Welcome to Bouman class!
Our class is a team - we are pioneers, educators, leaders and learners of the 21st century!
Bouman Class is our Year Five class and we form part of The Pioneers Stage. Our class is named after Katie Bouman. Her pioneering work as an American engineer, who worked as part of a team that captured the first-ever image of a black hole, had an incredible impact future scientific discoveries.
Mrs Sowden
Class Teacher - Monday - Wednesday
All About Me! Mrs Sowden
Let me introduce myself, I am Mrs Sowden and I will be one of your teachers in Bouman class.
I am really looking forward to teaching you and seeing you soar in your learning. We will all do our best to ensure Bouman Class have a fabulous year!
If you are new to the school, or new to my class, I can reassure you Boumanclass are a friendly bunch and will make you feel more than welcome.
Throughout the year ahead, we will work closely with our partner class in Year 4, Johnson class. We have such an inspiring curriculum as well as outside activities, clubs and trips in store for you all!
Meanwhile, here are a few facts about me:
I am Northern Irish although I used to live in Edinburgh and people often think I am Scottish! I have a son (Fin) and a daughter (Betsy) and a sweet cat (Belinda). I love yoga, jogging (slowly) and I am currently learning to swim.
Miss Whitehouse
Maternity Leave
All about me! Miss Whitehouse
Hello, I’m Miss Whitehouse and I will be teaching year 5 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursday.
I am really looking forward to the year ahead and we have got lots of exciting trips, visitors, projects and WOW moments lined up for you all. And we can’t forget about the much anticipated year 5 residential! Bouman class and Johnson class will work closely together with our projects and there will be lots of opportunities for collaborative learning linking to our STEAM curriculum.
Here are a few facts about me:
- Favourite colour: Green
- Favourite animal: Gorilla
- Favourite beach: Little Fistral
- Favourite book: Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Favourite subjects: Maths and DT
Fun Fact: When I was in primary school I HATED Maths. I then had a great teacher and now it is my favourite subject to teach. I like to make every lesson fun and engaging so that the children I teach will never dislike Maths like I once did.
I look forward to welcoming you to Bouman class!
Miss Hesford
General Teaching Assistant
We will be linking our fictional writing to our class novel “The Thousand Year Old Boy” by Ross Welford. We will be learning how to write a diary. As part of our non-fiction topic, we will be learning how to write a discussion text and link this to our History learning so we can explain what we have learnt about the Vikings.
In Maths this term, we will be continuing to focus on multiplication and division and develop confidence in using the formal methods within problem solving calculations. It is really important that we keep practising our times tables and using TTRS or multiplication games to increase our confidence. We will then focus on fractions, decimals and percentages
The children will be working scientifically to investigate the changes of materials. They will learn about reversible and irreversible changes in materials. They will experiment with substances like bicarbonate of soda and acid. Within Science, we will gather data and present our findings appropriately.
Our key question is "Why do some people think God exists? "
In this unit, the children will learn from different religious and non-religious groups about their belief in God. Together, we will consider why people do or don’t believe in God and the impact that might have on the way they live their everyday life. This enhances our understanding of our British values.
Computing
We will be learning about Flat file Databases. The unit relates to Maths and Science learning around using data. The children will learn to search and sort data.
The theme of Safer Internet Day is Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.
P.E
This term we will be learning Gymnastics and exploring how our bodies’ move and develop sequences using counter-balances. We will also be developing our skills for team sports like Netball including skills such as passing and shooting.
Music
In Music we will focus around one song: Make You Feel My Love by Adele. Together we will learn the ballad and explore how songs are composed and improvised. The children will also listen and appraise other pop ballads.
In PSHE this term, we are discussing keeping myself safe both in our physical world and online. Our British value to focus on is Individual Liberty. In Spanish, we will continue learning with Mrs Watts.
In DT this term, we will be investigating textiles and creating a stuffed toy. We will also question which materials we need to use (based on their properties) and use of range of sewing skills to create our toys. We will design a colour scheme to interest children.
