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Upton Junior School

One Childhood - One Chance

Y5 2021-22

 

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  • 09/10/21

    5B - National Poetry Day

    On Thursday, we celebrated National Poetry Day by writing and performing our own poems inspired by 'More Pointless Questions' by John Agard. The children chose elements of nature and posed opposing questions about how they are treated. We had some fabulous outcomes and the children real...
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  • 08/10/21

    Homework - 08.10.2021

    As yesterday was National Poetry Day, we thought it only fitting that we ask you to write a poem for this week's homework.  One of the best things about poetry is it's lack of rules and creativity. There are no restrictions on how you write your poem. It can be long, or short, rhymin...
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  • 07/10/21

    National Poetry Day 5Y

    Inspired by the poem "More Pointless Questions" by John Agard, 5Y spent the morning creating their own nature themed poems.
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  • 07/10/21

    National Poetry Day in 5G And Preserved Lemons!

    This morning we celebrated National Poetry Day! Our chosen poem was 'More Pointless Questions'. What do you think this might mean? The children were great at annotating what it meant to them and went on to create their own version. This afternoon was spent learning how our food has b...
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  • 07/10/21

    5R National Poetry Day

    Today was National Poetry Day, and we celebrated it — in fact some of us were so excited we just couldn't control ourselves -see the picture of one of the member of 5R attached to this blog! We spoke about the importance of poetry and why it is so special concluding that it is indeed a for...
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  • 01/10/21

    Year 5 Homework. Set: 1/10/21

    This week in geography we have been learning about natural resources. This week, for your homework, we would like you to research a country of your choice and find out about the natural resources that country has. You need to tell us the following:  What natural resources it...
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  • 01/10/21

    5B's Animal Models

    This week, we made small animal models using salt dough. This linked to our English text, 'There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom', where the main character, Bradley, plays with his toy animals to help him express his feelings.  On Wednesday, the children made the salt dough fr...
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  • 01/10/21

    5R - Making Salt Dough Animals

    This week, we made animals out of salt dough. We did this because it links to our topic on changes and shows an irreversible change. It also links to our class text There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom because Bradley (the main character) talks to his small animal figurines as they are his f...
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  • 01/10/21

    Salt Dough Fun!

    Great fun was had this week creating animals made from salt dough! The animals chosen were based on our English text 'There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. This also tied in with learning about reversible and irreversible changes. The children are bringing them home today so you wil...
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  • 01/10/21

    5Y Salt Dough animals

    This term, 5Y have been learning about reversible and irreversible changes. An example of an irreversible change is baking so we have baked salt dough models. We took our inspiration for the cute animals from our English text "There's a Boy In The Girls' Bathroom", as the...
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  • 24/09/21

    Miss Lewis' Maths

    Roman numerals fun using paper straws.
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  • 24/09/21

    5G get slimy!

    This week in 5G we have been investigating reversible and irreversible changes culminating in making our own slime! Unfortunately, it wasn't a great success but great fun was had making it! It allowed us to be able to know and understand the difference between the changes.
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