...and they're off!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Blimey! How busy was that week? I don't think I have ever felt as physically tired as I did at the end of Wednesday's Sports Day! I can't believe how lucky we were with the weather and it looks set to continue over many days. Please remember to apply sun cream, drink plenty of water and wear a hat to protect your head - I can't begin to tell you how important that is.

Right.

Lecture over.

On with the Blog... 

Out of this Planet Part Two

A huge thank you to Ted and Mrs White for taking a few more pictures of these amazing homeworks - they really are out of this world! Mrs White was extremely impressed with the originality and quality of these homeworks. They were quite the envy of the Year Five corridor!

Well done 5CW!

Sports Day

What an amazing day! As usual, the Sports Department excelled themselves and put on fantastic Sports Day. I was so impressed with all of the children in the school but the Year Five children were, without doubt, exceptional.

I was lucky enough to be able to get out and about with my camera to get a few pictures of the day to share with you...

Playground Games

Jumping

Boccia

Table Tennis

Tug of War

Track

A few of the winners

Well done to all those who won a medal - I have never won a medal for a sporting event in my life so I can imagine that it's a fantastic feeling. I am very proud of you all!

However, at the end of the day there was one class who won in Year Five and that was the amazing 5AD!

What a brilliant achievement - well done! 

To everyone who participated in Sports Day I just want to say that you were all incredible! To watch you go out there and try your hardest, regardless of how 'sporty' you regard yourselves was a joy to behold and you made me extremely proud to be your Progress leader.

A special mention must go to Miss Randall and Mrs Daniel. Not only did both of their classes win in their year groups, 6NR were 5AD last year! Genius!

What a great day!

Worth a Mention Children

Oh dear!

I have failed again.

I totally forgot to take a picture of the Worth a Mention Board.

I am so sorry.

Needless to say, EVERYONE was on the board this week because of your amazing achievements and behaviour on Sports Day.
I couldn't think of a more fitting tribute!

Back to your roots!

It's that time of year again, didn't that come round quickly?

Transfer Day will soon be upon us so we have been going back to the First Schools to meet the Year Four children and to reassure them that everything will be fine when they arrive!

Mrs Daniel, Ms Grassby and I had the pleasure of taking these lovelies back to Damers and look who we bumped into!

Transfer Day

Whilst on the subject of Transfer Day - Year Five will find out their Year Six Homebases on Thursday morning. They will spend the first two lessons with their new Homebase Tutors so they get to know each other. 

We are hoping to provide a couple of extra transition sessions before the end of term to help ease the children into the wonderful world of Year Six. 

Well, that's it for another week. I hope you have a fabulous few days and I will look forward to seeing you back here next week with more Year Five loveliness.

Mrs Ray 

(who had her own sporting achievement this week when she only went and got another Personal Best (PB) at this week's Parkrun!)

We're walking on sunshine...

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Glorious weather this week wasn’t it? I am really hoping that the weather continues to behave itself for Wednesday's Sports Day. Miss Woodley and I are (foolishly) representing Year Five in the Staff Relay so it may well be that we are doing 'rain dances' the night before!

Anyway, enough of my wittering - let's see what they gang have been up to this week... 

To Infinity and Beyond!

So, imagine how impressed I was whilst out on duty this Friday before school? Dotted amongst the vast crowds of children, were a few lone children proudly clutching their precious creations of the Solar System. This was the result of 5CW's Science Homework and they were brilliant!

Ted was asked to be my intrepid reporter but because they were all so busy having fun, he only took one additional picture!

...and that's just a small selection! Aren't they incredible?

Let's hope Ted can get more pictures for us next week!

Worth a Mention Children

Well done to everyone who is the board of fame this week.

It's great to see that some excellent writing has been going on in 5CW and that a lot of loveliness is going on in Year Five in general.

I'm loving Mrs Daniel's self portrait. Well, I think it's her...

Max has been mentioned for his handwriting and it has improved beyond recognition! The poor boy came into Room 4 during his Golden Time to get his picture taken but, as I was busy, he ended up missing a lot of it! 

