Shakespeare in a Day

On Friday 18th March, we were dressed in our sporting clothes for Sport Relief, but we also learned, rehearsed and performed our own version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (all in one day). Once again we had a visit from West End in Schools. Class-by-class, children learned some acting skills, more about the play, lines and how to deliver them. The day culminated in a performance by all of Year Five, to all of Year Five. 

Below are what Izzy and Joely thought of the day:

This morning Year Five went to a Shakespeare workshop, about the twelve night, in the hall. We were getting to know the story and trying to understand it better.
It was fun and we understood the story a lot better, it was fun and we did some drama. First we met Ellanor (a professional actress) and she told us a short version of the story and showed us some actions.
Next, she told us to walk around the room and when she called out one of the characters we did an action for the person. It was good fun and we all knew the characters and their actions.
After that, we sat down and she picked some people to be Malvolio and Viola-Cesario. The nine people that were picked lined up in diagonal lines and read out their words that were on the board. Next, was a few people who were some of the other characters and they did their lines. After that, it was my turn and I was Sir Toby Belch, it was hard to say them loudly but we did it.
My favorite part was doing the actions for the characters because we got to do some partner work.

This morning Year Five went into the hall to have a Shakespeare workshop. We were talking about the Twelfth Night and taking part in a play. The lady that was teaching us was really nice. She made sure that we were happy with our lines. We did exercises before we started and it was really fun because she made us be really dramatic. The exercises were where she would shout out characters and we would stop and do the actions. Then we got into groups and started acting.

5LG/JM's Space Themed Appliqué Art Work

In Year Five, we're currently studying 'Earth and Beyond' in science. As a result, we've created a 'space dance' in indoor P.E. and space themed appliqué artwork in our art lessons. Blow are some examples of our artwork created by children in 5LG/JM:

 

Year Five Visit to The National Space Centre

Below are some recounts about our visit to the National Space Centre.

Oscar:

Year Five went to the space centre in Leicester on Friday to learn more about space. As we boarded the long dreaded trip on the coach I got very excited and started to do some doodles.When we arrived we saw what looked like a giant, grey, blown up egg but, it was actually made out of plastic. When we entered I had already learnt something... what the space centre looked like!
Firstly we watched a short film about being a spaceman and what you had to do like Excersising two and a half hours a day to not loose muscle. I felt very sorry for “Chad” he got tested on for all of the experiments.
Next, we walked up some stairs and there were three floors and I enjoyed the second floor the most with the tiny space rocket over all there were one hundred and forty four stairs.
Then we came down in the lift , got our bags, and had our lunch. (I was starving.) I had a school lunch with two tuna sandwiches, some popcorn, a banana, a cookie and a carton of orange juice.
After that, we were aloud to go where ever we wanted (In a certain area) I found a dark room with some stars in a cabinet, it was very interesting.
Then we all got called in to board the coach again for the long, boring, dreaded journey.
I loved the space man video , it sometimes went above you which was different to any other film I had seen. The worst bit was the long , dreaded , coach journey. In the future I would bring drawing paper and drawing pens to help pass the time.
Thank you Crosshall for booking the trip, and thank you very much Space centre for making it a very lovely trip.

Ellouise:

Last Friday, Year Five children went to the space centre in Leicester , as they were learning about space. After the long coach journey from Crosshall to Leicester we arrived at the space centre. We walked to the entrance; As we came through the doors, it was very crowded and there were a lot of schools. Then we had a look at all the space facts and games as we had to wait to go to the 4D cinema.
Finally,it was our turn for the 4D cinema . We sat on our seats suddenly the lights went out. On the ceiling we saw how astronauts felt before they went to space,We were taken on a journey through the human body. And learnt a lot about astronauts and how they feel.
Eventually,it was time to explore more. We headed towards a huge rocket as tall as the building. Everybody gazed as it was huge. First, we visited the bottom and worked our way up, learning facts on the way.
Once we had lunch , we went to see the rest of the facts before going home. There was lots of different rooms and interactive games to play.
After a long day, we walked to the coach ready to go home the coach journey back was really loud and it gave me and Hannah a head ache.When we got back our parents were waiting for us.
Although the space centre was intresting , felt like it is not something I enjoy.
The best part was probably going in the planetarium as it was cool and different and its something I haven’t experienced before. The worst part was probably climbing up the rocket as I am scared of heights and I didn’t want to look down.
I learned a lot about space , whereas before I didn’t know a lot and I came home with lots of new facts that I could tell my family about.But most of the rooms are for younger children that we found boring but other parts were fun for our age but most stuff were for older children.

