Owl Class

Welcome to Owl Class!

Hello and welcome to Owl Class - thanks for visiting our page! Owls are the year 5 and 6 class, the teachers are Mrs Heath and Mrs Trowern and we are so excited to see everyone back! We hope you enjoy looking through all the things we have been doing.

Just to remind you our outdoor PE lessons are on Monday afternoon and our indoor PE lessons are on Friday afternoon. Please wear PE kits to school on a Monday for outdoor PE but wear school uniform as normal on a Friday as the indoor PE kits will be kept at school on their pegs. Any questions, please get in touch via the office.

Term 2

Welcome back everyone, we hope you have had a restful half term and are all ready for some exciting learning. Please continue to look at our class page for pictures of the children, any new information you may need and weekly home-learning. As always, you can find the learning we will be doing in Term 2 by following the link below. Our topic this term is Trade and Economics, please find some suggested books to read for more information.

Blue Peter Badges

Click the link for the learning below!

Owl Class

Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts & Noah Jones (illustrator)

Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen

Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier

Sanji and the Baker by Robin Tzannes

Owl Class Homelearning

Owl Homelearning - 26th November 2021.pdf

This is us!

Learning how to trade!

For our topic this term we are learning all about Trading and Economics and we started our learning off with a trading game! The children were put into groups and given a different amount of money and resources and had to make shapes to sell to the bank to make money. The team who started with the most money and resources had the most money and power at the end of the game as everyone wanted to buy their resources off them. It was great fun!

Hansel and Gretel - Following the trail of breadcrumbs!

In our English lessons we are learning the story of Hansel and Gretel off by heart. For our 'hook' lesson we followed a trail of breadcrumbs to the forest and found a special box! When we opened the box we found a letter from the witch and instructions to make ginger bread houses! Have a look at all our creations!

Gymnastics!

We are doing Gymnastics this term for our indoor PE lessons and this week we practiced our jumps! The children had a go at a variety of different jumps, including, a pike jump, a rocket jump, a star jump, a straddle jump, a half twist and a full twist. Then the children created a sequence of jumps in their groups. See below for a video snippet! :)

Jumping sequence

Aspirational Day!

Dark Skies Astronomy

Communication and Technology

STEM activity - building a strong bridge with only paper!

The newly appointed Eco Warriors

Term 1

Resourcefulness Day!

Painting with Primary colours

Our first activity for resourcefulness day was to paint using only the primary colours! The children had to create a painting that included: A tree with a brown trunk, green leaves, purple flowers and an orange bird. Independence, resilience, celebrating success, perseverance, growth mind-set, adaptable.

Working as a team!

Our next activity required a lot of team work and co-operation! The children had to hold a piece of string which was attached to an elastic band and work together to hold each cup with the band to create a pyramid! Teamwork, facing disappointment, celebrating success, perseverance, co-operation

Facing Disappointment but not giving up!

Celebrating success.....finally!!

Building a pyramid of cards!

Our next activity was ever so frustrating! The children had to build a pyramid out of playing cards. There were a lot of happy children when the pyramid took shape but not so much when it fell down! Independence, resilience, facing disappointment, perseverance.

Celebrating Success!

And again!

Kindness!

For our next activity, we wrote something kind about the other children in the class. We could write something they are good at, something we like about them or anything positive we could think of! Independence, celebrating success, kindness.

Frustration and tower building!

For our next 2 activities, the children had to show a lot of resilience and perseverance! They had to build a tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows that was at least 30cm tall! We had no success but the children loved it anyway! They also played the game 'Frustration' which totally lived up to its name!! Independence, resilience, facing disappointment, perseverance, co-operation, adaptable.

Replicating Lego and separating beads

For the last 2 activities, children needed to work together to sort beads into categories using tweezers and had to work independently to replicate a Lego tower with the correct colours and bricks!

Independence, resilience, facing disappointment, perseverance.

Teamwork, co-operation, resilience, facing disappointment, perseverance, adaptable.

Black History

In English this week we have been learning about South Africa and its history and have been looking at the amazing accomplishments of Nelson Mandela. Here we are using laptops to research all about the country of South Africia.

A visit from The Bridge Project

We had a lovely afternoon welcoming The Bridge Project into our classroom. They talked to us about our topic Creation and Science. We had to decide if we thought Creation and Science were in conflict with each other or complimentary to each other. We then wrote a question that we would ask God if we could. It was great fun!

Islamic Art

In our topic lessons we have been learning all about The Early Islamic Civilisation and this week we looked at all the different types of Islamic Art. Here are some pictures of geometric patterns that we spent time colouring. We needed a lot of resilience and perseverance!!

Music Lessons - Happy!

In music, we are learning the pop song 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams. Here we are singing the chorus!

Planting daffodils!

Today we planted our very own daffodil bulb by the gates ready for a beautiful sea of yellow in the spring! We made a hole in the ground using a wooden dibber and then put our bulb in the hole ready to grow! All the other children in the school will plant their own bulbs too, so we puts some sticks around ours to show where they had been planted! It was great fun!

We have been learning how to greet each other in Spanish this term, take a look at the videos below to see how we've been getting on!

Speaking Spanish!

Speaking Spanish

Exploring God's Creation

This term we are thinking about God's creation and how Christians are inspired to care for the planet after reading Genesis 1. We went out for a nature walk today and found a variety of things that Christians believe God created.

Badger Buddies!

Today, the year 6 children in Owl Class were introduced to their Badger Buddies! First, they got to know each other by the Badger children showing the Owl children where they learn. Then, the Badger children read to their Badger Buddies and lastly, the Owl children showed the Badgers where they learn! It was a lovely moment for both classes and was a joy to watch how excited they all were! The Owl children will continue to look out for their Badger Buddies throughout the year so they feel settled and loved.