Happy Easter Everyone!

See you back on Monday 8th April.

Egyptian Dance

Our PE unit this term has been dance. The children have choreographed their own routine to the song Walk Like an Egyptian. Enjoy!

Monday 11th - Friday 15th March

Hello everyone welcome back to this week! We have done some very fun things. So step in our magical door to the year 6s classroom with Nerys, Sidney and Bonnie.

Yr 5  

The year 5s have been busy calculating the perimeter and converting grams to kilograms and millilitres to litres. They (as usual) carried on reading Emil and The Detectives. In English, we planned and wrote up a short story (Bonnie will explain more of that with the year 6s). 

Yr 6

In year 6 we have been doing lots of maths: converting different measurements like grams to kilograms etc. In English we have been writing short stories about mythical creatures: unicorns, goblins, fairies and more .

Our vocab words for this week are:

Continuous

Liaison

Jutting

Daresay

Mutter

Gleeful

Buckles

Metallic

Hysterical

This morning, we had someone come in to do some fencing with us all - we had great fun! Take a look at the photos below.

We hope you have a great weekend!

Sidney, Nerys and Bonnie.

Monday 4th - Friday 8th March

Hello, we are back to tell you all about our week in Eagles. 

On Thursday, kestrels were taken to The Country Dance Festival at the lesuire centre, we heard it was very fun. On Wednesday Mrs Knight took a few Eagles for a hockey festival apparently they did really well.
Now let’s hear about the Yr 6s with Nerys…

Yr 6 

During this week we have been doing ratio/problem solving then today we started algebra- which was tricky! As usual we carried on reading Strange Star ⭐️ and answering questions to the chapter we read. 
 

Year 5

The year fives have been doing direct speech in English (so have the year 6s 🙂), they have also been doing Emil and The Detectives. Finally in maths, the year 5s have learnt equivalent fractions and percentages.

We also had an exciting afternoon today where we all learnt how to play the trumpet - take a look at the pictures below!

Well that’s it for us, have a good rest of the day see you next week.😃

Sidney, Nerys and Bonnie.

Monday 26th February - Friday 1st March

Hello and welcome back to our class blog.

We’ve had another great week of learning in Eagles. In English, both the year 5 and 6 children have finished their biographies about Tutankhamun. In maths, the year 6s have been learning about equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. The year 5s have also been working hard on decimals and percentages - tricky stuff!

In topic, we’ve continued to learn about the Egyptians and learnt about air resistance in science. Later on this week, we completed our moving pneumatic toys - take a look at some of them below!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Bonnie, Nerys and Sidney!

_{Monday 5th - Friday 9th February}

Welcome back to our weekly news, we hope you’ve had a great week.

In English, we have been writing our own blogs about pet peeves, things that really drive us crazy! What are your pet peeves?

Year 5s have been reflecting and translating shapes in maths and year 6 have been subtracting mixed fractions from mixed fractions by turning them into improper fractions then subtracting them.  
 

Other Subjects 

In Art we started (and some finished) our Egyptian art, we created some intricate patterns. We also had a talk from the police today about internet safety and have been working hard on balancing in gymnastics.
 

That is it from this weeks news.

Bonnie, Nerys and Sidney.
 

_{Friday 2nd February}

Hello everyone welcome back to another weekly blog. We all hope you had a wonderful week just like us here in Eagles class. Read on for more.
 

Year 6 

This week the Y5s and Y6s have planned a blog in English about our pet peeves and what annoys us. In maths we have been adding fractions (parents, time to shine coming up for you) What is 1 1/3 + 2 3/4? You are not getting away with this, have a go yourself - the answer is at the end of this blog. 
 

Year 5 

The Year 5s have been dividing four digit numbers by one digit numbers using short division. 
 

Other subjects 

In art, we have been practicing Egyptian style patterns and in DT we have being discovering pressurised air systems using syringes and tubes. In Geography, we looked at non-renewable and renewable resources such as solar energy, wind energy, coal energy, geothermal energy and oil energy.
 

That is it from this weeks news (here is the answer to our maths question, 4 1/12).

Have a great weekend all!

The excellent Nerys Williams!

The amazing Bonnie Stewart!

The incredible Florence Reeve!

Music Enrichment Week

Monday 22nd - Friday 26th January

Monday 9th - Friday 12th January

Hello welcome back to this weeks news. We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas 🎄and a Happy New Year 🥳 .

So far this week …

Year 5s have been multiplying two digit numbers by two digit numbers, (who would have thought) they have started a new guided reading book called Emil and The Detectives. And as well as the year 6s they have been studying a poem called Caged Bird by Maya Angelou, making their own versions and trying to learn it off by heart ❤️.

In year six we have been doing protractor work, order of operations and problem solving. We have started a new guided reading book 📕 named Strange Star🌟.  

In the afternoons, we have started our new topic learning about The Ancient Egyptians.

That is it from this weeks blog.

Have a great weekend and see you Monday. 
 

