This week Y5 have been exploring different hatching and shading techniques to create a realistic and 3D effect.

Dear Parents/Carers

We are supporting Children in Need Day on 13th November.  Children can come to school on Friday 13th November wearing something spotty for a £1 donation.

Please can donations be made through ParentMail.

Many thanks

Dear Parent/Carer

This half term we are starting our enrichment clubs. These clubs will take place with the member of staff from your child’s bubble, and only for those children within that bubble will be able to attend. We will follow all guidelines to ensure our staff and children are safe.

We would like to invite your child to take part in the club between 9^th November and 7^th December 2020, on the allocated day between those weeks stated below.  All children will need to be collected from their normal home time gate

Y5 Ametrine - Film club, every Monday with Miss Anderson collection time 4pm

Y5 Alexandrite - Art club, every Tuesday with Mrs Ali collection time 4pm - please note this club will start on 17th November

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Dear Parents/Carers

As I write to you on the final day of this half term, I am filled with gratitude and pride for all our staff and pupils. They have worked so hard this term to get back on track with all learning. Our staff have created bespoke catch-up plans to ensure that no child is left behind because of the pandemic. I will be sending you more information after half term about these plans, including our continuity of learning.

All our pupils have settled into school really well and have impressed all of us with their confidence and ability to manage their learning with all the current restrictions. I have already noticed brilliant progress in children’s books. This is a credit to our pupils’ exceptional learning behaviours and determination to do well at school. We look forward to sharing your child/ren’s progress next half term.

I would like to thank all our parents/carers for their continued support, and timely communication that has been invaluable to us in the safe running of the school. Here at High Hazels Academy, we are all looking forward to the start of another amazing term, full of learning achievements, joy and progress.

Have a restful half term break.

Yours sincerely

Mrs A Maqsood-Shah

Headteacher

In Year 5, we have made a wonderful new start to the year despite all the new changes in school and their usual routines. The children returned to school excited and enthusiastic to learn. Our topic this term is ‘Anglo-Saxons’ where we have created exciting and inspired learning across all subjects.

In history, we have delved into the world of the Anglo-Saxons and researched how they came to Britain, used archaeological knowledge to look at how they lived, what their religion they followed, as well as how and why they converted to Christianity. The children found looking at the Anglo-Saxon gods particularly interesting and created their own fact-file of their chosen god. The children have thoroughly enjoyed looking at how different our lives compare to theirs.

In reading and writing, we have been looking at the legend of ‘King Arthur and his Knights of the round table’. The children loved listening to this story and hearing how Arthur became the first true king of England. We explored the text by looking at its vocabulary, retrieving information about the character and using drama to really deepen their knowledge and understanding of the story. The children then had the opportunity to create their own innovated version of the legend, creating their own characters and villains to follow in similar footsteps to Arthur’s legend. In our stories, we have looked to include speech, fronted adverbial phrases and using consistent tense. Next half term in writing, the children will have the opportunity to write their own discussion about whether the legend of King Arthur true or not.

In P4C and computing the children have been focussing on how to keep safe online. We have made posters and discovered ways to do safe and efficient searches. In art we have been looking at the artist Stephen Wiltshire and how he became the famous artist he is today. He specialises in drawing and sketching city scapes using 3D shapes, so the children have practised sketching techniques and drawing various 3D shapes. After half term, they will begin to recreate one of Stephen’s famous drawings.

The Y5 team are looking forward to welcoming the children back after a well-rested half term ready to carry on with more exciting and inspiring learning that the children have presented this half term.