Mastering hockey skills

Pudsey in coins - well done Fordham!

Marilyn brought in fascinating and rare documents.

We all learnt so much - thank you Marilyn.

A postcard from a German prisoner of war camp that Elizabeth brought in.

One of Class 5's Inspiration mindmaps being developed.

Welcome to the weekly blog for Week 4 of this half term. Class 5 had an eventful week as it was Friendship week with a wide variety of activities and fun outside the classroom. They learnt how to dance under their partners arm and twist in the ballroom jive; had a stimulating and surprising science lesson learning about magnetic force and the week culminated in their presentations to an audience.

I would like to say congratulations to Class 5 for the effort and preparation most pupils put into making their presentations as interesting, varied and as professional as they could.  Their photos are here on the blog and each member of Class 5 is going to write about what went well and how they can improve for their future presentations.

This week is Powerdown Week and I’m sure that the results of monitoring our use of energy within the school will be an eye opener, especially our no power day on Friday! How much will we save this week?

Homework  24/11/14 

   Due in on Friday as homework will be given out on Mondays, due in on Fridays.

English

Well done Class 5! Your presentations were effective, interesting and a few were completely professional! Please write on the blog this week which areas of the Success Criteria for presentation worked well and one area that you know you need to work on. Your photos are on there, it was a nerve wracking experience but an essential skill for life. If you haven’t written a book review on the blog for last week’s homework, please do so whilst you are on there.

Maths

Neolithic Group – Angles in a triangle. Bronze and Iron Age –angles in a triangle and around a point. 3x and 4x tables need to be fluent and known so well that you can go up and down at speed. We will be doing this together this week too.

Class 5 would like to say a huge thank you to Marilyn Beard from Oaks and Acorns who spent the afternoon sharing her family WWI and WWII family history.The fascinating and rare documents and photographs helped to bring it all alive and the learning experience was invaluable.
Doris Beard visited us to share her WWII memories a few weeks ago and we would also like to express our thanks from all of Class 5 for that experience too.

Does particle size affect solubility?

 Explain to anyone at home why the surface area of the particles affects solubility.

Welcome to our third week already this half term! It has been a busy time!

 I was extremely proud of you all at Fordham War Memorial on Tuesday and it was lovely to watch you all play a part in helping David to plant the flowering cherry on Jubilee Green afterwards. The plaque read ‘We Will Remember Them’ and I am sure you all will - you have learnt and understood so much.

The Copford Music Festival was thoroughly enjoyed by all and you sounded fantastic.

This week we continue with our study of WWI and have a visitor tomorrow afternoon, Marilyn form Oaks and Acorns who will be telling us about her WWI and WWII local family experiences. It is Friendship Week, during which we will be focusing on how to look after and protect ourselves and our friends. A few pupils in our class will be rising to the challenge of the national maths competition 'The Primary Maths Challenge' this week. Keep a cool head, think things through  and we know you will do well! 

   Homework  17/11/14 

   Due in on Friday as homework will be given out on Mondays, due in on Fridays.

English – two weeks for this assignment, ready for next a presentation from 17/11/14

This was your brief two weeks ago. The presentation will be Thursday after break. Your homework is to practice this, time it and be thoroughly prepared. Please complete one book review on the blog that you have read from Bug Club before Friday.

Research exactly what Boudica’s role was in burning down Roman Colchester. You will need to find interesting information for a speaking presentation to the class in two weeks time and have your information neatly presented in whatever format you wish, (printed or handwritten) ready to exhibit in our museum. You will need to time your presentation so that it lasts no more than three minutes and can be less. You can make or find artefacts or pictures to show us too if you wish.

Maths

Neolithic Group – page 15. Bronze and Iron Age – pages 14 and 15 of Rising Stars, negative numbers. The 12x table this week must be fluent.

Bronze Age and Iron Age Group - p14 and p15 of Rising Stars  negative numbers. 

Concentrating hard on creating fantastic music

Robyn laid our wreath

We understand so much more about life in WWII after our afternoon with Doris.

Separating sand and salt and returning them to their former states
 - independent learning using prior knowledge and logical thinking!

George - taking a serve.

Squash is fun!

We have a busy and important week ahead of us Class 5! 

You have invited family to the Armistice Day service at Fordham War Memorial and you have been practising hard for your part in that.

Our squash team have their first tournament of three on Thursday and we are all off to the inter schools music festival at Copford Primary School tomorrow. As well as that I will be presenting you with another chemistry challenge. I was extremely proud of your ability to utilise your knowledge and experiment accordingly last week.

      Homework  10/11/14 

   Due in on Friday as homework will be given out on Mondays, due in on Fridays.

English – one more week for this assignment, ready for a presentation from 17/11/14

Research exactly what Boudicca’s role was in burning down Roman Colchester. You will need to find interesting information for a speaking presentation to the class in two weeks time (17^th) and have your information neatly presented in whatever format you wish, (printed or handwritten) ready to exhibit in our museum. You will need to time your presentation so that it lasts no more than three minutes and can be less. You can make or find artefacts or pictures to show us too if you wish.

Maths

I expect you to be able to work out the calendar months and know the month rhyme. This week’s homework gives you practice at this. Keep practicing your 3x, 4x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 9x  tables and build up your knowledge. Remember to use your times tables tool box. The 11x table this week must be fluent.

Honing speaking and listening skills after the Harvest assembly

Welcome to our first blog of the second half of this term! Isn’t time flying by! I hope that you all had a lovely week and enjoyed the gorgeous weather.  We have an exciting half term  ahead– an inter school’s squash tournament for some of us, our class is leading the service at Fordham War Memorial on Armistice Day and we will be attending a tree planting ceremony afterwards to commemorate the WWI centenary.

We will be finishing Stig of the Dump and starting War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. We are studying Roman clothing and Roman numerals before moving on to World War One. In our p.e. lessons we will be learning the 1930’s jive ready for when we learn about WWII in a few weeks time as well as tag rugby skills. We will be experimenting with separating mixtures and exploring the properties of materials in science and exploring different mediums in art that will link with our cross curricular theme of confict through the ages. I hope that our guitar skills will be sufficient to perform at Christmas and we have the Key Stage 2 music festival to work towards too. Exciting as well as thought provoking times!

You have been allocated Abacus homework online this week. Go to our Class blog and click on the Abacus maths link. Alternatively, you can log on to www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login

Username: first name and first 2 initials of surname all joined up, eg:elsiewa

Password: changeme

School code:fasc

Then click on ‘my stuff’ (remember you must allow pop ups at this stage if in Chrome).

Do the tasks and have fun!

Homework  03/11/14 

   Due in on Friday as homework will be given out on Mondays, due in on Fridays.

 

English

Research exactly what Boudicca’s role was in burning down Roman Colchester. You will need to find interesting information for a speaking presentation to the class in two weeks time (17^th) and have your information neatly presented in whatever format you wish, (printed or handwritten) ready to exhibit in our museum. You will need to time your presentation so that it lasts no more than three minutes and can be less. You can make or find artefacts or pictures to show us too if you wish.

Maths

You have been allocated online Activelearn maths homework. It is revising common factors, common multiples and prime numbers. We studied these a couple of weeks ago – you should be experts.

Please work on the 11x table this week. Keep practicing your 3x, 4x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 9x  tables and build up your knowledge. Remember to use your times tables tool box.