5/6M Certificate Winners
For great learning…
Marley – What a fantastic first week back. You have been focussed and determined to succeed.
For sport and physical activity…
Olivia – you worked hard on improving your throwing and catching in our cricket games.
For living and learning…
Abigail – you are a fantastic role model. You always do the right thing.
We don’t like cricket…we love it!
We have Yorkshire Cricket coach, Jamie Sykes, coming into school over the next half term. All classes from Year 1 to Year 6 will receive some cricket coaching over the next 6 weeks. He set some very important ‘homework’…to watch some cricket, if you can! #chancetoshine #yorkshirecricket
5/6 S Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Abi – you showed enthusiasm and resourcefulness in Design Technology this week. You discussed your ideas well with others.
For sport and physical activity…
James – you have worked hard to improve your rounders skills this week. Well done for persevering.
For living and learning…
Lleyton – You contributed well during the body image lesson and you showed a really responsible and mature attitude. Thank you.
Well done everyone!
Designing ‘Egg’xperts!
Year 5 and 6 have begun our final topic of the year – design and technology! Our mission is to design, create and test a small buggy, fit for saving our good friend, Eggy.
This week, the children have been heavily engaged in analysing some existing products, to help generate ideas for our own designs next week.
Here are some examples of our work:
Design and Technology: Eggy needs help!
To kick off this last half term, Y5/6 are beginning a design and technology journey!
We had an urgent message from someone asking for our help…
We took a look at our new vocabulary and decided how confident we felt as a class.
- red = I’ve never heard this term before and have no clue what it means!
- amber = I’ve heard of it but wouldn’t be able to fully explain.
- green = I’m super confident about this word in a DT context!
Here are the definitions! Get practising!
Floating and sinking
This week, Year 5/6 have been investigating objects that float and sink. They were building on their existing knowledge from previous years. They began by predicting if an orange would float or sink. Once they’d tested this, they found that it floated. However, when they peeled the orange, it sank – this is to do with density of the object. They then created other comparative investigations to explore the idea of density using tin foil, candles and plasticine. Ask your child about the investigation and what they found out.
Science
Our Science learning this half term is all about scientific enquiry. The children will use their science and link it to an historical event in context;the sinking of the Titanic. This topic is based around applying working scientifically skills that they have learned so far in their Science lessons, to explore some of the scientific concepts behind the Titanic, e.g. floating and sinking. They will apply skills, such as asking questions, making observations and predicting. Below is a list of vocabulary the children will be learning over the next few weeks. Can you help your child learn these words? Could you play some games to help your child memorise the definitions? Maybe a game of Pictionary!
5/6 Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Gaia – you put so much effort into writing your recipe this week. You even remembered to include some expanded noun phrases. Well done.
For sport and physical activity…
Paige – for demonstrating skill and enthusiasm with the new skipping ropes. You also worked well with others in PE this week. Well done.
For living and learning…
Jenson – You had a really mature attitude when discussing how harmful drugs can be. Well done!
Well done everyone!
Living and learning: I understand some drugs can be harmful
Year 5/6 began the week by exploring how the correct use of medicines can support health and well-being. They discussed the safe way to use medicines and how vaccinations and immunisations can protect us from diseases. We then moved onto legal and illegal drugs. As a class, they identified the risks and effects of drug use and also the laws that relate to different drugs. Throughout this learning, the children have been guided towards places of support and places they can report any concerns.
Living and learning: I know what a drug is
Last week, children in year 5/6 discussed what they know about drugs. The children were very keen to point out that some drugs can be good for you and others can cause you harm. They discussed the difference between legal and illegal drugs.
Children drew a human and labelled the effects that some drugs might have on the body and mind.
