Exciting times ahead!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well, here we are again! Another busy week in the bag and a very busy ahead of us but more of that later. We have not stopped have we Year Five?

A HUGE Thank You to Scarlett and Eleanor for being brave and writing comments on last week's Blog. As promised, they have been furnished with credits and quite rightly so. Who is going to be brave this week I wonder? If you want to boost your credits, this is a great way to do so.

Anyway, let's have a look at what is in the Blog this week...

Lining Up

On Monday, Miss Dearden got Year Five and Year Six together and told us how she would like us to line up at specific times of the day so we don't waste any valuable learning time. The children are to line up as usual in the morning before school but are allowed to go straight in after break time and lunch time BUT in silence and in a sensible line.

Well, I am disappointed to report that this new regime is not being recognised by a lot of children who are using this as an opportunity to race inside and have a good chat without following the clear instructions. The reason we want you to come inside in an orderly fashion is so that you are safe, getting ready for your learning as well as ensuring that you are focused and in the right frame of mind.

If I was writing a report for your lining up skills I would write 'must try harder'!

You have been warned!

British Museum

Oh my goodness me! Is it really less than a week before we go? How exciting!

I hope that you all received the letter that gives you more information about the day. If not, spare letters are available from Reception. It is important that you do have a copy as we need you to complete the attached form that tells us how the children are getting home ASAP.

Please make sure that the children are in the classroom at 5.45am (gulp!) as we MUST get away at 6am on the dot. Any delay this end will result is us trying to play 'catch up' with the London traffic which is, quite frankly, a disaster waiting to happen! We have to be at the Museum by 10.15am ready for our Lecture on the Journey to the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife.

We are hoping to be back around 7.30pm but please be patient as we have the weekend rush hour traffic to contend with. If there are any delays, we will send out a text to let you know our ETA.

Now, I have made myself VERY unpopular (just for a change) by asking that the children DO NOT bring any SWEETS on the trip. I have run quite a few trips in the past and there is nothing worse than experiencing vomit and its aftermath in a small, warm confined and moving space! I am sure that you can empathise me and the Year Five team on that one!

Sports Round Up

Netball

On Wednesday 15th March our intrepid Year Five Netballers played St Mary's Middle and St Osmunds Middle School.

Words by Mr Roberts:

DMS pupils journeyed to the bucolic splendour of Puddletown after school today.

Spring conditions enthused all pupils,DMS competed with customary aplomb-they were great ambassadors for their school.

Well done to all.

DMS 3 St Osmunds 0 WON

DMS 5 St Mary's 0 WON

Swimming

On Friday, a group of Year Five children took part in the DSSA Year 5 and 6 West Dorset Primary Swimming Gala at the Dorchester Sports Centre.

        

Words by Mr Roberts:

In a cauldron of forceful and competitive swimmers,DMS acquitted themselves admirably.The rhythmic chant of DMS will surely echo in the heads of spectators - DMS,sometimes beaten but never conquered!

3rd Sunninghill Prep 163

2nd DMS 203

1st St Osmunds 221

Well done Year Five - what a fantastic achievement!

Red Nose Day

As Year Five will be in London on Red Nose Day, Miss Dearden has kindly agreed for Year Five to have their very own Red Nose Day on Monday 27th March. Hoorah! Please note that is NOT a Non-Uniform Day. For a donation of a £1, we are asking the children to wear something red e.g. red t-shirt, red jumper etc. so what they are doing is essentially substituting items of their uniform for something red (if that makes sense?)

Celebration Assembly

Just a quick reminder to pop the 7th April, 9.30am in your diaries as the date of our next Celebration Assembly. It will be longer than the last one so it would probably be best to allow an hour for it. We will also be inviting you back to the classrooms afterwards so you can see what the children have been learning.

I hope that the advance notice will be of use to you.

We hope to see you then...

Worth a Mention Children

Huge congratulations to ALL of the children who made it onto this week's Worth a Mention Children Board. Another cracking range of reasons - brilliant!

Well done everyone!

Mrs Daniel's been at it again...

A very pleased/smug Mrs Daniel couldn't wait to show off her latest work of art! 

I am very impressed Mrs Daniel - you actually tell what it is!

I would be proud of this too. Do you think you could teach me?

Cuptastic!

I sneaked into 5KD's classroom on Friday to see them stuck into a fascinating investigation that involved cups and thermometers! 

