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…
5/6 Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Poppy – your attitude to your learning has improved massively and you are asking for help when you need it. Well done and keep it up.
For sport and physical activity…
William – you demonstrated great teamwork in basketball this week. You also showed good control of the ball and good shooting skills. Well done!
For living and learning…
Charlie G – you contributed well to class discussions this week and you responded well to other people’s ideas. Thank you.
Well done everyone!
Robot writing
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been building up our writing skills and we have now written a descriptive piece of writing about a robot. We began by discussing different types of vocabulary – which ones would be the most effective in descriptive work. We thought about using this vocabulary to create expanded noun phrases. This is where we use a determiner, such as the, an adjective and a noun. The children created some brilliant ENPs. We discussed different ways of starting sentences. Could we use fronted adverbials? Could we include any relative clauses?
The children have brought all their skills together to produce some amazing pieces of writing. There were some robots with jobs, such as looking after your pets when you go away. There were other robots that were evil and rather scary. Ask your child about their writing. What features did they include?
Super Scratch Spirographs!
This week, Year 5 and 6 have been using repetition to create some really cool patterns on Scratch. We’ve been working hard on debugging algorithms and logical reasoning.
Here are some of our examples!
5/6 Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
William W – for great learning in computing. You worked hard to create your algorithm and even manged to debug your program when it didn’t work. Well done!
For sport and physical activity…
Dasha – you participated in rounders really well this week and your throwing has really improved and is more accurate now. Well done!
For living and learning…
Connor – you always remember to use your manners whatever you are doing. Well done and thank you.
Well done everyone!
Captain Tom 100 Challenge 5/6M
On the 30th April 2021, children in 5/6M will be joining the Captain Tom 100 Challenge.
In the morning, our class will write 100 joyful messages and pictures which will be hidden around the school grounds. Other children from our school community will be invited to find and read as many as they can throughout the day.
Please support us in this challenge by donating 100 pennies (or £1) for the new school charity.