Another exhausting week!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

You certainly can't accuse Year 5 of resting on their laurels! After the exertions of the children (and staff I may add) at the school disco, the rest of the week seemed to get busier and busier!

Let's have a delve into another week in the life of Year Five...

School Disco

What a great evening! Miss Still, Miss Wood and Mr Barrett certainly know what a good fund raising idea is don't they? Thank you to all the children and staff who attended and strutted their stuff on the dance floor. £148 was raised for Forest Schools and will enable Miss Still and Mr Barrett to continue to buy resources for this very special area in our school.

Here is some photographic evidence of the night in question...

Rowan Cottage

Thank you to all those children who participated in Friday's Non Uniform Day in aid of our Year Group Charity, Rowan Cottage - the Day Centre for the Elderly that is run by the Dorchester division of 'Age UK'.

Mrs White took our fabulous School Council Representatives to Rowan Cottage a couple of weeks ago so they could have a look around, meet some of the residents and find out what we can help them purchase with the money we are in the process of raising.

I look forward to sharing the amount we raised through our Non Uniform Day next week.

Golden Time

I am sad to report that Golden Time has not been so golden for quite a few individuals over the last couple of weeks. I was shocked to see 25 children miss their Golden Time last week and at least 17 this week. 

Year Five, this is not good enough! 

You know the rules - Golden Time is something to be earned during the week and not an automatic 'right'.

I look forward to seeing a noticeable difference next week, starting with fewer children in Detention please...

Football Fun

This week, 5AD were Guinea Pigs.

OK, so not literally. 

They were football playing guinea pigs.

OK, so they didn't look like that but they took part in a Mini Tournament at Thomas Hardye School on Wednesday. This was a trial but because of 5AD's excellent behaviour and enthusiasm, it looks as though it will become a regular event in the DASP sporting calendar.

Well done 5AD!

Summer Concerts

I was very lucky to attend one of the two annual DMS Summer Concerts organised and led by Mrs Hammonds along with Mr Goodwin this week. It was a fantastic evening and I was incredibly impressed with how well our talented Year Five musicians performed.

A great evening, enjoyed by all!

Fiver Challenge

For those of you who live with our intrepid entrepreneurs, you will be more than aware that the Fiver Challenge is well and truly under way.

Here are a few pictures of our groups working together on their projects:

Posters are appearing in every available space in the school, advertising the different company's products all ready for the 'Market Place' event to be held on Monday 29th June. 

The event will be held in the Gym and the doors will be open to parents and carers as well as Years 5 and 6 during the trading times of 11.25am to 12.20pm. 

After that, the rest of the school will be able to come and help support our hard working children by buying their products/services.

Should be fun!

So, that's it for another week. Apologies for such a mega blog but I know you love it really!

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs Ray

(who is looking forward to finally getting her car washed on the Market Place day!)

Look, Listen and Cross

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

Well, another week has flown by and it's been another good one. We have had a busy week haven't week?

So, without further ado, let's see what's been happening... 

A Triumphant Day!

A huge well done to all the children who took part in the Athletics meeting in Weymouth on Thursday.

Mr Roberts was extremely proud of the way you competed and conducted yourselves throughout the day and was delighted with the results.

Thank you and well done to: Bailey Lovell, Bailey Park, Jack Carperter, Toby Zimmer, Jamie Richards, Ben Cheeseman, Josh Jackson, Leah Pomeroy, Jasmine Simpson, Alex Alford, Amelia O'Connell, Isla Worthington, Florence Clever, Grace Gossage and Summer Kilby.

National School Grounds Week

This week has been National School Grounds Week and lots of things have been going on across the school.

Year Five were asked to take part in a survey of the school grounds by Mrs Whiting which we thoroughly enjoyed doing. 

We look forward to seeing the results.

Road Safety Week

This week was Dorset Road Safety Week so Jon Sweet, the Education Officer for the Dorset Fire and Rescue service, came and talked to the children about how to be safe on the roads.

It was an incredibly interesting and though-provoking session. You may be nagged by your children when it comes to the way you drive - you have been warned!

Assessments

Over the next week, the children will be assessed on their Reading and Maths. We do this every term so that we can continue to measure the children's progress. This will help the teachers see how much progress the children have made and where there are gaps in their learning. These tests will also help us finalise the levels that we will share with you in your child's end of year report.

Maths Group Visitors

Whilst 5AD were learning how to be safe on the roads, my Maths set gained three very willing and able helpers in the form of Lukas, Marley and Josh! 

They were incredibly helpful and really assisted the children with their learning. They also developed a little bit of empathy for teachers! Who would have thought!

Year Group Charity

As mentioned in our last Celebration Assembly by Mrs White, this term our Year Group Charity is the Rowan Cottage Day Centre in Prince of Wales Road.

We will be holding a Non Uniform Day on Friday 19th June. We will be charging the usual £1 in exchange for the children to wear their home clothes.

How exciting!

So, that's it for another week. Tune in next week for photographs of Friday's School Disco! Oh yes!

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs Ray

(who will be at the School Disco, ready to strutt her stuff and bust some moves!)