This past month I have been working in 5A and 5B with teachers Pedro and Luis. I have been helping in both English and Natural Sciences.
In Natural Sciences, we learned about the layers of the Earth and the atmosphere, then we played a game of Jeopardy to revise the topic. Next, we learned about all of the different climates in Spain. Finally, we studied ecosystems. We did some activities about identifying different ecosystems, where they are located, and the types of flora and fauna found in each one. I also organised a lesson about the importance of food chains and maintaining balance in an ecosystem. We did a worksheet to practice the content and then played a video game about food chains.
In English lessons, we have been learning the past continuous tense. We have been doing lots of different exercises: listening activities, practicing writing sentences, and talking using the past continuous. There have been a lot of opportunities to practice speaking, and I have been able to have one-on-one conversations with all the students to help improve their spoken English. We have also been learning lots of new vocabulary. The material has been very complex and I am highly impressed with the level of English in year 5.
I have had a lot of fun working with year 5. I will miss everyone a lot and am sad to say goodbye, but I am also looking forward to my time with year 6.
Teacher Olivia
