Creeting St Mary CEVAP School
Anything is Possible (Mark 9 v 23)
Birch
Welcome to Birch Class 2023/24
Hello and welcome to the Birch Class page. Birch Class are taught by Mr Palmer and the teaching assistants are Mrs Marsh, Miss Crockett, Miss Knights, Mrs Lockwood and Miss Douglas.
Summer term update
New topics:
Literacy: Zahra, formal letters, and Stitch Head
Science: Looking after the environment
Computing: Blogging
History: Ancient Egyptians
DT: Bunting
RE: Heroes of faith
PSHE: It’s my body
PE: Cricket and Tennis
PE days: Monday and Wednesday
SATS week: WB 13th May
PE competitions this half term: Orienteering and Cricket
TT ROCKSTARS COMPETITION WB 15th APRIL
YEAR 5 Vs YEAR 6
WHO WILL BE OUR TABLES CHAMPIONS?
KEEP CHECKING THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES.
Birch Class produced some amazing art work inspired by Fauvism
In art, we used viewfinders to help us draw detailed pictures of the nature around us.
Birch Class enjoyed their orienteering enrichment day.
Birch Class enjoyed their trip to Pipers Vale gymnastics centre
Birch Class enjoyed their Disco dancing enrichment session
Birch Class enjoyed using Ordanence Survey maps to plan routes using compass directions and coordinates.
Birch made different types of packaging using 3D modelling in computing
Topics for Spring term 1
Literacy: Instructions and flashbacks
Computing: 3D modelling
Geography: Map skills
Science: Human body
PE: OAA and Sportshall athletics
RE: Walk through the bible
PSHE: Personal safety
Art: Printing
REMEMBER, THERE IS A CHANGE OF PE DAYS FOR THIS TERM.
PE FOR YEAR 5 AND 6 WILL BE ON WEDNESDAYS. THERE WILL BE NO PE ON MONDAYS.
YEAR 5 AND SELECTED YEAR 6 WILL BE SWIMMING ON FRIDAYS.
Birch Class enjoyed their Christmas party
Birch Class have started making their marble runs
Birch Class celebrated Anti Bullying week by learning about the difference between banter and bullying.They then made a bantometer.
Topics for Autumn 2
Literacy: Myths and legends / Biographies
History: Vikings
RE: Islam
Science: Changes in materials
Computing: Spreadsheets
DT: Marble Run
PSHE: Diverse Britain
PE: Handball (Monday) and Dance (Wednesday)
Tables tests
Well done to Eli, Jack, Lydia and Alice for scoring 100% in all of the tests in Autumn 1.
For this half term the groups are ......................
Group A: 3's to 15's and imperial conversions. (cm to inches and km to miles)
Group B: 3's to 13's and metric conversions.
Group C: 3's to 9's and metric conversions
Group D: 4's and 6's
Well done to Hattie and Zakariya for competing in the finals of the Suffolk Cross Country race.
Well done to the Tag Rugby team for winning the Gipping Valley tournament
Birch Class made clay sculptures in the style of Henry Moore
Birch Class carried out an investigation into friction in their forces science work.
Birch Class investigated water resistance in their forces science unit
Birch Class created a Harvest wreath for Fridays church service.
Birch Class investigated if the mass of an object effects the force of gravity
Tables tests update
This week we will be adding measurement conversions to our tables tests. Please see your groups conversions below.
Group A: 1 inch = 2.5cm 8km = 5 miles
Group B/C: 1000 grams = 1kg 1000 millilitres = 1 litre 1000 metres = 1 kilometre
100 cm = 1 metre 10 mm = 1cm
Birch Class have made cubes to represent the Trinity in RE
Times tables groups
Group A: 9's to 14's
Group B: 3's to 13's
Group C: 3's to 9's
Group D: 3's and 4's
Birch Class enjoyed making volcanoes as part of their geography unit.
The classroom is ready.We look forward to seeing you tomorrow
