Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!
Blimey, what a crazy but fabulous four days that was! We definitely worked those children right up to the very end of Thursday! We hope you all had a super extra day with the children, they certainly deserved that day off!
Now, just when you thought the Blog couldn't get any bigger, it just has so I'll get going straight away!
Celebration Assembly
A HUGE thank you to all 81 of you who attended Monday's Celebration Assembly. It was rather short and sweet but it was a pleasure and an honour to celebrate the children's many successes that were achieved in such a short space of time.
Here are a few pictures of our assembly for you to enjoy...
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| All the Worth a Mention Children! Here are our super fit Biathletes who were mentioned on Monday. The photograph we took didn't quite fit you all in so hopefully this will make up for it.  Well done Year Five - I am very proud of you indeed! |
Next Celebration Assembly
Our next Celebration Assembly will be on Wednesday 23rd March @ 9.30am.
It will be a longer assembly (like the Christmas one) so that we can share with you what we have been up to this term as well as celebrating the children's many successes.
Book us in now!
Zapping works!
As reported in the last post, last week was our 'Switch Off' week where we were trying to reduce our electricity consumption by 10% by being mindful of how much electricity we use on a daily basis.
I am delighted to report that, as a school, we were able to reduce our electricity use by 12.6% which is fantastic!
Well done and thank you to everyone who played their part in this, especially the excellent 'Energy Champions' who clearly did a cracking job!
Milkshake Madness
It was 5ER and 5AD's turn to do their bit towards the fundraising fortnight so on Tuesday, the Milkshake Bar set up shop in the Hall.
I can't thank Craig's Dairy enough for the incredibly generous donation of milk for our event. What an absolute treat for our customers!
We raised a very respectable £55 - not bad for a single break time.
Thank you to all of our helpers as well as Mr Palmer and the Food Links ladies who saved the day!
The Grand Total
So, our fundraising fortnight has come to an end and the children have raised an INCREDIBLE £550!
This has enabled us to reduce the cost of the British Museum Trip by £3 per child which is just brilliant! The trip will now cost £20 which is pretty impressive for a day out in London.
Letters requesting the balance will be distributed after half term.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wonderful Writing Walls
Our corridor is looking rather lovely, if you don't mind me saying so.
One of the best things about the Year Five Corridor is the work that is on display courtesy of the Wonderful Writing Walls. These displays are constantly changing and evolving and are a joy to read on a regular basis.
We have some new additions to share with you:
Aren't they brilliant?
Down the Chute
5AD have cracked on with the next Science topic which is Materials and their Properties.
One of the first investigations that the children carry out is a test to see which material would make the best flooring.
This is what they got up to:
It looks like it was a lot of fun 5AD! Why don't you tell us a bit more about it via the comments section?
Instructions - Neil Gaiman Style Part Two
Not only are they super at Science, 5AD are also super writers.
Here are the instructions that they produced in the style of the wonderful Neil Gaiman.
Very, very clever indeed!
It's all in the past...
Meanwhile, in 5ER, we have just started our Ancient Egypt topic.
This week we were trying to get an idea of how long ago this period of history actually was. To help the children visualize this, I was able to tap into my extensive hat/dressing up collection!
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| Lola as Jesus to represent AD. |
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| Joe as a wizard to represent the Medieval Age. |
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| Alec representing Ancient Egypt (he wasn't very happy with me for this!) |
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| Lily representing the Tudor period by being Henry VIII. |
Do you get it now 5ER?!
Ancient Egypt Day
We are busy planning our Ancient Egypt Day and can't wait to have a fun yet informative day off timetable. Please note the date has changed from Monday 29th February to Monday 14th March.
Letters will be coming home after half term.
We warn you now, the children can dress up like an Ancient Egyptian for the day. Here's a picture of Mrs Daniel to provide you with a bit of inspiration....
Worth a Mention Children
Many, many congratulations to this week's Worth a Mention children. As Head of Year, I am so impressed with the variety of reasons why your names are on the board.
Well done on such a super achievement - we are so proud of you.
Golden Time
This week only 5 children missed their Golden Time.
No-one received a detention this week.
All of 5ER and 5PC received their Golden Time.
Keep up the good work Year Five!
Parent Consultations - March
You should have received your child's report a week ago. We hope that you found it informative and helpful.
If you have not already done so, please return the slips to confirm that you have received the report as soon as possible.
Also, if you would still like to make an appointment to see your child's English and/or Maths teacher it is not too late to do so but please be mindful that any specific time requests may already be booked.
So, that's it for another week. A massive thank you to those of you who have commented on the Blog in recent weeks. I have been signing credits but am more than aware that there are still a few pending.
I hope you all have a super half term and we'll look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday 22nd February.
Mrs Ray
(who is signing off for a couple of weeks)
