Mrs Murphy's Class 5JM
Class Charter
During the start of our new term 1, we have discussed our class rules and we have agreed a Class Charter, which also links in with the School Rights Respecting Articles. We are all different and unique with our own talents, but it is very important that within our Class Charter we all Work together to have a successful year ahead for everyone in our class and throughout our school.
If we have any worries or concerns, we can speak first to the class teacher, classroom assistant, or place them in our class worry box.
We are looking forward to a great ahead in 5JM.
Mighty Machines
Our World Around Us topic this term in Year 5 is Mighty Machines.
Mrs Murphy's class have enjoyed sharing and thinking about how special and unique we all are and through PDMU and Art activities to become aware of our similarities and differences. At the start of term 1A we made our Mighty Me Machine balloons and 3D Talent cubes to brighten our class displays in our classroom.
Mathematics & Numeracy 5JM
Shape & Symmetry
During term 1A Mrs Murphy's class have been learning and recognising properties of shapes. We have had a very busy term identifying the number of lines of symmetry in shapes and everyday objects and how shapes can rotate, reflect and translate. All the children participated enthusiastically and had great fun together trying to rotate and reflect their shapes.
Term 1A Highlights in 5JM
Mrs Murphy's Class have had a busy term, with first discussing and drawing up an agreed Class Charter and talking about relevant Articles as a Rights Respecting School. We have a colourful Class Charter on display in our classroom.
Our Year 5 World Around Us topic is Mighty Machines.
We have enjoyed finding out and researching about Mighty Machines in our world, how the human body requires fuel, food and energy to stay alive and keep healthy. Through our PDMU and World Around Us activities, we have created Mind Maps, Healthy Eating Plates and discussed about making healthy choices. The past few weeks we designed our own individual Coping Wheel with illustrated strategies to help us become aware about dealing with negative and positive emotions and to consider which would be the best coping strategy.
In Using Communication as part of our class writing we wrote, interesting, concise instructions about how to make a "Coping Wheel".
During term 1A, we have reading lots of AR individual and Guided Reading Books and we were delighted to be awarded the class in KS2 with the highest accuracy in September. We will continue to enjoy reading during Book Week and into next term.
Last week we had great fun completing a variety of Maths Challenges, and successfully designed our Fraction Robots, Number Digit Puzzles, Geometry Games and competing with each other in Live Mathletics, to try and gain as many points and certificates in Mathletics.
We also have participated in PE games, RE and in music listening to Classical music by Debussy!
A very busy, fun and interesting start to all our class and home activities during term 1A!