Nerys, Bonnie and Sidney.

Monday 27th November - Friday 1st December

This week in English, we have been finishing writing our own versions of the Hansel and Gretel stories. We chose to either write updated versions set in the modern world; versions where the characters were swapped around; the back story of the witch; or, alternative endings to the original story. We have been working hard on our presentation with a big focus on joining up our handwriting and spelling.

In maths, Year 6 have been working on calculating missing angles in regular polygons. Year 5 have been looking at prime numbers - tricky stuff!

In history, we wrote a short essay about the Space Race. We included information about Sputnik, animals that were sent up to space, the first humans in space and Apollo 11. 

We have also all been given our parts for the Christmas play. We were allowed to choose whether we wanted a speaking or non-speaking part and have been given our scripts. We now need to learn our lines and remember to bring our script in with us to school every day!

See you next week,

Eagles. 

Aerospace Trip

On Thursday, we visited Areospace in Bristol. We were really lucky to see lots of planes from WW1 as well as old helicopters, submarines, missiles and satellites. Interestingly, we learnt that Concorde went at a speed of 1340mph. It also had only one hundred seats and very small windows - it was pretty awesome!
 

During our time at the museum, we also took part in a rocket workshop where we made our very own rockets, launched them and talked about different forces including gravity, air-resistance and thrust.

Have a great weekend!

From Sidney, Nerys and Bonnie.

Monday 6th November to Friday 10th November 

Welcome back after the half term holiday.

This week, in science we looked at the different phases of the moon. In maths, year 6 have been busy looking at fractions and how we can compare and order them by size. In year 5, we have been perfecting our addition skills and adding four-digit numbers together.  In English, we looked at how to create subordinating clauses in our sentences and we started a new unit of work on the book Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman.

We had brilliant fun going to the Sub Rooms on Thursday for a talk by the author Maz Evans - Miss Dempster even bought one of her books and got her to sign it!

In PSHE, we talked about friendship and the qualities of a good friend.

Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October

We've had another busy week in Eagles!  In English, we have been working hard on our non-chronological reports about a made up planet. 

In history, we looked at the different animals that have been sent up into space: dogs, monkeys, fruit flies and even a tortoise! We were pleased to discover that some of the animals survived their trip.  In art, we have continued looking at the work of Peter Thorpe.  We've created our own versions of his work using oil pastels.

In French, we have written some very impressive metaphor poems about le soleil and la lune!  Have a read of a few of them below.

Lastly, in science, we worked in teams to do a practical demonstration of how the movement of the Earth creates night and day using a globe, a minifigure and a torch - it was fun!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Monday 18th - Friday 22nd September 

Welcome back to week 3, hope you’ve had a wonderful week (see I added a bit of alliteration) this is what we’ve been doing.

Yr 6 

In year 6 we got our buddies which was really heartwarming when we were all playing on the  playground with them and chasing after a couple of them who are “very” energetic. It’s our new workout. Our year 6 class reading book is called “Crater Lake” and we all love it, right now we are on a cliffhanger and we have to wait until Monday. We really recommend it (that’s one of our spell well words recommend) it’s is a bit creepy but it is very funny and it’s about children on their PGL trip.

PE

In PE we did bench ball which was very fun and we got a bit carried away. Later on in the year we will be doing swimming.

In computing we have been learning how to stay safe online which is a very important lesson.

In DT we have been researching moon buggy’s hopefully being able to make them soon.

Yr 5

The year 5s class book is ‘The Week At Worlds End’.In maths the year 5s have been doing rounding. In guided reading they have been reading and answering questions on The Fastest Boy In The World. Also in English we have been writing the next chapter of Cosmic (our class book). In art we have been learning about Peter Thorpe.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend that’s it from the year 5/6 byeeeeeeeeee!

From Sidney, Nerys and Bonnie

Welcome back to our blog! We hope you all had a wonderful summer break!

Lansdown Hall & Gallery 2023

It has been a great week at the Lansdown art gallery, people have been coming in to view it all week and we have had lots of lovely comments- members of the public have even bought some of our art! Take a look at the wonderful art below.

Have a great weekend.

From Noah and Ewan (Roving Reporters)

Monday 26th - Friday 30th June

Hello everyone welcome back to Eagles class blog! We have had a very fun-packed week!

We did a whole school Danceathon and the year 5s have been busy doing Bikeability. We also learnt about our bodies changing in PSHE.

The year 6 children have made feathers for a project at Lansdown art gallery with watercolour, tissue-paper, magazines and oil pastels. In DT, we also sewed bags made out of old t-shirts.

The year 5s had a creative morning on Wednesday where an art teacher from Archway came in to do an art lesson with the children; the year 6s also had a year 6 transition talk where they learnt how to put on a tie. 

We also made sculptures inspired by Henry Moore and took them down to Stratford park and took pictures of them for our art work at Lansdown gallery. You’re welcome to come down on Tuesday 11th 5-6.30pm to view our art.

Next week is art week and we’re all really excited!