Thomas:

On Friday 11th March, year five went to the National Space Centre in Leicester, to learn lots more about space and our planet(Earth).
First of all, we got to school then got on the coaches(there were 3 of them). It took about 1 and a half hours to get there. Once we got there, we went to the toilet then had to wait in a long line for about 20 minutes before we went into the planetarium and watched a short film called Astronaut.
Next, we went into the rocket tower to see the rockets(there were two of them) there was real moon rock and lots lots more! To get up to the top we had to go up one hundred and fourteen steps! After we finish looking around in the tower we had to go down a glass elevator! Then we finally got to have lunch we had are lunch at about 1:00(I was starving!)
Then went outside, then into another room so we could have our lunch. While we were having lunch, we started to do the PTE.
After lunch, we went outside, then inside again so we could look around some more. Then while we were downstairs, we looked at some information about a lot of planets. There was this pretend black hole thingy were you tried to stop balls from disappearing.(The balls represented the planets from getting sucked into a blackhole).
Finally, we went to the toilet then got on the coach. It took another 1 and a half hours to get home. We got back to school at about 5 o’clock.
The best bit was seeing the rocket tower and going inside it. The worst part was when we saw the movie because some of it makes you a bit queasy.

Mya:

Last Friday, Year Five went on an amazing, out-of-this-world trip to the National Space Centre to learn all about the planets in our Solar System.
The first thing we did was go into an enormous 4D planetarium to watch a film all about the things you need to know when in space. The film covered all of the walls and ceiling. It was really cool! Next, it was time to explore the facts area, where there were plenty of exciting and fun activities to do as well. The best activity I did was probably doing the stone rubbing of a moon buggy.
We went up in glass lift to see two huge rockets. I thought the were both really interesting.
The best part was watching the film in the planetarium, the worst part was walking up the stairs to the rockets, because we were climbing for so long.
Despite it being huge, The Space Centre was very interesting and I recommend going there.
I learned a lot of things, and I came home with many new facts.
The only thing I didn’t like, was how I thought we didn’t do enough things. I think they need more games or places for children aged 9/10 to go. 

Matei:

Melissa:

Scarlet:

 

100 WC Showcase Week 9

Matthew wrote a 100 Word Challenge entry that needed to be about 'super Heroes'. His work was 'Showcased' on the 100 Word challenge website.

 Below is a copy of his writing that was originally posted here.

 

 POW! That was the super hero bolt dashing past on a crime fighting mission. The CF (crime fighters) received an anonymous message that said someone was trying to burn down the Empire State Building. They had dispatched the most trustworthy superhero Bolt (who also happened to be the fastest superhero hence the name) to investigate. As soon as he got there he gasped, “Wow people that’s a mighty big fire you’ve got here”. Suddenly a figure emerged from the smoke, his name is the Smoker. Bolt socked him in the jaw and knocked him out. The fire raged until a rain cloud put it all out.

 

 

Mother's Day

We hope all the hard-working and caring mums, grandparents and aunties have been treated today. Last week, some Year Five children were asked to write about superheroes. Look at what Alyssa and Joely wrote:

Alyssa:

Joely:

100 WC Showcase Week 8

Adam wrote a 100 Word Challenge entry that needed to include these words: gas, dancer, green, swimming and likely. His work was 'Showcased' on the 100 Word challenge website.

 Below is a copy of his writing that was originally posted here.

The gas dancer is a green swimming, monkey that is likely to be extinct tomorrow. It lives in the Amazon Jungle, swings from trees and eats platypuses for breakfast, beetles for lunch and squirrel tails for dinner. Tomorrow the animal will be no more so I have composed a song for it.
O little gas dancer,
Your body will decay,
O little gas dancer,
You won't be able to play.
I am very sad that I won't be able to see my tail eater friends again.
Bye Bye
Gas Dancer's.