Talland Class Blog 19.4.24

Happy Summer 1 everyone! 

We've kicked off with a busy but fun first week! We've also discussed our enquiry question for this term: Can 'CHANGE' change?

Maths:
Year 4 have begun using decimals and in particular, looking at tenths.
Year 5 have begun their unit on shape. Why not ask them how to use a protractor. They are getting good a measuring angles up to 180 degrees. 

English:
We have started writing instructions in writing. Talland have been looking at how to make jelly. Hopefully our instructions are good enough to make it successfully...
PE:
This term, we are focusing on ORIENTEERING (Mondays) and BADMINTON (Tuesdays). It will be lots of fun! Please make sure that your child has their kit in school ready for these fun and engaging activities. 

Science:
This term, we are delving into STATES OF MATTER. We have looked at the differences between solids, liquids gases and described their properties this week. We also looked at key language to help us describe different materials characteristics.

Art:
We will be focusing on collage this term. We have already began creating mood boards and looking at a range of different collages. Our final piece should be fantastic and one you might even want to have framed and put up in your home. Watch this space for updates!

I have attached the KIRFs for this term. It would be great if you could help your child practice them (if time allows itself).

That's all from us in Talland this week. We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

TALLAND CLASS BLOG 28.3.24

HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY! 

It's been a fun-filled week in Talland and everyone is very excited to sink their teeth into some well deserved chocolate. 

The children have become fantastic little gymnasts and have enjoyed assessing their rolls, balances and jumps and putting them into sequences. 

The Victorian Dolls House has been a success and looks brilliant - the design brief has been met - YAY!

Today, we managed to find all of the chocolate during our Easter Egg Hunt and created some (rather flimsy) baskets to pop our chocolate in. 

Well done to everyone for working so incredibly hard this term and congratulations to Harrison and Leo for being nominated as people of the week.

That's all from us. We all hope you have an absolutely incredible Easter Break.

 Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge. 

Talland Class Blog 22.3.24

Four more school days until the Easter Holidays... I cannot believe how quickly Spring 2 has flown by!

We've been very creative in Talland this week (as you can see). Children have made the furniture for the Victorian Dolls house and painted them. Next week, we will move on to curtains and other furnishings. It's looking great.

Maths:
Year 4's are coming to the end of fractions now. We have been finding equivalent fractions and turning improper fractions into mixed numbers. Very clever stuff!
Year 5's have completed their percentages and decimals unit and have moved straight into statistics. Why not ask them how to draw a line graph...


English:
In English, Talland have completed their independent write for the newspaper article about the 'Workhouse Runaway'. I've been really impressed so far with what I have read. Next week, children will be writing their newspaper report up in best. I can't wait to see their finished results. 

PE:
In balls skills, children have been working in teams to think about tactics and using spatial awareness to help out their team mates. In gymnastics, we have learnt different rolls such as front rolls, straight rolls, teddy bear rolls and tucked rolls. It was really good fun.

Science:
We enjoyed looking at different states of matter in Science, where we found out how solids liquids and gases change state and the part particles play in all of this. What can you find at home that is a solid, liquid or a gas. Could you try and alter its state of matter by turning a solid into a liquid, or a liquid into a gas, or a liquid back into a solid (with adult supervision of course).

Well do to Leo for being noticed a s our special person of the week. He's always determined and enthusiastic at school and it's just lovely to see.

That's all from us in Talland. We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge. 
  

Taland's Blog 15.3.24

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you have had a fantastic week!

It's been busy in Talland!

Maths:
The year 4's have been learning about mixed numbers and improper fractions. Why not quiz them on what they are...
The year 5's have been rounding decimals to whole numbers and ordering and comparing them. 

English:
We've completed writing up our newspaper report about Oliver Twist now. Children have learnt lots of techniques to write their own successful newspaper report so we have just begun planning for their independent article: 'Workhouse Runaway'. I can't wait to read the finished article!

Music was great fun (as always) and it would appear that Talland have some talented children when it comes to playing the flute!

Well done to Thomas this week for being recognised for his creative homework. He must be really proud of himself - it was great! Good luck to the cross country runners' today!

I'm looking forward to talking to you all next week and telling you what little super stars you are raising!

That's all from us in Talland class this week.

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge. 

Talland's Class Blog 8.3.24

We hope everyone had a fantastic World Book Day!

What have we been doing this week?

Maths:
Year 4's have found out that fractions aren't actually as scary as we first thought. 
Year 5's have been trail blazing their way through Decimals and Percentages.

Writing: 
We've been learning about fronted adverbials, relative clause and a whole range of writing techniques for our newspaper report on Oliver Twist. Next week, we will be looking at reported speech and direct speech (there will be a lot of acting involved).

PE: 
Children haven continued to enhance their ball skills and master the landing technique in gymnastics - even when we add a twist.

Design and Technology:
Talland were put into groups. They now know which room the will be designing and creating for the Victorian Doll's House. Why not ask you child which room they have...

World Book Day was amazing, the costumes were fantastic and the enthusiasm from the children was brilliant!

A massive well done to Everly for being recognised this week for her excellent learning behaviours and fantastic manners!

That's all from Talland Class. We hope you have a great weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

Talland's Class Blog 1.3.24

Lots of fun has been had this week!

Maths:
The year 4's have come to the end of their Multiplication and Division unit - next week - FRACTIONS! YAY!
The year 5's have been learning about decimals. Ask them about tenths and hundredths. Cab they dazzle you with their knowledge?