Oh no! 

Hopefully the ten credits I gave him will compensate!

Advertising Executives of the Future?

In English, we are starting to look at persuasive writing and in 5MW we had a go at creating adverts in small groups, using the features that we had been learning about. Once we had done that, all the groups had a look at each other's work and edited it using a Purple Pen.

It was brilliant - we had an absolute ball looking at what everyone had got up to! It was great to hear the children being 'critical friends'.

Well done 5MW.

 Nag, nag, nag!

So, I'm still having to remind children to eat healthy snacks at break time and NOT crisps!

I am also having to remind them NOT to wear trainer socks!

Please help me!

Minding that Gap!

We had our second Mind the Gap lesson on Friday and after three days of testing, it was the perfect antidote!

Here is some of my group...

They are so enthusiastic and, let's face it, a bit bonkers.

We are perfectly matched!

Well, that's it for this week. I will look forward to seeing some of you on Wednesday at Sports Day. Please cheer Miss Woodley and I on - we're rather nervous about the whole thing!

Have a good week and enjoy the glorious weather whilst it lasts!

Mrs Ray

(who went to London this weekend to see her sister and go to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. I have come to the conclusion that if a cardboard box painted in different bright colours can be exhibited in the Royal Academy then there's hope for me and Mrs Daniel yet!)

Speeding along...

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

I don't know about you, but I don't feel like my feet have even touched the ground this week! We are knee deep in report writing at the moment as well as being fully emerged in the joys of teaching. We had a special treat for the children this week as far as their English lessons were concerned but more of that later.

This is a bit of a 'wordy' Blog this week so I will try and get more pictures of the children into next week's edition.

Here we go...

Worth a Mention Children

As always, huge congratulations to this week's Worth a Mention Children. 

You really are complete and utter superstars!

Well done!

Mind the Gap!

Every Friday afternoon, until the end of term, we will be delivering a series of lessons called 'Mind the Gap'. These lessons are Grammar and Punctuation orientated and revise what we have covered over the academic year. The idea is that we make sure that the children are 'Year Six Ready' as far as SPaG is concerned.

We mix all the classes up so we can differentiate our delivery, making sure we all cover all the content but in our own individual Year Five way! 

What fun! 

I can't think of a better way to end the week!

Healthy Schools

At the risk of sounding like an old moan, please remember that we are a Healthy School. This means that your break time snack should be deemed as 'healthy'. As much as I love them, crisps have not been classed as a 'healthy food' and should not be eaten at break time! 

Think carefully about what you choose to eat at break time - you really don't want me nagging you do you?

Uniform Check Results

As promised, Mr Murray and I did a quick uniform check on Monday and I am delighted to say that Year Five were pretty jolly good! 

A few trainer socks are sneaking back in from time to time (did you see what I did there?!) and the girl's skirt lengths can be questionable but on the whole, good job Year Five!

Dates for the Diary

As we hurtle towards the end of term the diary gets fuller and fuller by the second!

Here are a few dates for your diaries:

Wednesday 27th June                  Sports Day

Thursday 5th July                        Transfer Day

Monday 23rd July                        Year Five Celebration                                                          Assembly (am)   

Tuesday 24th July                        Buddy Picnic

Wednesday 25th July                   Last day of term - off                                                          timetable

Golden Time

The numbers of children who missing their Golden Time are definitely reducing and could be even smaller if Reads and Home/School Diaries are signed. Homework can always be completed in Study Group at lunch times but it's down to you to make sure that this happens!

Whilst it's lovely to hang out with you for 25 minutes on a Friday afternoon, I'm pretty sure that you would much rather be hanging out with your friends, enjoying the rewards of extra playtime!

Well, that's it for this week. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and an even lovelier week.

See you back here next time!

Mrs Ray

(who took part in her first Pretty Muddy run on Saturday. Oh. My. Goodness. Who knew that mud could be found in so many places? My washing machine is currently on overdrive!)