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Willow
Welcome to Willow!
The willow tree symbolises fulfilling wishes of the heart, learning from the past, inner vision and dreams. It symbolises inner wisdom and an open mind with the stability and strength of age and experience.
Like the tree which gives the class its name, we hope that the children in Willow Class will realise their dreams this year. For some of the pupils in this class, it will be their final year at KPS and we hope that they will be good role models for the younger pupils in our school. Willow Class is a mixed Year 5 and 6 class. It is taught by Mr David Willetts, Miss Pam Hudson, Mrs Bennett and Mrs Guyatt.
Below you will find a stream of photographs/ videos and work that reflect the children's experience in Willow class. Most recent activities are first....
Year 6 STAR training with West Mercia Police 5/7/19
Year 6 Production Rehearsals - communication 4/7/19
Sorting crimes into carroll diagrams- Justifying and deep thinking!
Examples of the children's poems based on Budapest
Good bye Miss Devlin- Miss Devlin has been a great student teacher with us. Good luck!
Year 6 athletics
Year 5- can you draw a plan of the classroom using estimates only?
Police visit for year 5s- modern day crime and punishment
20th June communicating/ interpreting data- changing prison populations!
17th June- Year 5 undertook a whole school-finger print investigation
Year 6 Production Rehearsals
14th June Geometry
Chromatography investigation
Learning about the Pendle Witches
Deep thinking with Algebra
Maths problem solving day- 22.05.19
Work with circuits in science
Maths revision relay!
An example of topic planning
Topic launch for 'Crime and Punishment'
Pop art!
Core strength exercises in PE
Transition visit for the Year 6s
Year 5 puppets design and technology
Exploring language in depth
RE- why do people believe in gods?
2018 reading paper practice!
SATS practice!!!!
Book Buddies
Science
Year 5/ 6 Trip to the Mosque and Cathedral
The Highwayman written in a modern setting
The great sneeze experiment...
Science week so far....
Henry being a Jedi Knight at the science show in The Hive today!
Tim The Ostler!
Some work from our study of The Highwayman
Some writing from The Lighthouse- narrative retell
Titanic!
This half term we will be using the story of The Titanic as a vehicle for our learning across the curriculum. Watch this space for examples of our learning...
A celebration of our Titanic topic homework
Safer internet week
Attendance cup winners for the second time running!
Scaled drawings
We have been working hard on the quality of presentation in science books and editing our work in English
Some of our work from the week
Designing boats with least water resistance
Working hard on our recounts
A copy of an actual letter from a Titanic survivor
Children writing their own letters from survivors of the disaster
Some art inspired by the ship
On Tuesday 8th January we were visited by Harnaam Kaur. She visits schools encouraging children to celebrate who they are, using her own experiences to motivate and inspire.
After her visit we asked to children to think about what made them special.
World War II
The children were so enthusiastic during their about WWI that we thought we would capture the moment and do some work about WWII. We are learning about some of the key events and themes of the war such as evacuation and rationing. Our work in English will be based on the book 'Good Night Mr Tom' and Anne Frank's Diary.
The Topic homework has been sent home and is available in the letters section of our class web page.
A couple of examples of independent research and presentation
Topic homework
Some photos from art and English
Some of our work from this week...
Dickie Head came to talk to us about Armistice.
We are so pleased with our new classroom!
Class assembly
Finger print investigation- variation in species
Writing a letter of application for a job on board HMS Beagle
Mapping the voyage of the HMS Beagle
Job advert for the HMS Beagle
Start of our Evolution topic
More light investigations
Angles of incidence and reflection
Light travels in straight lines
Welcome back!
We are really excited to back after our summer break. The children look so smart in their new uniforms and ties and are already showing great commitment to their learning. Life in the hall is working well; we appreciate the children's patience whilst we wait for our new classrooms to be completed.