Have a nice weekend.

From your Roving Reporters Laila and Noah. 

Monday 12th - Friday 16th June

In year 5, they have continued to write their own autobiography and in maths they’ve learnt about area in volume; in guided reading they finished Friend or Foe.

In English, the year 6 have been writing a letter based on their class book Holes. In maths the year 6 have also been working hard on plotting coordinates. In guided reading, the year 6 have continued to read strange star.

The weather has been so hot that we decided to take one of our WW2 artefacts outside (a water pump) to cool us down- take a look at the photos below. In DT we’ve continued with our sewing and in PE we played a game of lacrosse and improved our throwing skills.

Today, we had fun raising money for Book Trust on our Pyjamarama Day! We read some books outside, created some illustrations and wrote our own poems - we had great fun!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

From Isabelle and Reuben!

Monday 5th - Friday 9th June 

In year 5, the children have been writing their own autobiographies and the year 6 children have been writing their own version of Doctor Who.

In maths the year 6 have been recapping the four operations and year 5 have been multiplying fractions by whole numbers.

In RE we learnt about symbols that are important to Christians (for example, the dove is used to show love and peace).

In PE we have been working hard on attacking and defending in Lacrosse and in geography we have been locating different cities in the United Kingdom. History was also great fun this week as we got to explore some artefacts from WW2- take a look at the photos below. 
 

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Noah and Laurie - Eagles class.
 

Monday 22nd - Friday 26th May

This week the year 5s have been subtracting fractions in maths and in English they’ve been writing descriptive sentences about Rose Blanche. In guided reading they’ve continued to read Friend or Foe by Micheal Morpurgo.  

The year 6 children have been working hard on graphs in maths as well as describing monsters in English. In guided reading we have continued to read Strange Star. 

In art we have been doing sculptures with clay based on the work of Henry Moore which was really fun, take a look at the pictures below. In French we have learnt to say places we like and don’t like and in PE we’ve focused on Lacrosse and throwing skills including the fling throw.

As a class, we’re really enjoying our topic and have started writing and essay in history all about the Blitz. 

Have a great weekend and half term.

From Noah and Reuben - year 6.

Even though we weren’t at school for most of the week, we still had the best time at PGL. All of it was amazing but we all particularly loved learning new songs (watch the video below). If you want to have a look at some of our photos from PGL, please check them out on our school Facebook page.

Have a great weekend from Reuben and Tate. ☀️ 

Monday 24th - Friday 28th April

Y5 - In maths the year 5s added fractions and mixed numbers together. In English they finished their spooky 👻 stories. In guided reading they also read about a book called friend or foe.

Y6 - In English we made a scary piece of writing based of a literacy shed short story called Alma. In maths we’ve doing SATs practice papers as well as interpreting and understanding line and bar graphs. 

Altogether in the afternoons we have been learning how to play the game Lacrosse and also athletics, which involved jumping and throwing. As well as this, we have been learning directions to school in French and in PSHE, we learnt about independence and responsibility. In art, we created some WW2 paintings for our display and in RE we looked at the meaning of Christianity. 
 

We hope you have a nice weekend.

From Laila and Laurie. 

Friday 17th March

Hello everyone!

This week in maths Y6 have been converting units of time and measurement and Y5 have been converting cm into meters.

In English, Y6 been writing a blog and Y5 have been finishing of their dairies on Robert Falcon Scott.

In guided reading, Y6 have continued to read Strange Star and year 5s have been reading Emil and The Detectives.

In PE, we’ve been Bollywood dancing which has been great fun! Take a look at the video below to see our awesome moves!

On Thursday, we also visited Hawkwood where we learnt how to use a compass and completed different challenges whilst we were there. We also got extremely muddy but we had lots of fun as always!

In PSHE, we have been learning how to spend money wisely and have been giving each other advice.

Have a great weekend from Noah and Ewan

Roving Reporters 

Monday 27th February - Friday 3rd March

Hi everyone hope you have had a great half term!

This week year 6 have been writing a letter of complaint in English and year 5 children have been doing a debate about whether homework is beneficial for children.

In maths, year six have been doing percentages and decimals and year 5 children have been comparing fractions.

In guided reading, year six have been answering questions about Strange Star and the year five children have been reading Emil and The Detectives. 

In PE, we have been doing dance and gymnastics, as well as a whole school hide and seek on Thursday!
 

In history we have continued to learn about the Vikings and the Anglo Saxons.

We hope you have a nice weekend!
 

Ewan and Noah

Roving Reporters

Monday 13th - Friday 17th February

Enrichment Week

Hope you have had a great week. This week have had an enrichment week and have done a range of activities based on our Big Ideas.

For enrichment week we have been going around in our houses doing activities. In merlins we have been doing painting on our wall and on canvases; in owls we have been trying different diverse food from a range of places; in kestrels we have been learning about relationships with families; in eagles we have been playing Boccia and looking at people with Autism.  
 

