Heavers Farm Primary School
What an amazing trip! We began by walking to Norwood Junction to catch the train! It was so fast!
We blinked, and we made it to the gallery! Central London is so busy!
We saw so many amazing paintings! We tried to recreate them in our sketchbooks!
Finally, we finished the day at the park! It was the perfect day out!
The children have been studying installation and what it means and look like. After having explored a variety of installations across the most important museums across the world, the children are creating their own installations.
Children were learning how to translate shapes today. To consolidate our knowledge of coordinates, we played the following game:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack
Try it at home!
The children have been learning about the properties of 2and 3D shapes. as part of the curriculum, they had to investigate 3D shapes nets. After having explored the theoretical principals behind 3D shapes, they had to children had the opportunity to create some 3D shapes using a variety of nets.
Yesterday, we played a quadrilateral game! Children had to match the quadrilateral to the description! It was fun, but also quite tricky, as there was some overlap with the features.
Children have been exploring the festival of Holi through music! We have investigated the connection between colour and sound, and developed our own thoughts on the connection between auditory and visual art. Children picked their own colour and created a 20 second long soundscape.
The children have found out that music can be represented using colours. They learned that there are people who see colours when they listen to a piece of music. This condition is called synesthesia .
The children identified different moments in a classical music with different colours. This is what they have produced:
Today, children began to add levers to their pop up books! They did this by cutting a strip of paper, using the split pin as the pivot, and assembling it together on the first page of their book.
The children have been using micro-bits creating challenging codes.
A funny and engaging lesson where the children learned programming.
The children have been practicing some athletic skills while the sun was shining brightly.
The Croydon Firefighter’s representative came to Poplar class to develop awareness fire, the danger of the smoke and what to do in case of fire.
The children enjoyed the session and learnt a lot.
Children spent time trying out their microbits! They did this last year, and had fun exploring the various functions again! Next week they will continue to learn different programming skills for their microbits!
Children are beginning to explore adding and subtracting using decimals. To do this, they played a game where they had to roll a die, which gave them a number. This number could be put in the tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place. The goal was to get to zero by starting at one, taking away the number assigned by the die! The children loved this!
Below you also find the spellings for next week. Rememebr to practise them every day.
Year 5 and 6 spellings LIST (to be learnt)
WEEK 1 – 2: Sum 1
hideous
previous
fabulous
generous
jealous
mysterious
infectious
gracious
malicious
spacious
If you find some of the words difficult, you could try some of the strategies listed below:
Children had the opportunity to make their own doodler! A doodler operates as a cup with a motor attached, allowing the mechanism to independently draw on a page using crayon, felt tips, or coloured pencil.
Some children were able to make their doodler come to life! Most helped others get the motor attached a cup, as that proved to be a challenging task.
Last week, children participated in a trading game! Pupils have been learning about vikings, and how they were raiders, invaders, and settlers! They traded around the globe, taking on a variety of dangerous routes to get rare goods. Children pretended to be farmers, metal workers, town leaders, and more. They traded goods for other goods, bartering to get the best deal.
The children are exploring folktales from other countries like Japan. They have become fascinated with the Yuki Onna story, so we have decided to analyse the plot and acting out to understand the different moments of the tale.
The children turned out to be talented actors and we had so much fun!
Poplar class has been learning about electrical products, how they function and what makes them special. They have also evaluated their functionality and what it is needed to make them work.
The children created their own doodler using a simples closed circuit and a paper cup. They had a lot of fun!
Below you also find the spellings for next week. Rememebr to practise them every day.
If you find some of the words difficult, you could try some of the strategies listed below:
Thank you to all the parents who were able to join us for Science Week! For our last lesson, we did an experiment measuring our heart beats per minute (BPM). We compared our heart rates doing the following:
Sitting
Jogging
Stretching
And running as fast as possible!
Children then turned their data into a bar chart! Well done year 5!
Children began their work around the circulatory system, specifically around blood and blood transfusions.
They worked to save the lives of their patients by identifying life saving blood types.
Try the game at home at: https://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/bloodtypinggame/
Children used their enquiry questions to navigate their research on the digestive system. Children made fact files about the knowledge they gleaned from the internet, displaying their work with creativity and innovation!
