings for the week: Spellings - 11th May Have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, On Friday 8th May we'll be celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Here are some family VE Day activities that you may like to try, but I'm sure you have lots of your own ideas too. VE Day Activities However you choose the spend the weekend, I hope you all have a wonderful time! 🎉🌞🍦 Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, It's time for our news update!📷📧 First up we have Bibi with her wonderful artwork.🎨 Bibi also sent in a great piece of music that she composed for one of this week's music tasks. I really enjoyed listening to it - well done! 🎹⭐ Next up we have Leni who went bug hunting on a rainy day.🐛🔍 What a great idea for an activity - looks like you were successful! And here she is with a watermelon cocktail that she made - it looks delicious. 🍉😋 Here we have Evie and Olivia doing a great job of litter picking. They wanted to go litter picking today in the fields where they walk. Sadly they noticed people are dropping lots of litter there, more than usual. There were lots of glass bottles smashed as well as lots of general litter. Evie and Olivia were worried this could harm the wildlife and dogs that have their daily walk there and asked if they could pick it up. So, they got their gloves on and went litter picking, 70 minutes

Hello Everyone, We just wanted to tell you about the ‘Gloucestershire Rockstars Championship’ that you’re all going to have the chance to take part in next week. It’s a tournament against lots of other schools in the area that will be played using Times Tables Rock Stars. The tournament itself will run over three days from 12th – 14th May between 10am and 1pm each day. The idea is that you will try to answer as many questions as you can during those times. You’ll earn a point for each correct answer and these will be counted to work out the highest scoring individuals, classes and schools. This event is optional, but it would be brilliant if we can get as many of you involved as possible! You don’t need to be on it continuously, just go on for as long as suits you between 10am and 1pm. Every point will count - we’re aiming for the top of the leader boards! We’re going to be sending an email out to your parents about this too. In the meantime, please try and get in s

Hello Class 5, Here are your tasks for Thursday: Thursday 7th May If you can, please ask an adult to test you on your spellings too. This is the last set of tasks for this week, but tomorrow I'm going to post some VE Day family activities that you may like to try. Thanks to those of you who have sent in photos and work, please keep them coming as it's great to see them. I'm going to post another set of photos soon, so if you do have anything you'd like to share please email it in. Wishing you all a wonderful bank holiday weekend! 🌞🍦😃 Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you're all having a good week so far. Here are your tasks for Wednesday: Wednesday 6th May If can, please log on to your Times Tables Rock Stars account and have a practise of your times tables too. Our school has decided to enter the 'Gloucestershire Times Tables Rock Stars Tournament' (details to follow) where we'll soon have the chance to complete against other schools. In the meantime, it would be great if you can get practising. Enjoy your day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, Hope you're all well. Here are your tasks for Tuesday: Tuesday 5th May If you can, try to complete a spelling activity too. Have a good day, Mrs Piper

Hello Class 5, I hope you've all had a lovely weekend. Here are your tasks for Monday: Monday 4th May Here are your spellings for the week: Spellings - 4th May Enjoy your day, Mrs Piper