Living and Learning
Year 5 and 6 have been discussing the things they are good at. They had to identify how they were a good friend, their special talents and how they are a good citizen. They came up with some great qualities.
“I have worked hard to improve my self-confidence.”
” I am a good citizen because I recycle.”
“I am really good at feeling empathy for others.”
Year 5 game-makers
In our reading sessions this week, Y5 have practised their skills by creating there own board game.
Each day, we practised a different reading skill.
Before creating our own questions for our board game.
Today, we enjoyed playing our games (and practising our reading skills, too).
Here’s our reviews…
I really liked playing out board game especially the fact finding questions.
I enjoyed creating our board game because I’ve never done it before.
I really enjoyed playing this board game because it helps with our social skills and our teamwork as well as our reading.
I liked this week because we got to make our own questions.
Den Day
As part of our class novel topic, year 5/6 have been designing and building their own shelters.
Den building
Year 5 and 6 have had a thrilling morning creating wonderful shelters and dens. They had to work hard in their teams to build strong structures using only piping and canes. They had to ensure their dens were waterproof. The adults thoroughly enjoyed testing this with buckets of icy cold water!
Amazing homework
This week, we had some amazing responses to our Creative homework: I can plan a short story.
We really celebrated each other’s effort and left lots of positive comments in our homework books.
There were too many great pieces to show them all but here’s a few of our favourites…
A brilliant film trailer about Marvin the Meatball
Another awesome iMovie film trailer
A highly creative plant based story plan
A pair of well thought out, well presented story maps
A scenic opening paragraph
And, a blast from the past
We shared our views on this week’s homework, too:
I enjoyed planning my story. I can’t wait to write it now!
It was fun trying to think of a way to make planning a story more creative.
I like it when people at home help me.
I tried harder than I normally do this week and I feel really proud of myself.
I didn’t really spend much time on my homework this week but now I’ve seen how creative people have been I will definitely try harder next week.
Living and Learning- Electrical safety
Year 5 and 6 have enjoyed a visit from NPower today. They listened to advice about electrical dangers in the home and environment. They were shown some video clips showing the dangers in the environment such as electricity pylons.
Staying safe – online gaming
Today, we enjoyed a creative e-safety workshop called ‘ Game Over’.
After a few warm up games, we were introduced to the plot. An online game where people collect coins and play against others has got much of the world addicted (sound familiar?). People are no longer sleeping well, people cannot focus their minds fully on anything else and the world is beginning to self-destruct.
We created our own avatars and joined the virtual world. In order to join, we had to sign up using our names, age, phone number and location. Then people asked us to be friends with them, in return, they offered us a reward: online currencies, game rewards etc. Shockingly, many of us said we would accept the strangers requests.
We learnt about the dangers of accepting friend requests from people we don’t know and what we can do if this happens: report them, block them and tell an adult we trust.
Lots of us admitted to playing games that are rated a 12. Some of us admitted playing games that have an age-rating of 18. We created a short piece to show what might changes might occur to us after we’ve played games like these.
Our short plays showed increases in violence, trouble sleeping and fall outs with family and friends.
Football
Well done to the year 5 and 6 football team. The teamwork was amazing and they won!
Living and learning: D-side workshop
Ruth from D-side worked with year 5/6 today to discuss solvent abuse. Children learned about the different symbols on products. They discussed various scenarios and what to do to avoid substance abuse.
At home, you might like to discuss various products that you buy and why the symbols have been used. How should these products be used safely and what are the risks?
Library
Every Tuesday, we visit our school library during our afternoon session. We enjoy choosing a new book and having a relaxing read.
“It’s a nice, colourful place to be”
“It’s got every book you need”
“I like that there’s lots of choice”
“The reading is a great place to relax and there are lots of books”
Each child in school is able to take a book home every week. Help at home by encouraging your child to do so.
Please remember that children in Year 5 and 6 should have their library book in school every Tuesday.