Giraffes@taddy

 This morning as a special treat we joined in with the Leopards who have been reading The BFG to watch the film and have a little popcorn treat 

 Year 5 and 6 started off the coin picture this morning.  Later on, we became bankers and sorted, counted and bagged the coins up. We very methodical and organised the coins into bronze and silver before piling up £1 of each value coin.

 In our collective reflective today, we were thinking about keeping our selves health -not just physically, but mentally too.  As well as all our caring staff, at  Taddington, we have 3  Mental health and Well-being Ambassadors , who are always on the lookout for ways to help us. Listening to some calming music is one strategy we can use. We also thought of: Spending time outside in nature - growing something Physical exercise - running, cycling or skateboarding. Hobbies and interests - reading a book, dancing, riding, art. Sharing worries with others, a friend, adult or God. Good quality sleep is important too .  On our lovely school field, we had a think about what would help our emotional well-being today: some of us had a close look at some signs of new growth, some had a chat with friends, while others kicked a ball around.  

  Year 5 Giraffes have been busy adding decimals this morning.  Working with place value counters helped us to visualise the problem. Setting out the problem with place value counters Adding the hundredths Exchanging 10 hundredths for 1 tenth Recording each step of the calculation on the whiteboard . Adding the tenths and completing the calculation We 

On our BIG QUIZ this morning, the Giraffes have been impressing me again with their recall of the work we have been doing over the past few weeks and even further back too.  The retrieval grid is part of our weekly homework . The  BIG QUIZ is our quick 5-10 minute check-up to see what we can remember from the retrieval grid  .This morning we proved that we can remember A LOT! Well done Giraffes.  

Giraffes have been exploring the character of the baddie - The Witch - in The Lost Happy Endings , who (spoiler alert!) had a very Unhappy Ending.  She had left some clues which made us think that things had gone wrong in her life and we began to think that maybe she hadn't always been bad.  We decided to write a prequel to the story, so we could tell her tale. The stories are coming to life now and include lots of great writing features  - figurative language , change of voice from narrative to   formal letters in the subjunctive and   1st person  diary entries . They also include  some of our exciting sentences . Well done Giraffes. I'm looking forward to reading your final versions.