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Welcome to Year 5!
Posted: Sep 16, 2024 by: Louise Bamfield (LBamfield) on: Class 5
Friday 20 September 2024
Year 5 have begun more new adventures this week, with the start of their Mandarin learning journey.
The children were delighted to meet their new teacher and are excited about bein given their own Mandarin names in the next few weeks:
“Mandarin was amazing because we got to learn numbers from one to five!” exclaimed Bobby.
Rosie said happily, “In Mandarin, we learned how to say some new words and it was really fun!”
“Mandarin was fun because we got to learn some new words that we never heard before and also we’re going to be able to take homework home for it.” reflected Ishan.
Macie observed, “Mandarin was fun because we got to learn a different language!”
Zevi exclaimed, “Mandarin and Brass were both exciting because we got to do new things!”
As Zevi's comment reflects Year 5's Brass lessons on Thursday continue to be a highlight of the week:
“Brass was really fun because the people who couldn’t read music got to read music!” noted Lottie.
Connie declared, “I loved Brass because I got a baritone and I really like Mr Brown.”
“I’m already really excited for Brass next week because it is really fun learning it at home and at school.” exclaimed William.
Another highlight of the week was the Art lesson on Thursday with Miss Monday, in which the children explored making designs using charcoal:
Rosey remarked, “Art was fun this week because we could do different patterns on the paper using charcoal.”
“I quite liked Art because the compressed charcoal was really fun!” said Noah.
In addition, the Topic Science lesson was brilliant because the children had a chance to explore phases of the moon with a biscuit!
As Millie mentioned, “Topic Science was fun because we got to eat a biscuit and learn about different phases of the moon.”
Finally, Ishan added, “Maths was fun because we got to practise mental addition and subtraction.”
Friday 13 September 2024
Wow - what a great start to the year in Class 5!
It has been absolutely brilliant getting to know everyone in the class and I feel very lucky to be teaching such a wonderful, friendly and enthusiastic group of children.
At the end of our first full week, we talked about what has been most exciting so far – and the clear winner was ‘Brass’!
Here is what the children think, in their own words:
“Brass is good because we get to play brass instruments.” (Bobby)
“Brass is really exciting and some of us haven’t really played brass instruments before.” (Lottie)
“It’s really fun because we get to play something new.” (Talia)
“I love brass because the instruments are fun to play and Mr Brown is funny.” (Rosie)
“I already love it because I got a massive deep baritone to play.” (William)
I know that Mrs Kendal has really enjoyed the start of term too and I hope all of the class have enjoyed it as much as their teachers!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Dr Bamfield & Mrs Kendal
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