Poplar class is exploring the human body, starting by looking at the digestive system. The children conducted an investigation to understand some of the steps involved in the digestion of food; they realised that the digestion begins in the mouth and different organs are involved besides the stomach.
Take a look at their investigation and let us know what you think!
Welcome to Science Week! Children began the week by coming with a variety of enquiry questions about the digestive system, such as:
-Why do we need to excrete?
-Why is stool brown?
-Why do different animals have different types of stool?
-Do animals have the same digestive system as us?
-What do your intestines do?
-What’s in the digestive system?
We began the experiment by putting food in the stomach and mixing it with stomach acid. We used a plastic bag as the stomach, water as the acid, and a banana/biscuit combination for the food.
We then churned the food in the stomach by using our hands to squish the bag, dissolving the food.
The food then enters the intestine! Nutrients are squeezed out of the small intestine before moving to the large intestine, where the process continues.
Finally, stool exits the body!
We had such a fun week! Between meeting Banji Alexander and doing PE in our PJs, this week couldn’t have been any more exciting! 🤩
Benjamin Alexander came to visit our school to meet the children for World Book Day. He shared his passion for writing and how he became an author. He also signed some books.
Everyone was excited!
The children have been reading and doing some work around ‘Wonderfully Wired Brains’. They explored the unique traits of brains, and how each brain makes ‘US’.
The children wanted to show you how they are UNiQUE!
The children have started handball and they are developing new skills that will help them to play a new sport. The children are having a lot of fun!
It’s finally here again! Children are preparing for Banji Alexander to come to our school on Thursday! Thank you to everyone who has pre ordered a book. Don’t worry if you haven’t, you have until Wednesday to order Lock Down Looms.
As part of book week, we are focusing on the book Wonderfully Wired Brains, and specifically the Neurology section. This book details how brains are as special and unique as snowflakes, all with different strengths and personalities!
Children have begun their research today on chromebooks, working together to communicate how the brain sends messages to the body.
Parents and children worked together to create a catching space poster. We had a wonderful time together.
The children have been researching the topic of space debris around the Earth and found out how dangerous it could be for astronauts and people living on the planet. Therefore, they have designed a satellite-robot that could save the world from space debris falling down.
The children have refined and improved their skills to create their poem portraits. Their improved versions show the children’s commitment to art. Take a look at their work and let us know what you think!
The children have researched the female artist called ChilaKunari Singh Birman to explore how modern artists creates their mixed media portraits. The children found this artist inspirational and very interesting.
The children learned what a chord is and how they are used in the Blues. The children had a go at playing different chords. It was interesting a very loud, but super fun!!!
Today, the children took part in a workshop about bullying and cyber bullying. They were all interested in the topic and shared their experiences. It was informative, educational and inspiring!
The children have been reserching the topic of space debris to create non-chronological reports. This is a topic they have been studying in science. The children conduced a meticulous research (information, diagrams, collecting data, images, etc.) to create their own report.
The children have extended their skills in creating mixed media portraits. The results are astonishing. Colours, creativity and refined skills helped the children to produce incredible artwork.
Children were creating portraits of themselves, experimenting with materials and mediums of their choice! They could use pictures taken of themselves to create art which truly represents them!
The children have created backgrounds for their work, using watercolours and collage. The result is amazing. The children used their creativity and their imagination.
The children created their poem portraits sketching in a continuous line, without taking the pencils from the paper. The children have shown their sketching skills and their artistic sides.
Children need to learn how to spell the following set of words. Remember to use the ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’!
Children have been learning about the Blues, a genre of music which has had a profound impact on the world. We were learning about the C chord, and got to play it on glockenspiels!
Spelling to be given Friday the 23rd of January 2025.
(Homophones & near homophones)
PAST
PASSED
PROCEED
PRECEDE
AISLE
ISLE
ALOUD
ALLOWED
AFFECT
EFFECT
Spelling to be given Friday the 16th of January 2025.
EMBARRASS
PRIVILEGE
CRITICISE
PARLIAMENT
SHOULDER
MISCHIEVOUS
CONVENIENCE
PREJUDICE
QUEUE
YACHT
This week, Elm class won with 1377 points! Poplar class earned 240. Please ensure that children earn at least 200 points each week.
First Place- 7,700
Second Place- 6,810
Third Place- 6,666
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