Sunny, sunny, sunny!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

We have enjoyed such a lovely sunny week haven't we? Well, it has been at the time of writing so if the weather has taken a turn for the worse when you read this then all I can do is apologise!

Let's see what the children have been up tp this week...

Speed Sharing

Last (but by no means least) to take part in the Year Five Speed Sharing experience was the lovely 5PC! I was in the throes of teaching when I could hear lots of impressed Mr Chadwick noises(you need to hear them to believe them!) coming from the Year Five corridor. I quickly grabbed my camera, temporarily abandoned my class and took the following photographs:

Well done 5PC, another great sharing session!

Streetwise

As you know, 5AD went to Streetwise last week so it was the turn of 5GR, 5PC and 5KD this week. We all had a great time at this incredible Safety Centre and learnt so much! Many of our children had been to Streetwise whilst they were in Key Stage One yet they enjoyed this trip enormously and felt that it was extremely beneficial.

Here are a few pictures of the 5GR experience - did you visit the same scenarios or did you look at different ones?

What was your favourite scenario?

ICT Lessons

"Mrs Ray! Mrs Ray! I've got some great photos for the Blog!" yelled Miss Enever as she chased me down the corridor.

I quicky turned around as I am always on the lookout for new items to post on the blog.

"That's great!" I enthuse, "I'll include them on this week's post."

"Brilliant! I hope you enjoy them." she said happily.

"I'm pretty sure I will - thank you so much," and off I trotted to Room 4.

Well, here are the photographs for your enjoyment. All I cam work out is:

1. It is an ICT lesson.

2. It's 5KD

3. Mr Haigh was teaching them

4. The lesson has something to do with Lego.

5. Animation might be involved.

If you were in this lesson or experienced a similar lesson to this, please could you tell us about what you were up to in the Comments section below because I don't have a Scooby Doo!

Thank you! 

Activities Week reminder

Just to remind you that we need the balance for our up and coming Activities Week as soon as possible. A big thank You' to those who have already done this but there are still several payments due. It is vital that balances are settled as soon as possible so that all the trips can go ahead.

A letter will be winging its way to you today (Friday) with regards to Parent Helpers. If you have volunteered your services of can now help us during Activities Week then please return the form to school by Friday 1st May. This will be our cut off day so that we an start to organise the logistics of our trips. 

Celebration Assembly

Please make a note in your diaries that the next Year Five Celebration Assembly will be on Monday 11th May.

Usual time, usual place!

Well, that's it for another week! Have a good weekend and I'll 'see' you next week. Don't forget to write something in the 'Comments' section...

Mrs Ray

(who is off to London to watch her lunatic of a husband run in the Marathon on Sunday!)

Glorious!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

As I am writing this post, I cannot help but notice there is a shiny yellow thing in the sky. I have been reliably informed that this is called 'the sun' and it tends to only come out on special occasions i.e. when we come back to school after a glorious Easter break. Yes, I know the second week's weather was gorgeous but the sun does tend to shine when the children go back to school doesn't it?

Anyway, enough of me wittering on about the weather! I hope you all had a lovely break and that you had lots of fun. It was great to welcome the children back on Monday, I can't believe that they have entered their last term in Year Five already - how time flies!

So, lots to share with you this week so on with the show...

Speed Sharing

Well, Mr Chadwick had to stock up on sweets after last term's successful Speed Sharing so that 5CW and 5KD were justly rewarded for all their hard work and fantastic writing.

Here are a few photographs to mark the occasion!

Mr Chadwick was, again, extremely impressed with the children's work. In fact, he loves Speed Sharing so much that he has now rolled this out for the rest of the school. Brilliant!

5CW's Adverts

In Year Five, we have been delving into the wonderful world of persuasive writing! 5CW had a great time looking closely at the features of advertisements as you can see by the photographs below...

I have a sneaky feeling that they have got the hang of that, don't you? (Rhetorical question?!)

5GR's Temperature Investigation

Whilst 5CW were in the throes of their Advertising Executive training, 5GR were predicting and measuring the temperature of a variety of rooms around the school. I have to say that their predictions were pretty spot on!

Danny Champion of the World

On Tuesday night, Book Group finally went on an outing! We have been searching for a decent one to go to for years so were delighted when we discovered that a stage version of Roald Dahl's much loved classic, 'Danny Champion of the World' was on at The Lighthouse in Poole.

We felt very rebellious about going out on a school night but it really was worth it! As you can see from the picture below, the children had their picture taken with the cast at the end of the production.

We brought along two honorary members of Book Group - do you know who they are?!

Activities Week

It's not long now until one of the most exciting weeks of the year, Activities Week!

The balance of £30 was due on the 20th March but there are several payments that are still outstanding. There are also a lot of the children in the year group who have not handed in the initial permission slips let alone the £5 deposit!

The total cost of the week is £35. At the risk of sounding like the Prophetess of Doom, if we do not receive sufficient funds then certain trips may have to be cancelled which would be such a shame!

If you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Oliphant, who is our Activities Week Co-ordinator, as soon as possible. 

If you have kindly volunteered to accompany us on any of the trips then please be assured that we will be in touch next week. 

Streetwise

On Wednesday, 5AD were the first class to visit the Streetwise Safety Centre in Bournemouth. Mrs Daniel was extremely proud of how well behaved her class were - they were a real credit to our school.

Well done 5AD, I hope the rest of us can live up to the high standard that you have set!

Well, that's it for another week. I hope you have a good week and I'll look forward to sharing further exploits from our fabulous Year Five children.

Mrs Ray

(Who would really like to see a few more comments on the blog - you have all gone rather quiet lately!)