English:
We've found out that the news paper report we read last week might have been a tad bias and Mr. Bumble isn't as kind hearted as we were first lead to believe. It turns out, Oliver Twist didn't get fed much and all of the orphans wanted more gruel as they were so incredibly hungry. Talland have been interviewing key witnesses about what actually happened when Oliver asked, "Please sir, can I have some more?". 

Design and Technology:
The children have been given their design brief: A toy company, who produce dolls-houses, want to produce a dolls house that replicates a Victorian house. The toys already on the market are very expensive and the toy company want the children's designs to help them reach a younger market. 
We've begun by researching the Great Exhibition of 1851 - ask your child some fun facts about this exhibition. Here's one fun fact: The Kohinoor diamond is the diamond that sits on King Charles' crown.

A huge well done to Harley and Aria for being our mathematician's of the week, Sienna and Isaac for being our reader's of the week and Freddie and Nuala for being our writer's of the week. Also, congratulations to Imogen for being our person of the week! 

Good luck to our runner's today - we hope you have a great time and run your socks off (not literally)!

Please find attached this terms KIRFs and Homework Grid.

We hope you have an amazing weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

Talland's Class Blog 2.2.2024

Happy February everyone! 

A busy penultimate week of Spring term 1 for Talland class...

Maths: 
Year 4 have been looking at multiplying 2 or 3-digit numbers with a 1-digit number (21 x 4 = or 342 x 5 =). We've used lots of resources to help show how creating groups can assist you when trying to solve the problem. We've also been using column method strategies to check that our answers are correct.
year 5 have now completed their multiplication and division unit and will begin fractions next week. Why not quiz your child on either multiplying a 4- digit number by a 2-digit number or a division problem where a remainder is required...


English: 
We have just finished writing a biography about an inspirational person of 'Power'. Looking at Talland's work, I've seen some fantastic examples. Who did your child write about?

Computing:
We've been getting extremely technical in computing. The children were introduced to Micro:bits where they were creating algorithms. These algorithms enabled the Micro:bit to light up their names through the LED lamps. Next week, we will be measuring sound and temperature with these fun little computers.

Well done to the players that represented Polperro in the football match this week! They worked really hard and should be proud of their efforts! Also, congratulations to Skye for being noticed as our visible learner of the week - her excellent behaviour and hard work has not gone unnoticed.  

That's all from us. We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.

  

Talland's Class Blog 26.1.24

Happy Friday everyone! Here's to the end of another brilliant week!

More spy formulated dance moves were added to routines - the choreography is coming along nicely in dance. Chest and shoulder passes have been practiced in netball. Accuracy and power is improving!
 
As you can see, this week got sciencey! We started by looking at powered and non-powered home appliances and whether they are battery powered, mains powered or manually powered. THEN, we got electrical and found out how circuits work and made our own. Now, that was fun!

Talland made some fantastic Climate Change posters in Geography and differentiated between urban and rural causes that effect our planet. 

In maths, the year 4's have been making numbers 10 and 100 times greater and the year 5's have been getting their teeth stuck into division.

In English, we have completed our class look at Thomas Edison and all of the amazing events that took place during his life. The children have now begun to research influential people of 'Power' of their choosing. Next week they will write a biography about that person. Why not ask your child who they are writing a  biography about...

Gentle reminder for all children to have PE kids and appropriate footwear in school ready for PE on Monday's and Tuesday's. 

Well done to all of the Cross Country runners' this week. It sounds like you were ALL amazing! Congratulations to Nuala for being nominated as person of the week - I loved the biography you created at home about Thomas Edison! This piece of work is now on our WOW WALL!

Attached is a copy of homework for children to have some fun with - it would be great to see what they produce! I'm really hoping to see some exploding volcano's!

We hope you all  have a fantastic weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge

 





 


 

Talland's Blog 12.1.24

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 

We hope everyone had a Christmas filled with joy and your 2024 has begun in high spirits! It's great seeing Talland back, eager to learn and full of enthusiasm!

We kick started the week with our new enquiry question: 'WHO'S GOT THE POWER?'
We've been asking questions like: 
- Who's was/is the most powerful person in the world?
- What's was/is the most powerful animal?
- Who's got or had the most powerful mind?
- What's the most powerful form of weather?
- What really is mightier: the pen or the sword? 
And the list goes on...

This question has lead us down the path of Thomas Edison. Ask your child what he is most famous for.

In English we are writing and this week we have been looking into the life of Thomas Edison and what is was that gave him power?

In maths, Year 4 and Year 5 had begun that second unit on multiplication and division. Year 4 have been diving into factors and their products. Year 5 have been multiplying 4-digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. Why not ask your child if they can show off some of their new skills.

This will be a scientific unit so many experiments will be covered, which link nicely to computing and Design and Technology. This should be a fantastic term full of lots of powerful thinking.

Not only that, but, you'll have some amazing dancers by the end of this term (obviously lots of Talland are already very talented on the dance floor), BUT, Even the footballer's have been demonstrating some super cool moves too!

Well done to Lily this week for achieving her 99 club badge. Great effort Joey for being chosen as pupil of the week and a HUGE well done to all of those children who are practicing their times tables, reading at home and bringing in their reading records everyday!

Please remember that ALL PE kits should be in school by now. PE is on Monday (Netball) and Tuesday (Dance). 

I have  attached this terms KIRFS for both year groups!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Signing off from Mr. Langley, Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Hodge.