A rare Monday blog post today!
Maths - last week we carried on with the decimals work, which the children were getting the hang of, and have now moved to the long awaited percentages part of the unit, that the class had been asking about for a week (who know percentages could be so exciting?). 
Decimals and percentages will continue to be supported and focused upon in the lead up to Easter.

English  - the class have started a new unit, 'Earth Verse', based around a poetry book containing a series of Haikus. The children have enjoyed making Haikus so far and I am looking forward to seeing what they create over the next week.

This coming week, the plan is to start some art to support the children's Haikus, and to continue the Biomes unit of topic. We also have some assessments to tackle, but I am confident that the class are up to the task!
Lots of classroom activities means nice photos to compensate for this photo-less edition.

Mr Pester, Mrs Bonnett, Mrs West and Ms Watts
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This week has been jam-packed with fun activities amongst some very good work. On Thursday, the class ventured into the forest school area to build their own survival shelters, as inspired by our English topic, 'Jungle Survival Guide'. The class split into 5 teams and worked together to create their dens from a roof cover (either tarpaulin or a fabric sheet). Each group built a fantastic shelter, as I am sure you will agree!

On Friday, a circus skills workshop arrived. At 2:15, the children began their adventure, using hula hoops and devil sticks (not the flaming variety) to gain some new and exciting skills. A lot of the children really surprised themselves with how good they were!

Thank you for your hard work Year 5. Have a good weekend and we will see you on Monday,

Mr Pester, Mrs Bonnett, Mrs West and Ms Watts 

Hello everyone,
It has been a good, productive week in year 5. We are now reaching the end of the fractions unit, and I am very impressed with the assessment results - well done everyone!
Our Survival Handbooks have started to take shape in English, with the drafts of the introduction all complete.
The children continued painting their landscapes in the style of Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night', and i think you'll agree the results are amazing. below is a selection of those that are finished or nearly finished.

The class' hard work and positive behaviour meant that they filled the dartboard and earned themselves a free afternoon. It was a fun and well-tempered time, with a gentle buzz of happy children.

Thank you for all your hard work this week,

Mr Pester, Mrs Bonnett and Mrs West

Here is a selection of photos from our World Book Day extravaganza on Thursday. We had an amazing day learning about each other's favourite books and characters.
The story jars are absolutely brilliant and all so unique and individual.

Other news: 
In English, we have started a new topic, 'The Jungle Survival Handbook' and we are looking forward to getting out into the forest school area when the weather cheers up.
In Maths, we are still full steam ahead with fractions and confidence is growing by the day!

We ended the week with art, where the children began painting their Starry Night landscapes that they sadly didn't get a chance to on the last schooling Friday because of the storm. They are looking truly wonderful and I will post them on here when they are finished.

it has been an excellent week; well done Year 5!