Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!
It's been a strange old week this week. Having been out of school for a couple days on a training course, I have felt a bit out of the loop but now that I am back, there will be no stopping me! You have been warned...
A bit of an epic this week with a strange running order - good luck everyone!
Christmas Jumpers
Loads of us have got them and we only get to wear them once a year so on the last day of term we will be participating in a Christmas Jumper Day - hoorah!
All we ask that, in exchange for wearing your Christmas jumper, you bring in £1 that will be donated to The Children's Society - the same charity that we collected for at the Carol Service on Tuesday.
Please note that this is not a Non Uniform Day, jumpers only!
I warn you now - the Year Five Team really get into it!
Please don't worry if you don't have a Christmas jumper, you can decorate your school sweatshirt with tinsel or even create your own jumper/top!
Last Day of Term
I can't believe that we are nearly at end of the first term - where do that go?
Our Celebration Assembly will take up the first part of the morning, Lessons 3 and 4 will be off timetable (Movie Magic will hit the Year Five Corridor) and then we will Homebase after lunch.
It sounds like a relaxing day but that couldn't be further from the truth!
Little People Christmas Decorations
You only have five days to purchase our gorgeous Christmas Decorations! We do have a few left so hurry while stocks last! They are a bargain at £1.50 each - don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity!
Award winning Oliver
There was a lot of hilarity coming from 5AD on Monday morning. Now, this is not an unusual thing at the best of times but I was drawn into the classroom (yes, I know, I am a very nosy person).
Apparently, there is award in 5AD if your book is graced with Oscar's bottom! Oliver is the recent recipient of this award - that's because two of the pages in his English book are covered in paw prints!
At this point I ought to reassure you that Oscar is one of Mrs Daniels' cats.
Brilliant!
Christmas Carol Service
What a glorious evening that was! I was the proudest Head of Year in the universe - watching you all sing your hearts out was a joy to behold and yes, there may have been a few tears in my eyes!
The singing was beautiful - Mrs Hammonds did a cracking job with you all, those rehearsals really paid off didn't they?
I was also incredibly impressed with the number of Year Five children who were playing in the orchestra. Not all of them are represented in the picture above - these are the children I managed to nab before they went home.
Bravo Year Five!
Don't forget that there is a Christmas Concert on Wednesday 6pm - 7pm in the Drama Hall.
What a treat!
Worth a Mention Children
I am so sorry but I don't have a full board to show you this week.
As soon as the board has been completed, I will post the picture and congratulate those superstars properly!
I would like to warn you now that Mrs Daniel has drawn a couple of pictures on the board but the good news is that you can vaguely make out what they are. I think.
Conscience Alley
We continue to read 'The Wreck of the Zanzibar' by Michael Morpurgo and loving it!
This week, in 5MW, we asked William to play the role of Billy who had to decide if he would stay on the island of Bryher or leave to explore the world. One side of the corridor were trying to persuade him to stay and the other half were trying to persuade him to go.
He did a brilliant job and found it really hard to make a decision. However, a decision was made but I can't possibly tell you what is was - you'll have to read the book!
Celebration Assembly
Although I mentioned this earlier on, just a quick reminder of our assembly on Friday.
We are aiming to start at 9.15am and should be finished just after 10am. Please be in school as near to 9am as possible and then we will seat you as soon as the Hall is ready.
We will then invite you back to the classrooms so the children can show you a piece of work from this term that they are proud of.
I am so excited about the incredible number of stripes that are going to be awarded on Friday - get your sewing kits at the ready!
Well, that's it for another week. There will be one more Blog this year and then this Blogger will have a couple of weeks off so that she can wrap the twenty billion presents that she is yet to purchase and eat her body weight in chocolate!
Have a good week every one and I look forward to seeing some of you on Friday!
Mrs Ray
(who has managed to make a start on the Christmas shopping but the words 'drop'and 'ocean' come to mind!)