In English, we really enjoyed writing our own kenning poems about changes. We also put all our poems in a book ready to sell. The money will go towards the Turkey and Syria earthquake. 
 

Have a wonderful half term!

Noah and Ewan (Roving Reporters)

Monday 23rd - Friday 27th January

Hope you’ve all had a lovely week.
 

Maths 🧮-In maths this week, we did addition and subtraction using fractions. The year 5s have been learning division and multiplication. 
 

English ✍🏼-In English this week, we wrote an extremely detailed and marvellous leaflet on our five big ideas which will be given out to the parents when we are finished with it. The year 5s wrote their own news reports.

Science 🧪 - In science, we learnt about the life cycle and reproduction.

Gymnasics 🤸🏿- In gymnastics, we made our own sequences and most of us performed them.

Religious Education🕋🕌-In RE, we learned all about the Jewish scroll called the sefer Torah.

Geography- We used a compass for navigation.
History -In history we wrote a plan for an essay about Vikings.

PSHE-In PSHE, we learnt about risks and wrote our opinion of whether we should or shouldn’t do an action from a scenario.

From your weekly Roving Reporters, Laurie and Laila.

🦅🦅

Monday 16th - Friday 20th January 

In English, the year 6 children have finished the story of The Journey and the year 5 have been doing a news report about Goldilocks. 

In maths, the y6 have been adding fractions and the year 5 children have been learning long multiplication. 

In PE, we have all started dance and have also continued with gymnastics where we learnt how to do a pike roll safely. 

In RE, we have continued to learn about Judaism and in history we’ve learnt about Anglo Saxon homes. We also looked at different animal life cycles in science.

Have a good weekend from Ewan and Noah.

Roving Reporters 

😊
 

Monday 9th - Friday 13th January

Welcome back everyone and happy new year!

On Wednesday we returned to school and had a topic day where we created some Anglo-Saxon pieces of art for our new topic, Let the Battle Commence!

In maths, the year 6 children have been working hard on the properties of 3D shapes and drawing them on isometric paper. In English, we have been learning the poem, Fisherman Chant by John Agard. Take a look at the video below. 
 

The year 5s have been working hard on their timetables and adding/subtracting decimal numbers. In English, they’ve been working on writing their own fairytale news report. 
 

In gymnastics we learnt the split leap and how to land safely.

 
In art we looked at Anglo Saxon jewellery and created a Google slide of them ready for our research page in our sketchbooks.

I hope you all have a most enjoyable weekend.

Laurie, Roving Reporter.🦅

Monday 5th - Friday 9th December

Welcome back to our class blog, we hope you have had a lovely week.

In music we have been learning some Christmas carols which we later sang in Tesco and we raised £106.09 for our Playground. We also sang them at the All Saints Care Centre. 

In art we made sculptures of the human body using mod rock and wire. 
 

In our Christmas play, there was action, drama and a lot of fun practicing. We have been working hard on the Christmas play and we hope you all are ready for it.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

From Laurie and Laila, Roving Reporters.

Thursday 1st December

As part of our RE focus this term, we were lucky enough to visit a Mosque in Gloucester. We learnt more about the Islamic faith, tried on clothes from their culture, explored the wash room, asked lots of questions and learnt how they pray. Take a look at the photos below. 

Monday 21st - Friday 25th November

Hello everybody, hope you have had a great week! 

In maths, the year 6 children have been measuring angles and the year 5 have been doing prime numbers.

In English, the year 6 children have been writing a non-chronological report on our science this term and the year 5 children have been writing a newspaper report.

In science we looked at the importance of a healthy diet and the human body, including the circulatory system.
 

In singing we are looking at the Christmas songs for the play and have been working hard on learning our lines and acting skills. 

In PE we focused on team cooperation and played a game of Dogdeball.

In DT we have been researching healthy eating bars and created a survey ready for our healthy snack design; we can’t wait to plan and make our snacks next week.

We have also been enjoying our swimming every Monday at Stratford Park.

We hope you all have great weekend and come back healthy and happy! From Ewan and Noah.

Monday 14th - Friday 18th November

Dear Parents and Carers, we hope you have had an enjoyable week!

In year 6 maths, we have been calculating angles on a straight line and around a point. The year 5s have been adding and subtracting decimals.

In English, year 5s have been writing a debate about school uniform. The year 6s have been writing up and illustrating their fairytale stories.

In DT we studied the different food groups and made posters. We looked at carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. 

In gymnastics we learnt different balancing positions and then put them together in a sequence; we even combined the chassis step and the pivot turn.

In art, we sketched figures in different poses; we focused on getting the positions and proportions right.

In Religious Education, we have been looking at the design of a Mosque and understanding the importance of the five pillars. 🕌.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

From Laurie Giles, Roving Reporter.

🦅

Monday 7th - Friday 11th November
 

Hello everyone, we hope you had a great week!

In English this week, we have been writing our own fairytale stories and the year 5s have been writing poems.