What were you testing 5KD? What did you find out? Why do you think your results turned out the way they did?

Answers in the Comments section please!

Multi Skills

All of Year Five have taken part in an inter year group Multi Skills Competition run by our very own Mr Treble and a dedicated group of Year 8 Sports Leaders.

This week it was 5ER's turn...

Now that all the classes have participated in the competiion, Mr Treble was pleased to announce the classes that 'won' the specific activities that had to be completed.

Balance Beam - 5KD

Tennis Ball Run - 5ER

Speed Bounce - 5AD

Bounce Catch - 5CW

Skipping - 5AD

Bean Bag Throw - 5ER.

We don't actually know who the overall winner is, that will be announced in an assembly in the near future. Maybe we could ask Mr Treble to come to our Celebration Assembly? 

A big 'thank you' and 'well done' to ALL of the children and adults who took part in this competition. It was fun wasn't it? Mind you, I did have to have a lie-down after doing all that jumping!

Well, that's it for another week. It turned out to be yet another epic didn't it? I hope you enjoyed it though. I can't wait to see who is going to comment on this blog, my pen is poised and ready to give out credits!

See you next week!

Mrs Ray

(who is terrified of oversleeping on Friday!)

A mixed bag.

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Another, crazy week in the life of Year Five? Tick!

So many wonderful things go on in Year Five and I can only report on what I have seen, experienced or been told about. This is just a drop in the ocean isn't it Year Five?

Enjoy the drop!

5CW's PSHCEE Lesson

This week in PSHCEE, 5CW and I were looking at situations in our lives where we have experienced mixed emotions. They had a range of cards to choose from, they had to pick two and then describe/recollect a situation that they have been in where they have experienced those particular two emotions.

Well done 5CW, I was really impressed with your honesty and insightfulness.

All tied up!

The school ran a competition a little while ago where you had the opportunity to design the new tie that will be worn in Key Stage Three from September 2017. I was intrigued when Louis, James and Sam asked me if they could come into our Year Five Assembly but they couldn't/wouldn't tell me why.

It was so exciting when they announced, along with Mrs Pluck, that the winner of the competition was our very own Megan in 5KD! However, when it was announced, Megan wasn't in the room, she was having her clarinet lesson so we whizzed off to get her!

Congratulations Megan, what an incredible achievement!

Super Schools Super Stars

How did you get on with getting your sponsorship money for Super Schools? 

5ER did really well and raised £350 which is terrific!

What did your class raise? How many of you got medals? 

Let me know!

Don't be soft!

OK, so we are a bit behind on our Science lessons compared to the rest of you but we had a great time trying to work out which wood was the softest and which one was the hardest.

How could you tell which one was the hardest/softest? 

Why do you think that was the case?

We're on temperature next - any tips? 

Worth a Mention Children

Huge congratulations to this week's Worth a Mention children. I am proud to announce that Mr Duffy was the first, yes first, teacher to put his names on the board, closely followed by me! Just so that you know, we are usually the last ones to do this!! 

Well done all 11 of you! I am so proud of all your achievements generally but this one is special isn't it?

Brilliant!

Keeping  DMS Tidy

Patryk, Ashton and Leo are on this week's Worth a Mention Board for being excellent members of the school community and this is why...

Every lunchtime, they have volunteered to litter pick around the school. It is making such a difference to our school environment. Thank you to Mr Murray for inspiring the boys to do this - they are loving it and we are loving the results!

This week the boys are going to do an assembly for Year Five to tell them about what they are doing and why it is important that we keep the school litter-free. 

I can't wait to see what you have come up with boys.

Wonderful Writing!

Callum was sent to me by his teacher and I am so pleased he was! What a fantastic piece of writing Callum. In fact, what a fabulous range of writing on your Wonderful Writing Wall 5PC.

Drama, drama. drama!

5KD - what on earth have you been up to? It looks as though you have been re-enacting something from Ancient Egyptian times but what? It looks like some sort of debate? If so, what were you debating? Please let me know!

Well, that's it for another week. 

I can hear the disappointed sighs from here!

I would absolutely love it if you would write in the Comments section on the Blog. If you can, I will publish what you have written AND give you a Citizenship Credit as a 'Thank You'. So what are you waiting for? Get commenting!

Mrs Ray

(who is soooo looking forward to the London trip is less than 2 weeks!!)