Filling the gaps!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

I hope you all had a super half term and that you really did have the opportunity to recharge your batteries! That week flew by didn't it?

Yet again, we hit the ground running and we are well and truly into our final half term of the academic year (sob!).

So, without further a do, let's have a look at what our brilliant children got up to this week...

Year Five Sport

Well Year Five, you have a rather delighted Mr Roberts on your hands. There were two major sporting events this week and the children who represented our school really did do us proud!

The following words are by Mr Roberts:

SW DORSET KWIK CRICKET TOURNAMENT

Wednesday 8th June 2016

Year 5 Cricket Team

It is with measured delight that I can announce the outstanding cricket team of SW Dorset.

Pupils played with customary zeal and traditional DMS modesty, pupils were undefeated after 6 fiercely contested matches-they remained imperious to the end.

DMS played 6 and WON 6 taking 45 wickets in the process

SW DORSET ATHLETICS

Friday 10th June

Year 5 (and 6) Athletics Team

It is rewarding to speak in such high praise about our younger pupils but today was one of them.

Our DMS pupils were immense, they competed with ardent intent within all their athletic disciplines-they were superb!

12 schools from across the district jumped,ran and threw with much effort.

All pupils were credible athletes and notable success was achieved by:

2^nd  Tom H Year 5 Boys 75m

2^nd Sam M Year 5 Boys Cricket Ball Throw

2^nd Georgia B Year 5 Girls High Jump

3^rd Freya J Year 5 Girls High Jump

Well done Year Five - what amazing results! Sports Day on the 23rd June is going to be a very exciting event to be part of!

Mind the Gap!

This year has been the year of firsts and this week was no exception!

On Friday, Lesson 3, we mixed things up a bit and held our first ever 'Mind the Gap' lesson which will be a series of six lessons between now and the end of term.

The aim of these lessons is to, quite literally, plug any gaps that the children may have in their knowledge of grammar so that they are ready and raring to go when they start Year Six.

The Year Group was buzzing after the session! A huge thank you to the Teachers and Teaching Assistants who were instrumental in making our first lesson such a roaring success.

Can't wait until next Friday...

5ER Damp Proof Course Investigation

Some of us are coming to the end of our Materials Topic (a couple of classes have already zoomed onto the Light topic!) and one of the investigations the children have to carry out is to work out which material would make the best damp proof course.

The children worked together in their Science Groups and I was really impressed with how cooperative they were when trying to work out the answer to the target question.

So, which material was the best damp proof course?

Answers in the Comments section please!

Worth a Mention Children

Well done to this week's Worth a Mention Children. 

Another super range of achievements from our super duper youngsters. 

Fab-u-lous!

Golden Time

This week, just five children missed their Golden Time. 

Sadly, one was for Detention.

Well done to all of those children who received their Golden Time this week, keep up the good work.

So, that's it for another week. We have a week of assessments ahead of us which is a terrific opportunity to show off all the super things that you have been learning about this year. We like a bit of showing off don't we Year Five?

Have a good week everyone and I shall look forward to seeing you back here next week.

Mrs Ray

(who is gearing herself up for the ultimate markathon next week!)