In maths, the year 6 children have been ordering fractions and converting to decimals. The year 5 children have been adding and subtracting decimal numbers.

In PE this week we have been doing gymnastics and have learnt the chassis step and pivot turn. Check out our pictures below.

In art, we have been making our own tin foil sculptures; we had so much fun!

We also had a debate earlier on in the week about whether Xenotransplantation should be legal. The against side won it!

Have a wonderful weekend.

From Laurie and Laila (Roving Reporters)

Monday 31st October - Friday 4th November 

In English the Y5 children did a poem about anti bullying and Y6 started to plan an alternative fairytale. We can’t wait to start writing our stories next week!

In maths the Y5 children have been been doing column addition and the Y6 have been simplifying fractions and comparing fractions greater than 1. 
 

In guided reading Y6 have started Clockwork by Philip Pullman Y5 have continued with The Fastest Boy in The World.

In science we are learning about the human body and in art we have been drawing the human body.

In RE we’ve been learning about Muslims and about their place of worship, which is a Mosque.

In music we’ve playing the glockenspiels and ukuleles; in computing we have continued with spreadsheets.

Have a great weekend from Ewan and Noah

Roving Reporters

😄

Monday 17th - Friday 21st October

In English, the year 6s have been writing a fairy tale postcard and the year 5s have been writing a poem.

In maths, the year 6s have been dividing 3 digit by 2 digit numbers and the year 5s have been working on decimals and fractions. 

In RE we’ve been learning about Muslim beliefs and have learnt about the reasons why people fast. 
 

In science, we’ve been learning about the circulatory system. We learnt that the arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the muscles and tissues!
 

In French we have continued having conversations about our favourite sports - check out the video below to see our awesome French!

Have a great half term!

Ewan and Noah

Monday 10th - Friday 14th October 

Welcome back everyone, we have had a fun filled week!

In English the year 6s have been writing fairytale postcards and the year 5s have been writing their own story about a child pursuing their dream.

In maths the year 6s have been dividing two digit numbers by three digit numbers and the year 5s have been doing decimal number lines.

In art we have all been making Christmas cards which was very fun and enjoyable.

In French we learnt how to ask each other our favourite sport in french and asked people in our class.

In PE we have been learning how to get the ball off our opponent in hockey.

In geography we made Galapagos Island posters and learnt loads about the Galápagos Islands.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

From all of Eagles.

Laurie and Laila
Roving Reporters

Monday 3rd - Friday 7th October

In English, year 6 we have been arguing over a pig heart transplant being legal or not; in year 5 they have been writing their own story based on one small step.

In maths, Y6 have been finding common multiples and common factors. In Y5 the children have been understanding Roman numerals.

In guided reading the Y6 have been doing Oranges in No Mans Land; the Y5 have done The Fastest Boy in The World.

In art we’ve been researching about the famous artist Alberto Giacometti and in RE we’ve been making posters on the way Muslims pray.

In geography we’ve been learning more facts about the Galápagos Islands and in PE we have been learning how to get past an opponent in hockey.

In music we’ve been using the glockenspiels.

Have a nice weekend from Ewan and Noah.

Roving Reporters

Monday 26th - Friday 30th September

Welcome back to the Eagles blog, we have had another great week!

In English, the year 6 children have been writing a narrative poem about Darwin’s finches - they’re super descriptive!

In maths we have been working hard on multiplying and dividing decimal numbers by 10, 100 and even 1000!
 

In PE, we have continued to work on our hockey skills and have been practising the Indian dribble. Check out our hockey skills in the photos below!

In computing this week, we have been learning about spreadsheets and collected our own data from the class about how children travel to school. We then put the information into our own spreadsheet.

In PSHE we have been learning how to compromise. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend from all of The Eagles. 

Laurie and Laila

Roving Reporters!

Monday 19th - Friday 23rd September 
 

Hello everyone this is the Eagles Uplands blog.

In Maths the year 6 we have been rounding 7 digit numbers and in year 5 we have been rounding 6 digit numbers.

In history we have written a Charles Darwin essay.

In English year 6 we have carried on our work with Moth (a narrative poem) and in year 5 we have been writing about The Shoe Makers Daughter.

In PE we have been learning new skills in hockey, the Indian dribble.

In RE we have been learning about the five pillars of Islam and created our own posters. 
 

The year 6 children also met their buddies and have enjoyed getting to know them!

In music we’ve been singing to ghost parade and in PSHE we have been team building.

Have a great weekend from Ewan and Noah.😃

Monday 12th September to Friday 16th September

Hello everyone!

In English in year 6, we are currently writing a narrative poem about the evolution of the peppered moth based on the book Moth.  In year 5 we are have been doing some story writing based on the short film One Small Step.

In maths, both year groups have been looking at place value - working with six-digit and seven-digit numbers.  We have been comparing, ordering and placing them on a numberline.  This is much trickier than it sounds!

