Sunday, 17 July 2016

The Home Stretch!



 Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well done for a super week Year Five - we are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever which is a testament to your stamina and positive work ethic!

As always, lots to share with you so are you ready?
Let's rock (you'll see the relevance of that comment later)!

Speed Sharing

We love a bit of Speed Sharing in Year Five don't we? Actually, what I think it really is, is our love of showing off and quite rightly so!

Here are a few of the children I was able to catch whilst they were sharing their favourite pieces of writing from this term with Miss Pluck and Miss Dearden.







  
Don't worry if you haven't had the chance to show a member of our Senior Leadership Team your best writing from this term, you still have next week. 
I have asked nicely, promise!

Harold's Challenge

Remember Harold the Giraffe - the one from the Life Education Van with the dreadful jokes? Well, he made a flying visit to DMS on Wednesday as part of his challenge to visit as many as schools as possible in a week.


He chose a great day as it was our 'Wear Green for the NSPCC' Day. 



As we took part, we were awarded with a certificate and Miss Clements, who is charge of PSHCEE, couldn't wait to share it!



Well done Harold on visiting so many schools - very impressive. 

If you want to see the other places Harold visited then do have a look on the  Twitter feed. You can find on:

https://twitter.com/life_ed_wessex

Let's Rock!

As you know, we are always looking for new and exciting ways to teach the children. This week my Maths Group were guinea pigs (not literally) and had a go at becoming Times Table Rock Stars!









They had three minutes to answer as many times table questions are they could to the tune of 'Eye of the Tiger' to begin with and then we rocked out to 'The Summer of 69'.

Thank you Mr Haigh for such a terrific idea - it was great fun! 

Summer Concert

On a very pleasant Wednesday indeed, Mrs Hammonds hosted a super Summer Concert for the talented musicians in our school to show case their talent.
It was just brilliant to see a few brave Year Fives in the line up and I am very proud to report that they were absolutely fantastic!








Well done Lily, Esther, Georgia, Joe and Helen - what a lovely evening!

Celebration Assembly

 

Just a last reminder that we are holding the last Celebration Assembly of the year this Monday at 9.30am in the Drama Hall. If you could remember to sign in when you get to Reception that would be great. 
Teas and coffees will be served from 9.15am.
We look forward to seeing you!

Buddy Picnic

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Many apologies if your shopping list doubled this weekend in preparation for Monday's Buddy Picnic!  
As mentioned in last week's Blog, if you have booked and paid for a Local Food Links lunch then your child will still receive it but it will be picnic-friendly.
Our Buddy Picnic will be held during Lesson 3.

Worth a Mention Children




A huge congratulations to all of this week's Worth a Mention Children. You really have been such a lovely year group and we will miss you so much.
The Year Six teachers are extremely lucky aren't they?!

Golden Time

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Well done to all of the children who received their Golden Time this week. Hoorah!
That was the last 'official' Golden Time of the year!
You have all worked so hard to receive your Golden Time over the year and although there has been the odd blip along the way, you have done yourselves proud.

Whizz Kids

There was a lot of noise coming from the Gym on Thursday and Friday - the sound of children having far too much fun!

On closer inspection, the Physical Disability team were taking part in an event involving the charity Whizz Kids. Children from Prince of Wales also joined in the fun.









If you took part, why don't you let us know a bit more about what you were doing by putting something in the Comments section of the Blog?


Well, that's it for another week.
I will write one more Blog next week so that you can see what we got up to in the last three days of term.

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs Ray

(whose rock star name is Willow something or another!) 

Saturday, 9 July 2016

As one door opens and all that!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well, what another busy week! It was absolutely bonkers but we have all survived and are looking forward to the next chapter of the wonderful world of Dorchester Middle School.

As always, so much to report so here we go!

Year Five Cricketers


Words courtesy of Mr Roberts:

Dorset County Cricket Finals

Year 5 Cricket Team
Wednesday 6th July 2016

On a particularly summery day and within a traditionally bucolic Wimborne Cricket Club-our youngest pupils played to their potential.
Brilliantly captained by wicket keeper Ry G ,DMS were superb ambassadors for the school and West Dorset
8th in the County of Dorset is a fine result.


