Tag Rugby Tournament!

 We had a rugby tournament between 5MM and 5MH, and 5DA/LM and 5AC... This was enjoyed by everyone, and was a great opportunity to demonstrate skills learned in the Autumn term. 

Raising Aspirations and Empowering Children – Primary Futures Virtual Showcase

Today, Year Five joined a Future Me event arranged by Primary Futures. Our four Year Five classes joined classes from other schools, the Primary Futures organisers and three volunteers.

We began with welcomes and introductions. Following this, the children asked the volunteers questions about their jobs and then tried to guess what the volunteers' jobs might be.

Then, came the 'Big Reveal', where the volunteers announced their jobs and talked a little about them as a junior school child, their early career, steps they've taken and their current roles.

The three volunteers were: Rachel de Souza - Children's Commissioner for England, Kate Ball - Founder and Director of Mini First Aid and James Williams - Associate Director at Watford Palace Theatre. We benefited from hearing about their experiences and the gravitas of their current employment.

A recording of part of the session can be found below:

The Piano - Emotions

In English, we're studying the short film 'The Piano'. Some of our work getting to know the characters and their emotions can be found below.

Space-themed Codealong

Some Year Five children joined in with Code Club's Space-themed Codealong as part of World Space Week 2022.

We joined the live session via Google Meet and were able to code, hear some space facts and share our Scratch projects once they were complete.

The examples below were created by Amelia, Beau and Imogen.

Space Mnemonics

To help them remember the order of the planets in our solar system, the children have been creating their own space mnemonics.

Tag Rugby with HSSP

Year Five are currently lucky enough to have teachers from the HSSP coming in to teach rugby as part of this term's P.E.  The children are making great progress!

 In Geography, we started learning about the structure of the Earth. After exploring each layer in detail, the children created some creative writing describing their 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'.