Eagles

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Eagles is a delightful class of hardworking children who are making the most of all the many opportunities available to them.

Mrs Andrews is the class teacher - she really enjoys teaching Years 5 and 6 and has years of experience with these age groups. We are very lucky to have Mrs Southern as our TA.

In addition to English and Maths, the children study a wide range of cross-curricular topics. In History, their research includes the World War II and the Ancient Greeks - with a visit to Tisbury by train as an evacuee and creating a Greek temple in their classroom! In Geography, the children study the Rainforests in North and South America!

Outdoor pursuits are encouraged in Eagles class with children experiencing the delights of a 3 day residential to Portland where they take part in kayaking, raft building, coasteering and many problem solving activities resulting in lots of team building!! A 3 day residential to London where the children take in the sights of our capital city is also held. They experience a variety of enjoyable landmarks such as Westminster Abbey, Tower of London and The Houses of Parliament. A trip to the theatre to see Lion King was a 'Wow' factor for everyone!

We also participate in a whole range of sporting activities, including, tag rugby, athletics, cricket, hockey, high 5’s, football and the Mini Marathon.

Monday 22nd April 2024

Let's hope the sun shines this week!

As KS2 SATs is approaching, please make sure your child is eating healthy and has plenty of sleep. Some have told me they feel tired - it is important they are wide awake and do their best with their learning.

In English, we are continuing our exploration of Mars and stacking sentences for a non-chronological report. We will be consolidating all the SPaG we have learnt with a focus on punctuation and word classes. Our spelling focuses this week are suffixes (ly and ed.)

In maths, Year 5 will continue to work with Mr Howard.

Year 6 will be moving on to statistics. Our focus this week is drawing, reading and interpreting line graphs and pie charts. We will be understanding percentages when looking at pie charts and calculating the mean of given data.

Do continue to revise all times tables - they are important in most areas of maths!

Our focus in science is the sexual reproduction in mammals. This week, we will be looking at reproductive parts in plants.

In geography, our new topic involves carrying out an independent field work enquiry in Dinton. Our lesson this week involves finding the most effective data collection method for fieldwork.

Our new DT topic is applying computing knowledge and understanding to program a Micro:bit animal monitoring device.

We will be writing a program to monitor the ambient temperature including an alert!

In RE, we will be investigating Islam - focusing on the 5 pillars and considering what difference it makes to Muslims. This week we will explain the key beliefs of Muslims and how these affect the way Muslims chose to behave.

Due to the extra lesson of SPaG each week leading up to KS2 SATs in May, the children will need their PE kits on Tuesdays only. Additional PE time will be given during the afternoons of SATs week.

Please remember to send in coats each day as the weather, as you know, has been very unpredictable!

Best wishes and if you have an queries, do email me.