Jazz Class Blog
Year 5 & Year 6
Term 4 & 5
We have been learning about Anthony Gormley. We made miniature sculptures, inspired by some of our favourite work!
We are so proud of the Year 6 children’s hard work and determination during SATS week. Their positivity has been fantastic. 
We have been voting for the Year 6 child that we would like to represent us on May Day!
Everyone had an amazing time at our May Day celebration!
We have been learning about the parts of a plant.
We had a fantastic time on World Book Day!
Well done to our World Book Day competition winners. It was a real treat to be visited by Judge the Poet who performed for us as well as announcing the competition winners. 
Thank you to Lou who came to teach us first aid. We were interested to find out about her career as a paramedic.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our class assembly. We had a great time sharing our learning with everyone.
We have been learning about the history and geography of Ilmington and we went on a history and geography detectives walk around the village!
We have been working on our watercolour skills and we made Easter cards with watercolour bunnies.
We had a fantastic time at the Easter Egg Hunt!
Term 3
Week 2
It's been another busy week in Jazz Class with production rehearsals well underway. We are so excited to perform for everyone!
Mrs Johnson visited the Year 6 girls this week to lead a workshop about friendships and how to navigate tricky situations. Thank you Mrs Johnson!
Week 1
Jazz Class have kicked off their learning for their new topic, Bloodheart! They investigated the parts of the heart and their functions using a sheep’s heart. They spent time thinking about their scientific questions, investigating the ‘in’ and ‘out’ valves using red food colouring and pondering about why the walls on one side of the heart are thicker than the other.
It's been a great start to the new term! Jazz Class have been finishing their science topic about living things and their habitats and they conducted an investigation into microorganisms. They were interested in the conditions that mould needs in order to grow, so they treated two pieces of bread differently to see what happened! Some people put their bread in warm and cold places, some people got their bread dirty and kept one piece clean and some people got one piece of bread damp and left the other dry! We are keeping a diary of our observations each day.
We all had a fantastic time and learned a lot about coding in our robotics session on Coding & Robotics Day this week! 
The village shop is exhibiting our artwork from our calendar project this week! We are very proud to be part of our own art exhibition. We hope you will be able to go and see it for yourself. 
Worship Wednesday this week was all about our new Christian Value, courage. We enjoyed singing some new songs this week.
Term 2
Week 7
Jazz Class had a lovely Christmas dinner! Thank you Richard and Lou ! 
As Jazz Class have worked so hard this term, they earned the opportunity to watch the film of Alice in Wonderland. This is the story that our production is based on this year!
Week 6
It was lovely to see so many friends and family members visiting our class this week for Open Classrooms. Everyone had a great time sharing their fantastic work! 
Week 5
We went to the church to watch the Infants' nativity play this week- it was great!
Mr Howard visited us this week to tell us about the RSPB and the work that this charity does. The RSPB is one of our house charities this year. Thank you Mr Howard! 
We visited St Mary's for Worship Wednesday, led by Rev. Richard. Jazz Class did a fantastic job of explaining their learning about the advent wreath. They had found out about the different parts of the wreath and the history of it. 
Week 4
We were visited this week by an expert in Carbon Monoxide. We learned about how to stay safe in our homes and we hope to teach others about this too! 
Jo from Open Doors visited this week to tell us about the great work that the charity does. This is one of our house charities this year and we were excited to find out where the money we raise will be spent.
Week 3
We have been using our colour-mixing skills to create our final pieces in art. We designed compositions of self-portraits in the style of Frida Kahlo.
The Mental Health Ambassadors have been working hard this week to update their display. This is in the hall and it tells you lots of information about how we are supporting mental health and wellbeing in our school. We hope you will have a change to go and look at it soon!
Week 2
We have been learning about the Maya ballgame- Pok Ta Pok! We wrote instructions for other people to use to learn how to play the game.
We have been learning about staying safe by the road and we designed our own outfits to wear when we are out and about near roads.
Week 1
The House Captains were very excited to find out which charities they will be supporting this year! Our local charity is the Shakespeare Hospice, our national charity is The RSPB and our international charity is Open Doors. The House Captains led their first house meeting of the year where they told the house what their charity does and came up with some ideas for fund raising!
We have been writing poetry for remembrance. When we visited the war memorial in the village for our remembrance service, some people read their poems out.
Alison from the Shakespeare Hospice visited us this week to tell us about the work that the charity does. This is one of our house charities this year and we were interested to find out where the money we raise will be spent.
Term 1
Week 5
Jazz Class have been learning about colour mixing. They learned about the colour wheel, revised their primary and secondary colours and used careful pressure to blend.
Week 4
As part of our science learning, we have been researching cochineal insects and finding out about how they are used to make dye and how they were used in the past. We learned about the process used to extract carminic acid. We created cochineal dye using insects.
We used acids and alkaline liquids to change the colour of our dye and created our own fabric paints!
Week 3
Jazz Class have been learning about Frida Kahlo as a significant artist. We researched her life and the style of art she created.
Week 2
Today, Sue visited our class. Sue works for SCARF and she led our first PSHE lesson of the year. It was all about friendship and the choices that we make. 
Week 1
We have had a fantastic first week in Jazz Class. Well done to the Year 5s who have settled in well, and to the Year 6s who have helped their buddies to get used to how things work!
We have started our new topic- Hola Mexico! We have been reading our class text, Holes. If you would like to read along, you can bring your own copy into school!
We were introduced to our class Christian value, which is Service. We learned about what this word means, and how we can complete acts of service, in school and outside of school. We put together some drama to demonstrate an act of service and guessed what our friends were doing! We created a stained glass window to show an act of service which will go on the window in our Reflective Area.
