Being Biologists
This half term in Science, we have been thinking about how we change as we grow older. In the lesson this week, we thought about how old age can affect mobility, completing tasks and how this can impact on our lives. We discussed how diseases can affect us as we get older and discussed arthritis. The children were given the opportunity to research this and found out that this can affect adults and children and impacts on everyday life. There are different types of arthritis and there is no cure. The children were incredibly engaged in the lesson and were able to relate it to their own lives; they could identify family members that have arthritis.
Skipping Skills!
This week, each class have been allocated their own set of brand new skipping ropes. Year 5/6B have taken full advantage of our new equipment and have been practising our skills all week! So far, we have learnt:
- Double Bounce
- Speed Bounce
- Hop and Swap
- Criss Cross
- Pretzel
Here are some pictures of our progress – enjoy!
Y6 Swimming survey
As part of the government PE and Sport Premium for primary schools, there is a condition requiring schools to publish how many pupils in Year 6 are meeting the National Curriculum requirements. As school swimming lessons took place earlier in KS2, please could you complete this survey to provide up to date information for your child.
Thank you
Mrs Latham
PE/Health Leader
5/6 Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Sophie – you are participating more in lessons and challenging yourself with your learning. Well done and keep it up!
For sport and physical activity…
Jenson – for demonstrating more enthusiasm during PE. You have engaged more and and enjoyed recent games of basketball and rounders. Well done!
For living and learning…
Lleyton – you participated well in discussions about personal hygiene and you recalled your science knowledge about bacteria really well. Brilliant!
Well done everyone!
Super Science
Year 5/6 have been studying how we change and develop over our lifetime – physical or emotional changes. They have also been learning about events that happen at different points in our lives, such as starting school and learning to drive. We have been busy learning our vocabulary for this unit, which includes:
adolescence
adolescent
arthritis
gestation period
life expectancy
puberty
teenager
Ask your child if they can remember what these words mean. Can you play some games at home to help your child remember them. I highly recommend a game of Pictionary – can anyone guess what you’re drawing?!
Living and Learning
I recognise the importance of personal hygiene including handwashing.
This is our living and learning statement for this week and year 5/6 S have been exploring the importance of handwashing. They investigated different bacteria and how they affect our bodies, in negative and positive ways. They discussed how important hygiene is, particularly at the moment with Covid affecting our lives. They identified ‘hotspots’ in the classroom – these are high touch areas that need to be cleaned regularly to avoid the transmission of germs.
Science: At what age can you…?
Children enjoyed discussing and sorting statements on a timeline.
We had some great questions:
What’s a paper round?
Is a moped what Mr Roundtree comes to work on?
Does a senior rail card let people drive trains?
Living and Learning: Making Healthy Choices
This week, our school living and learning statement is…
I recognise the importance of personal hygiene including handwashing
Since returning to school, Years 5 and 6 are taking extra care and time to wash our hands regularly. On a daily basis, we aim to wash our hands every time we exit and enter the classroom – this ensures that we don’t transfer germs across different environments.
We know that personal hygiene is important for ourselves, and those around us, too.
New School Charity
Following our manic day on Friday completing the Captain Tom 100 challenge, the Junior Leadership Team have selected our new school charity. All the classes selected a charity of their choice and the JLT members brought the ideas to the meeting. The children all voted and our new charity is….
The National Autistic Society.
If you would like to know more about the charity, please follow this link.
Thank you to everyone that donated to school for the 100 challenge. We had some incredibly generous donations. We managed to raise £185.09 and this will be donated straight away to the charity. Well done and thank you everyone for your hard work!
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
We’re still alive!
5/6 S successfully completed our 100 challenge today! We managed to run for 100 minutes. Well done to everyone who took part and it definitely wasn’t easy. Everyone helped us to reach our target and a small team of very dedicated runners helped us make it! Even a broken foot didn’t stop one person from joining in!
Parents can look forward to a peaceful evening as all the children should be exhausted. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to walk tomorrow! A massive thank you to everyone that donated money – it’s greatly appreciated.
Here are some action shots of the day…