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Our ‘C is for Community’ walk

We have identified features in our community this morning. We recognised that the street names all begin with ‘s’ like ‘Sutton Hill’. We also explored inside the Community Centre, as our school artwork is displayed there.

Year 5 Visit to Telford Central Mosque

We had the opportunity to visit Telford Central Mosque to tie in with our RE unit last term. The Imam welcomed us and explained some of the key principles of prayer as a Muslim. We went into the main prayer space and found out how often Muslims pray, where they face and why the building is build the way it is. We all found the experience very useful and learnt lots!

Euan: “I found out that Muslims face Meccah when they pray. For us in England, it is South-East.”
Emilee: “I liked that the walls were fairly plain as it meant people won’t get distracted when they pray.”
LaShanda: “I liked finding out about what times Muslims pray and how it changes over the year.”

Crumbles in Year 5 Computing

In our Computing lessons this term we have been using Crumbles. We have been programming them to light up, use a motor and also to use a switch. We have had to debug along the way and have all made brilliant progress!

Young Coders

11 of our UKS2 children have signed up for the Young Coders competition this term. We will be working on Scratch to design a game to help people ‘Budget Better’, which is this year’s theme. We analysed a range of games today to get some ideas for our own ones. We are excited to see what they come up with!

Design Brief: To Design A Patterned Decoration From Malleable Materials

We followed the whole school sequence of learning for Design Technology in order to design a patterned, malleable decoration.

We used photographs of Christmas Trees and appraised patterned baubles.

We then explored ways to create everyday patterns and then repeating patterns. This supported our vocabulary development.

Then we explore salt dough and clay and ways to create patterns such as pressing, using tools, beads and sequins.

We evaluated our designs and discussed what we liked and how we could improve them.

The decorations took pride of place on our Christmas Tree.

A Throw Back to December – A Time To Celebrate!

We had a very busy end to the autumn term . . .

As part of our People and Communities topic we learnt about how some people celebrate Christmas. The children learnt about the Christian story of the Nativity through small world, role-play, songs and books. They were inspired to make marks of some of the significant characters. We stole the show in Our First Nativity performance, there was not a dry eye in the hall! This took lots of self-regulation and courage.

The children also shared photographs of celebrations that they have participated in at home. This evoked lots of rich language of comparison.

The countdown to Christmas was very exciting and we used our Advent Calendar to see the passing of time. We placed a star in the five frame each day and could describe whether it was full, nearly full, empty or nearly empty. We could see whether we had a long way to go and as we were getting closer.

National Space Centre

Year 5 had a wonderful opportunity to travel to Leicester on Tuesday to look around the National Space Centre, to enhance our learning about Earth and Space. We explored the various galleries and even got to climb the rocket tower! We finished the day by going into the planetarium. It was an amazing experience and the ‘oooh’ and ‘aaaahs’ of the children spoke volumes!

We’re Going On A Baby Hunt!

Becky, who is a Christian, from Sutton Hill Church came to visit the children in nursery and teach them about the Christian story of the first Christmas.

This has supported the children’s learning about celebrations. The children have been exploring the story in a range of ways such as through books, small world resources and songs and this experience supported their deeper knowledge of the beliefs of some Christians.