All is calm...?

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well, this is being posted a bit later than I had anticipated but my goodness me - how busy was that lead up to Christmas?! I hope that you all had a great Christmas Day and that you are enjoying spending time with your families and making the most of having some very well deserved time off!

The end of the Autumn Term was as busy and chaotic as usual but what a cracker it was! 

Now, there are LOADS of pictures for you to enjoy so make sure that you are sitting comfortably before you begin...

Christmas Concert

What a fabulous evening this was! A lovely, low key event that was enjoyed by all who attended.

Well done to our brave Year Five children who performed brilliantly and who were a joy to behold. 

I was so proud of you.

Christmas Decorations

Over the last couple of weeks, these lovely children have given up all of their break times in order to sell our gorgeous 'Little People' Christmas Decorations. They are super stars aren't they?

Due to their dedication and excellent sales techniques, we have raised an incredible £137.25 that will go towards our British Museum Trip and will contribute to the reduction the overall cost of this visit.

Calendar Competition Winner

Huge congratulations to Lola in 5MW who was one of the winners of the DMS Calendar Competition.

She won an impressive 'stash' from one of sponsors, Mole Valley Farmers.

Well done Lola!

Christmas Jumpers

When you came through the doors on that last Friday of term, we were not disappointed! You all have the coolest Christmas Jumpers EVER!

As a school, we have raised £427 for Save the Children which is simply fantastic!

Well done one and all!

Christmas Buddies

It was so lovely to see our Buddies on the last day of term.

It's always good to have a catch up over a Christmassy word search isn't it?

Celebration Assembly

I have to say that this assembly was an absolute highlight of my year! We had 115 parents/carers/Grandparents in attendance which was incredible.

It was a super assembly that was packed full of celebration, laughter and Christmas...

I hope you enjoyed the assembly as much as we did. The class performances were excellent and we all enjoyed what you had prepared and rehearsed for us.

Congratulations to everyone for their hard earned awards, I hope your parents have had hours of fun sewing all those super stripes on your sweatshirt sleeves!

Worth a Mention Children

Last week's Worth a Mention children were Aldo, Luca, Tyler, Max, Millie, Issac, Dylan, Layla, Alfie and the children in 5MW who took part in the Christmas Carol Service.

This week...

Yes, that is indeed Mrs Daniel.

I am so sorry, we did try to prevent her from 'drawing' but she's on a roll now and there is no stopping her.

See what I mean?!

Well done EVERYONE for being Worth a Mention Children, you really do deserve it.

  

Chemistry Show

Our lucky Year Five children were treated to the Explorer Dome Company's incredible Chemistry Show courtesy of the Science Department.

The children had a fabulous time and learnt a lot through all the incredible experiments that they observed and took part in.

Thank You Mr Lane.

Well, that is it for this year! I will be back in January to continue to report on the comings and goings of Year Five with my usual sense of pride.

I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to the amazing Year Five Team who are, in my opinion,  the best in the business.

Have a fabulous time and enjoy the rest of your break.

 I will look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 2nd January 2018!

Mrs Ray

(who would quite like to stop eating now but just doesn't quite know how!)

Happy New Year from The Rays!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

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!)