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.
Miss Whitehouse
Class Teacher - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
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!
Mrs Sowden
Class Teacher - Thursday and Friday
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 Hesford
General Teaching Assistant
English and Vipers
In English, we will be focusing on punctuation and grammar to embed prior knowledge and write in full, grammatically correct sentences. Our first focus area will be different nouns and how to correctly identify and use them in our own sentences. In VIPERS, we will be exploring the classic tale ‘Beowulf’ adapted by Michael Morpurgo.
Maths
In Maths we will be focusing on place value with numbers to 1,000,000, spending time using number lines and using methods to compare round numbers confidently. We will then move onto learning about addition and subtraction and then multiplication and division.
PE
Our PE days will be on Monday and Fridays and we would like children to bring their PE kit in, ready to change at school.
Reading and Handwriting
We devote time daily to independent reading and handwriting, as these are vitally important skills which help us across all curriculum areas. Watch this space for examples of high quality reading and writing, coming soon!
Homework
Each week, there will be spellings to learn, with a spelling test every Friday. Daily reading and regular practise of times tables using Times Table Rockstars is also part of our homework expectation. Optional homework activities can be found in the grid below.