Both year groups have started their new books in guided reading.  Year 6 are reading Oranges in No Man's Land and year 5 are reading The Fastest Boy in the World.  Both books are by Elizabeth Laird.

In music we have started playing our ukuleles - we sound fabulous!  We have been singing different songs and learning about the pulse of music.  In art, we have looked at some different sketching skills and looked at the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, particularly his sketches of hearts.

Have a lovely weekend!

By Ewan and Laila

Hello everyone!
 

Welcome back to Eagles blog, we hope you had a great summer!

In year six we have been writing letters to our future buddies and have recited a poem called Leisure by WH Davies. Take a look at the videos below!

In maths we've been learning about understanding the value of digits in 6 and 7-digit numbers. In French, we learnt the names for some countries and played a French number bingo. In PE we started hockey and learnt how to control the ball as well as learning push passes. 
 

Have a great weekend from all of the Eagles!

Laurie and Noah (Roving Reporters)

Friday 15th July

Friday 8th July

This week the Y6s were off at Cranham on their residential trip, so it was just the year 5s.

In art, we did graffiti inspired by Banksy (don’t worry we weren’t painting the walls!), we were creating colourful backgrounds for our stencils. Also the year 5s had a trip to Archway where we did science, art, history and PE. 
 

Hope you all have a lovely and most enjoyable weekend!

From Laurie and all of Eagles 🦅

Monday 27th June - Friday 1st July

Hope you’ve all had a great week!

This week, some of the year 5 and 6 children have worked hard doing their bikeability - lots of badges were given out at the end of the week!
 

In year 5 maths, we have been learning how to use protractors and in writing we made strict instructions about how to make and frobscottle from the BFG. In year 6 maths, we have been learning how to find areas of shapes and have also worked hard to write our own script for the 2022 y6 play.

In topic this week we have been learning about different materials in science (transparent, soluble, conductive materials and magnetic) and wrote up our own conclusion from our experiment. In computing, we had a choice of making different games using scratch including a platform game, driving game, shooting game or a catching game - it was great fun! 
 

Some year 6 children have also been out visiting their new schools for September.
 

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

By Lucy, Nicole and Reuben 😁

Clifton Trip

PE Enrichment Week 

Monday 13th - Friday 17th June

Tuesday 7th - Friday 10th June

Hope you’ve all had a great week.
 

This week in year 6 we have been learning about how to write a set of instructions. In maths we have been been doing hard division and multiplication. In year 5, they have been learning how to write an entry for a diary. In maths, they have been learning how to calculate a perimeter of a shape. In the afternoons we have been learning about different gods and goddesses of Greece and have also been learning about different types of bridges and where they are. On Tuesday, the Eagles went out and around Uplands to help the community and did a litter pick.
 

Have a great weekend from Cruz and James 😁

Monday 16th - Friday 20th May

We’ve had another great week in Eagles, particularly the year 6 children who went to play laser tag on Wednesday as a post SATs treat - take a look at the photos below!

English

In writing this week, the year 6s have finished writing their newspaper reports about fairytale criminals - they are super impressive! The year 5s have looked at diary entries and have started writing their own. 

Maths

In maths, the year 5 children have worked hard on multiplying, adding and subtracting fractions. 

Topic 

In topic, we have been looking at significant events in Ancient Greece and ordering them on a timeline, from the first Olympic Games to the Battle of Corinth. 
 

PE
We have continued to work hard in athletics and have focused on long jumps this week. 
 

Computing

The year 5s and 6s have been using Scratch to recreate a game called Pong.

Have a brilliant weekend from all of Eagles class. 😄

Hello parents, we hope that you have enjoyed your week as much as we have!

Maths

In year six, we have been doing a mix of all sorts, including word problems and arithmetic. In year five, we have been adding mixed numbered fractions.

English

In year five, we have been writing a newspaper report about the “Criminal” Goldilocks and her vicious attack on the bear family. In year six, we have planned a newspaper report about fairytale criminals and their crimes, we have also done spag revision.

PE

In PE, we have began athletics. We tested reflexes, teamwork and speed.

Art

In art, we have been studying street art and graffiti, focusing on Banksy. We made a pic collage about different types of street art.

Topic

We have been are learning about Greek islands, food, language, and more! We have also been learning about the countries that they export and import to.

Have a lovely weekend,

From Benji, Emeli and all of Eagles class. 😁

Happy Easter from everyone in Eagles  

Monday 28th March - Friday 1st April
 

This week we have learnt lots and have really enjoyed ourselves. 

Maths

This week in maths, the year 6s have been dividing by two digit numbers, as well as multiplying decimals by three digits. We have also been working with partners to solve some tricky maths problems. The year 5s have been converting Km-ml, l-ml and kg-g.

PE

This week, we have been learning disco moves such as the grape vine, the disco point and the lasso. On Wednesday, a few of us played a friendly match against Gastrells school. We thoroughly enjoyed it and we scored some goals! We also acted out our own version of Red Riding Hood in small groups.