What an amazing achievement - well done boys - we are extremely proud of you. What a fantastic team you are!

Jumping Georgia


We have another Year Five showy-offy moment in the bag. The lovely Georgia B in 5ER has only gone and become the DORSET Year Five High Jump Champion. Yes, that's right, the DORSET Champion! How amazing is that? Well done Georgia, you are an absolute super star and we are all delighted for you and your fantastic achievement. 

Gargoyles

You have shown us time and time again what a creative bunch of children you are so imagine how I impressed I was when I spotted your gargoyles being taken home this week. I managed to catch a couple of you before you took your fantastic creations home. 




I think you'll agree with me, they are incredible even if I was being a bit cheeky when I said they were the spitting image of their creators!

Transfer Day

Transfer Day is always a day of nerves and excitement for everyone, children and teachers alike. We hope you had a fabulous morning with your new Year Six teacher and that you are looking forward to the exciting challenges and opportunities that Year Six will provide you under the leadership of the lovely Mr Murray.

To confirm the classes for next year:
5ER are moving to 6KM (Mrs Klein and Mr Murray)
5CW are moving to 6NR (Miss Randall)
5KD are moving to 6TH (Mr Haigh)
5AD are moving to 6JB (Miss Bacon)
5PC are moving to 6JW (Mrs James and Miss Ward)

We had a lovely day with the Year 4 children and I hope you welcomed the children who maybe your friends, acquaintances or brothers and sisters. 

Teaching Buddies

Mrs James came in and did a bit of compulsory 'daughter embarrassing' - an absolute must when your child comes up to middle school!
A lot of hard work goes into the whole transfer process. I had a lovely time visiting the feeder First Schools with some of you, thank you so much for being such terrific ambassadors for Year Five.

Kate, Ry and Noah enjoy seeing Mrs Burson at Winterbourne Valley First School again. 
We also brought along Miss Deardon, our Executive Head so she could meet some of the children.



At the end of Transfer Day, you may well remember that we hold an evening for the parents of the current Year Four children? My personal highlight of the evening is the modelling of the uniform.

Here are my amazing models...


They were such naturals! 
Paris, Milan and London - watch out!
  
Worth a Mention Children

Last week, we named and shamed the lovely Mr Duffy didn't we? Well, here is the completed board!


Well done to all these children for being such shining stars in Year Five.

Here are this week's Worth a Mention Children:


What a fabulous range of reasons. Well done to all of you, my pride will never, ever fade when I see your names up on the board...

Golden Time

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Well, only four children missed their Golden Time this week which is pretty impressive Year Five! Were you in a class where all of you received your Golden Time? If so, please do brag about it in the Comments section!

Now, next Friday is our last Golden Time of the term.
You know what's coming don't you?
Can EVERYONE get their Golden Time?
Please?


Celebration Assembly

Don't forget that the last Celebration Assembly of the year will be on Monday 18th July @ 9.30am in the Hall
The assembly should last roughly an hour (maybe less) and we will be reviewing the incredible year that we have had.
Teas and coffees will be available.
We look forward to seeing you then!

Buddy Picnic

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If Monday 18th July wasn't busy enough, we will be holding a Buddy Picnic with our Year Eight children during Lesson 3. 

The Buddies are going to meet up this Thursday so they can plan their picnics so everyone knows what they are bringing on the day. If you have booked a hot lunch for your child do not despair, the fantastic Food Links ladies provide a fabulous picnic-style lunch for those children.

At the risk of sounding like party-poopers, we ask that the children do not bring in sweets, chocolate and fizzy drinks. We will reinforce this when we meet.



Well, that's it for another week. We have another busy week ahead of us so make sure you get lots of sleep so that you have lots of super energy!

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs Ray 

(who is having the earliest bedtimes ever - Year Five, you are officially exhausting!!!)