Happy Holidays to you all!

Hello and welcome back to the final Year Five Blog of the Academic Year!

Well, we made it! We got to the end of term relatively unscathed which is pretty impressive.

I have to say, we managed to have the busiest three days in the world ever but my goodness me, they were great days weren't they?

Want to see what we got up to? Well, read on...

Celebration Assembly

Thank you to everyone who turned out in great force on Monday. There were 122 parents/carers/grandparents and a growling child in the audience and it was lovely to see every single one of you.

We had a terrific assembly and many apologies for it running over the estimated hour but you were a super and patient audience. 

Here are a 'few' pictures to share:

Well done to all the children for taking part in the assembly. It was great to see what the children had chosen for their highlight of the year. Mrs Hammonds has reassured me that there will be microphones in the future so you will be able to hear what they are saying!

I have really enjoyed leading our Celebration Assemblies this year - you really have been a  fabulous audience and we have had  a lot of fun haven't we?

Buddy Picnic

Not long after the Celebration Assembly, the Year Fives met up with their Year Eight Buddies.

We started off in the Gym and the Year Five children sang a song that they had been practicing for their Buddies for weeks.

It was lovely. Mrs Carter and I struggled not to shed any tears!

Once the singing was finished, it was time to collect our body weight in Pringles from the classrooms and meet up with our Buddies for our picnic.

We started the picnic by playing a few appetite inducing games including the classic 'Duck, Duck, Goose'.

 Once we had played a few rounds, it was time for lunch and what a magnificent range of picnic lunches there were...

I know this is hard to believe, but I did spy quite a lot of fruit and vegetables in the picnics. Very impressive! We had a lovely time with our Buddies - thank you for such a memorable and special time!

Speed Sharing

This week it was the turn of 5ER to share their super duper writing with our Executive Head,Miss Deardon.

  

Year Five, the writing you have produced over the year has been excellent and we are so proud of everything that you have achieved. 

All for charity

We are always having haircuts aren't we? It's part of what we do. However, it's not every day that you have your hair cut for charity.

These two kind girls in Year Five had much longer hair a few days ago but had it cut in aid of a charity that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair through treatment for Cancer.

You are amazing, what an incredible thing to do!

Miracles do happen...

Every time we have a hot spell in school, we are always 'reminding' the children to remove their sweatshirts if they are hot.

Kit is clearly very hot after a break or lunchtime but always refuses to remove that top layer. That was until Wednesday when he finally conceded to taking off his sweatshirt because he was too hot!

Here is the proof that it actually happened.

He even got a round of applause from the Year Group!

Well, that it's for the year. Sob!

What a fantastic year it has been. We have had the most delightful year group this year and we are so sad to have to say 'goodbye' to every single one of you. Teaching you has been a complete and utter pleasure and we will miss you so much.

I would like this opportunity to say a huge 'Thank You' to the amazing Year Five Team who have worked tirelessly to ensure that the children make excellent progress and who make lessons fun and engaging. You are incredible and it is a joy and honour to work with you on a daily basis.

I would also like to thank all of the fantastic parents and carers for being instrumental in making this year such a success. When we first met you last July on Transfer Day there was such a lovely vibe  and this have never ceased to exist. 

Thank you to every single one of you who have taken time to read and comment on the Blog. It is so exhilarating when you see that people have taken time to read your ramblings!

Have a lovely Summer everyone!

Mrs Ray

(Have we really broken up?!!)

The Home Stretch!

 Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well done for a super week Year Five - we are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever which is a testament to your stamina and positive work ethic!

As always, lots to share with you so are you ready?

Let's rock (you'll see the relevance of that comment later)!

Speed Sharing

We love a bit of Speed Sharing in Year Five don't we? Actually, what I think it really is, is our love of showing off and quite rightly so!

Here are a few of the children I was able to catch whilst they were sharing their favourite pieces of writing from this term with Miss Pluck and Miss Dearden.

  

Don't worry if you haven't had the chance to show a member of our Senior Leadership Team your best writing from this term, you still have next week. 

I have asked nicely, promise!

Harold's Challenge

Remember Harold the Giraffe - the one from the Life Education Van with the dreadful jokes? Well, he made a flying visit to DMS on Wednesday as part of his challenge to visit as many as schools as possible in a week.

He chose a great day as it was our 'Wear Green for the NSPCC' Day. 

As we took part, we were awarded with a certificate and Miss Clements, who is charge of PSHCEE, couldn't wait to share it!

Well done Harold on visiting so many schools - very impressive. 

If you want to see the other places Harold visited then do have a look on the  Twitter feed. You can find on:

https://twitter.com/life_ed_wessex

Let's Rock!

As you know, we are always looking for new and exciting ways to teach the children. This week my Maths Group were guinea pigs (not literally) and had a go at becoming Times Table Rock Stars!

They had three minutes to answer as many times table questions are they could to the tune of 'Eye of the Tiger' to begin with and then we rocked out to 'The Summer of 69'.

Thank you Mr Haigh for such a terrific idea - it was great fun! 

Summer Concert

On a very pleasant Wednesday indeed, Mrs Hammonds hosted a super Summer Concert for the talented musicians in our school to show case their talent.

It was just brilliant to see a few brave Year Fives in the line up and I am very proud to report that they were absolutely fantastic!

Well done Lily, Esther, Georgia, Joe and Helen - what a lovely evening!

Celebration Assembly

 

Just a last reminder that we are holding the last Celebration Assembly of the year this Monday at 9.30am in the Drama Hall. If you could remember to sign in when you get to Reception that would be great. 

Teas and coffees will be served from 9.15am.

We look forward to seeing you!

Buddy Picnic

 

Many apologies if your shopping list doubled this weekend in preparation for Monday's Buddy Picnic!  

As mentioned in last week's Blog, if you have booked and paid for a Local Food Links lunch then your child will still receive it but it will be picnic-friendly.

Our Buddy Picnic will be held during Lesson 3.

Worth a Mention Children

A huge congratulations to all of this week's Worth a Mention Children. You really have been such a lovely year group and we will miss you so much.

The Year Six teachers are extremely lucky aren't they?!

Golden Time

 

Well done to all of the children who received their Golden Time this week. Hoorah!

That was the last 'official' Golden Time of the year!

You have all worked so hard to receive your Golden Time over the year and although there has been the odd blip along the way, you have done yourselves proud.

Whizz Kids

There was a lot of noise coming from the Gym on Thursday and Friday - the sound of children having far too much fun!

On closer inspection, the Physical Disability team were taking part in an event involving the charity Whizz Kids. Children from Prince of Wales also joined in the fun.

If you took part, why don't you let us know a bit more about what you were doing by putting something in the Comments section of the Blog?

Well, that's it for another week.

I will write one more Blog next week so that you can see what we got up to in the last three days of term.

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs Ray

(whose rock star name is Willow something or another!)