DT

This week we have been planning and building children’s toys using pneumatics. We used two syringes to push open our animal mouths! Have a look at the videos below!

Geography

In Geography, we have also been learning how things are imported and exported to and from other countries.

All in all, we have had a great week, happy weekend!

 By Benji and Emily.

Monday 7th - Friday 11th March 

English

This week the year 6 children have been writing letters of complaint and using formal language. There have been some funny ones, e.g complaining to pets, schools and even glue sticks!

Maths

In maths the year 6s have been working hard doing algebra and solving missing number problems. The year 5s have been doing fractions and decimals.

PE

In PE this week we continued to learn hockey skills and also learnt some Egyptian style dancing.

DT

In DT we have been learning about pneumatic systems and are looking forward to creating our own in the next few weeks.

RE

In RE this week we have learnt about Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Holy Week and have started our own PowerPoint presentations.

Geography  

We talked about natural resources, renewable and non-renewable energy sources.

Have a good weekend!

From Shay, Noah and all of Eagles class.

Monday 28th February - Friday 4th March 

English
In English this week, year 5 we have been writing a descriptive piece of work about a girl named Hannah who likes gorillas a lot! In English in year 6 we have been learning about expanded noun phrases and used them to write up some small descriptive pieces of writing.

Maths

In maths this week, year 5 have been learning how to make fractions equivalent to each other, for example...1/2= 3/6 and 1/4 = 2/8. In maths in year 6, we have been learning how to work out percentages of numbers such as 10% of 250 = 25 and 20% of 250 = 50. We also learnt ratios at the end of the week using a diagram!
 

French

In French we we wrote up a descriptive paragraph about a family member or a made up person!
 

Art

In art this week we have been carrying on with our Egyptian style art of making pictures of us as pharaohs using oil pastels!

World book day

To celebrate world book day this year we invited parents into our class to read a book and eat yummy breakfast! We also joined live with Michael Rosen and listed to him read some of his poems, he made many of us laugh!

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we will see you again on Monday!  By Harrison and Laurie!

Happy Half Term Eagles

We've had another busy week and are very disappointed that Storm Eunice has put an end to our week a day early!

In science, we finished up our experiment about shadows.  We looked at how we can change the shape and size of shadows.  In history, we began to look at the lives of pharaohs - we'll be doing some more research about them after half term.

Every week we have a different reading question on our reading display.  The children all write an answer on a post it note which goes up on the display and later that week we share our answers.  I've added this week's reading question below so you can all think of some good answers - if there are any really good ones, I may even get the books for our classroom!

Have a really fabulous half term - avoid the crazy wind tomorrow - and we'll see you in a week.

Monday 31st January - Friday 4th February 
 

Hi everyone, we hope you’ve had a great week.

Maths

In year six maths this week, we have been subtracting mixed numbers from mixed numbers. You had to convert the whole number to an improper fraction. In year five maths, we have done division and multiplication. 

English

For year six English we have been planning and writing a twist on Hansel and Gretel. In year five, we have been researching and writing about the amount of screen time allowed for children. (Thanks year five parents/guardians for sending in your thoughts!).

PSHE

In PSHE, we have been writing a recipe for a friendship cake. Yum!

Guided reading

In year five, we have been reading Emil and The Dectectives. In year six, we have been answering questions about Strange Star.

History

In history we have been playing a board game that the Egyptians played called Senet (it was fun!).

Dance

In dance, we have been choreographing moves to the rhythm of Walk like an Egyptian.

Art

In art we have been looking at Egyptian patterns and making our own. Have a look below at our brilliant patterns.

Hope you have a great weekend!

From Benji, Tate and all of Eagles class.

Merry Christmas from everyone in Eagles!

6th December to 10th December

As well as rehearsing for our Christmas production, we’ve also been busy working on our science and French this week. We looked at previous theories about the solar system and compared them to the one we have been learning about all term. We then created a split pin model of the solar system and labelled them in French!

Super Science Day!
 

We have had a great day doing science experiments. We discovered how soap pushes away germs, secondly we tested how we could inflate a balloon without using our mouths. Some people’s balloons exploded! After that, we made our own lava lamps and enjoyed the show!

Have a super weekend!

From Eagles (written by Benji)

Monday 8th - Friday 12th November

Hello everyone and welcome back to Eagles blog. Hope everyone has had a great week!

In the year 5 classroom in English we have been working hard on improving our sentence writing and have been really descriptive. In maths we have been using 4 digit decimals to do column addition and subtraction. Also this week on Wednesday, all of Eagles went to Hawkwood College and did all kinds of fun activities.

In the year 6 classroom in maths we have been doing equivalent percentages, decimals and fractions. In English we have been writing the ending to a story called The Journey. The year 5 children also went to Hawkwood college and it was great. We explored the different types of trees, collected materials and then had a go at making some mini rafts which we tested back at school. Take a look at our photos below.
 

We have also started our DT project and researched moon buggies! We can’t wait to make our own!

By Mabel and Laila 😊

Monday 1st - Friday 5th November

This week has been very enjoyable so we thank the teachers for their help and hard work teaching us.

Maths

In year six, we have been ordering and comparing proper and improper fractions. In year five we have been adding five and six digit numbers with carry overs.

English

In year five English we have been writing about a video of a girl who wanted to go to space. In year six, we  been writing about a book where a family try to escape a war.

Computing

This week, we have been learning about the importance of safe passwords, copyright and plagarism.

RE

This week, we learnt about the seven days of creation and the order in which things were created first.

Guided reading

In guided reading (year five) we have read Dindy and the elephant. In year six, we have just started a knew book called clockwork or all wound up.

We hope you have a great weekend. Plus, our autumn craft fayre will be great fun!
 

By Benji and Ewan.

4th October to 7th October

This week in maths, the year 5s have been learning about Roman numerals.  The year 6s have been working on  multiplying and dividing by two digit numbers.

In English, the year 5s have been using working on writing a spooky story - we've used metaphors, similes and dialogue to create atmosphere.  In year 6, we have been writing a non-chronological report about our own planets - we are using semi-colons, alliteration and complex sentences.

In French, we were writing descriptive sentences about animals and fruit.

In PE, we practised our shooting skills in netball and we started gymnastics in the hall.  We were working on different ways of jumping. 

On Tuesday, we went to take photographs of the street names which match our new houses.  We then worked on creating a piece of art for each house: Thompson, Capel, Springfield and Folly.

The whole school had a harvest assembly - see our brilliant song below!

By Rufus, Hollie and Miss D

Monday 26th September - 1st October

This week has been very fun; we thank the teachers.

English

In year six English, we have been writing about a planet called Demponite. We used semi colons and relative clauses. For year five English, we have been writing information about animals that we wrote. After that, we typed it up onto a chromebook.

Topic

In topic, we worked out how the Earth orbits the sun and how the moon orbits the Earth. We formed circles to create a human replica.

Music

In music this week, we sang the ghost parade (accompanied by the glockenspiels) and we learned chords on the ukuleles. 

Maths

In year five maths, we have been rounding five and six digit numbers. For year six maths, we had to times and divide decimal numbers by ten and one hundred. We also had to times a number with one decimal place by a one digit number.

PSHE

In pshe, we have been learning about Christians and their beliefs.

Vocab

Our new vocab words for this week are tottering, livid, lingering, despair, triumph, abrupt, desolate, unwilling and astride.

Have a super weekend!

Benji, Noah and Henry 😊
 

Monday 20th - Friday 24th September

Maths

In year 5 maths, we have been learning about place value and plotting numbers on number lines. We have also ordered numbers from smallest to largest. In year 6, we have multiplied decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.

English

The year 5 children have been writing a fact sheet about animals and the year 6 have been writing an adventure story. Our new vocab words for this week have been debris, overwhelming, yearn, urge, obedient, deceive, persecute, spurt, phenomenal and facade.  

Topic 

We have continued to learn about space and have started our Peter Thorpe art-work. Take a look at our pictures below! In PE we have been learning netball skills including passing and foot positions. In French we wrote a poem about the sun and the moon.

Have a great weekend.

Isabelle and Emily  

Monday 13th - Friday 17th September

This week has been very fun so we thank the teachers for their hard work.

Maths

In year five, we have been doing maths riddles and making numbers out of blocks. We have also been doing six and seven digit numbers. This week in year six we started the week off with Miss Dempster’s nightmare-number lines, followed by rounding and values of numbers.

English

In year six English, we have been writing about a book named cosmic, we have been writing a story based on it, taking it step by step using the writing rainbow. In year five English, we have been researching about animals to get information about nature. These animals included a koala, a wood pigeon, and a sea lion.

Topic

In topic we have been carrying on with our space race topic, researching about animals being sent up to space and testing to see if humans could meet our solar system.

Have a great weekend! From Harrison and Laurie 😊

Monday 6th - Friday 10th September 

First Day Back

On Monday, we did team building skills and welcomed each other back into the community.

Maths

Throughout the week, we focused on place value, seven digit numbers, representing numbers and finding values of digits using place value grids.
 

English

At the start of the week, we wrote persuasive letters to the chair of governors trying to make her believe we would be good buddies. Later on, we learnt a poem off by heart and performed it in groups. Have a look at our poems below!

Topic

Our topic is called ‘The Race for Space.’ We started off by being put into groups with a planet each to research and made a paper mache model. Next we researched Sputnik (the space programmed satellite that was sent into space in 1957 by the Russians!) We also then researched the Cold War! We also started looking at the art of an artist called Peter Thorpe! He does abstract art and he does a lot of art about rockets and space! We learnt that he was born in 1957 (the same time that Sputnik was launched!) He does art with paint that he would have thrown away! (The background at least).

Written by Benji and Emilia  

Propaganda

This week the children have been learning about propaganda and have come up with their own propaganda posters. They loved designing these and coming up with their own slogans!