YEAR 5 MUSIC: LEARNING TO PLAY THE CLARINET

By Miss L STEWART15th November 2024

We in Year 5S are thoroughly enjoying our weekly lessons with Mrs Stallard, who is teaching us to play the amazing clarinet. We have discussed the various families that an array of instruments belong to (woodwind; percussion; brass and string) and even learnt the value of different musical notes (minims= 2; crotchet =1 and quavers =1/2).

With steady hands, we have mastered putting our Clarinets together in order (Bell; Barrel; Mouthpiece; Reed then the Ligature): and through much practice, perseverance and determination,  we have even managed to create a tune…which can be quite tricky!

Budding musicians in the making! ENCORE YEAR 5!!!

YEAR 5 PE: INVASION – FOOTBALL

By Miss L STEWART15th November 2024

This term, Year 5 are revisiting and building upon their previously learnt skills in the beautiful game of Football. This week’s lesson saw the children revisiting and demonstrating the skills of dribbling, passing with the aim of maintaining control of the ball.

From this, we went on to play various ‘3v3v3 and 6v3’ games where both attackers and defenders had to draw upon and utilise the skills and knowledge they have acquired from playing football in previous year groups.

Great resilience, determination, teamwork and respect was shown throughout our lesson today…Well done Year 5C!!!

 

 

YEAR 5 PE – GYMNASTICS – COUNTER BALANCE AND COUNTER TENSION

By Miss L STEWART17th October 2024

In P.E this term, Year 5 we have been incorporating both counter balance and tension balances into our Gymnastic routines. With our P.E partner, we built upon and practiced our routine each week using different apparatus.  To add complexity to our balances, we rehearsed different ways to move out of a counter balance to a counter tension balance on both high and low level apparatus.  Using both canon moves (where we transitioned from one move to another individually from our partner) and unison moves (where we transitioned at the same time as our partner), we created routines which incorporated a range of balances.

Counter balances incorporate a pushing force

Counter tension incorporate a pushing force

 

Here are a few of our complex routines in pictures

 

YEAR 6 RE – JUSTICE AND FREEDOM: IS IT FAIR?

By Miss L STEWART17th October 2024

In Year 6 this term, we have contemplated the times that we all say…

‘IT’S NOT FAIR!’

It all started with Miss Stewart treating just a few children to chocolate treats, dojos and special privileges, whereupon it was not long before many children became disgruntled and called out ‘IT’S NOT FAIR!’  We then had a class discussion as to why some children felt the injustice of Miss Stewart’s actions before everyone realised that it was all part of the planned lesson.

We then had the opportunity to share some of the injustices that we believe are not fair in our own lives…

From this, we then undertook a philosophical debate on the injustices specific groups and communities may feel within society today today…

Race
Gender
Religion
Disability

We established that whilst the trivial things in our own lives may not seem fair to us, that all people should be treated equally and with the fairness and respect that they deserve to ensure that there is justice and freedom for all in the world that we live.

To clarify – In order to make it fair…Miss Stewart did ensure that all children received a chocolate treat and a number of dojos!

 

 

 

YEAR 5 R.E – EXPRESSIONS: HOW IS BELIEF EXPRESSED?

By Miss L STEWART17th October 2024

This term the children in Year 5 have been exploring the ways in which people of faith express themselves.  Through observation and discussion, we have identified that clothing, symbols, religious rituals, ceremonies and worship practices allow a person of faith to express themselves, their identity as well as their devotion to their faith.  We then made comparisons in the way Autumnal religious festivals (Harvest, Diwali and Rosh Hashana) foster a sense of community, belonging and pride within faith groups. As a tasty treat, we tasted one of the traditional foods eaten during the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashana, which celebrates the beginning of the Jewish New Year in the Hebrew Calendar.

‘Apples and Honey’ symbolise the hopes for a sweet and prosperous New Year.

Recorders

By Mrs K SMITH29th September 2024

Year 3 were very excited to start our music lessons this week.

Over the year we will be learning to play the recorder. This week we begun with getting used to holding our new instrument and practising where to place our fingers.

We had a go at making sounds and discussed how we will make different notes with our finger placements. We had a go at making soft and loud sounds by blowing gently through the mouth piece. We were very excited to start to look at the different notes and could confidently identify the first note.

We also talked about how we look after instruments and how to handle them correctly.

Chronology

15th September 2024Mrs K SMITH

This week Year 3 have been discussing chronology and what this means.

We have discussed how chronology tells us the order things happened in.

During our history lesson we have begun to look at the history of Hull. We spent some time looking at some sources of evidence and discussing what these sources showed us. We then had a go at putting our sources into the correct chronological order.

We discussed how black and white photographs must be older than coloured ones and how paintings must be even older as these were created before cameras were invented.

 

 

 

 

 

Once we had created our chronological timeline we discussed the correct order of events in Hull.

We then created our own timeline in our books ensuring we thought about the chronological order of the events.

 

 

 

 

 

We cannot wait to find out lots of information about these events that shaped the city of Kingston Upon Hull.

Y5 EASTER – What is the message of Easter for the world today?

By Miss L STEWART22nd March 2024

This term, Year 5 have been exploring and reflecting on the message Easter brings for the world today.  We have explored the Christian preparations and observance of Lent, as well as the symbolism of Ash Wednesday for this faith community.  In order to make comparisons, the Jewish festival of Pesach was also observed from which the children were able to draw that Easter and Pesach are both festivals of remembrance to honour the sacrifices which have been made by significant figures within each faith community.

To conclude the children analysed, debated and discussed various situations that are ongoing in our world today:

  • Conflict
  • Loneliness
  • Homelessness
  • Wealth and Poverty
  • Illness and suffering

From this the children drew their own conclusions to what the message of Easter continues  bring for the world today…

 

…HOPE, PEACE AND BELIEF.

Y4 Architectural Drawing Trip

By Mr S MORGAN20th March 2024

Today we ended this term’s art unit with a trip into the city centre to draw some of Hull’s buildings. In particular, we focussed on buildings which had common features of Roman architecture like pillars, vaults, columns, arches and domes.

The sun was shining and children had a fabulous couple of hours studying and sketching these wonderful buildings.

Hymers Invitational Cup

By Mr S MORGAN19th March 2024

What a great day of football we’ve had! Today our U11s boys football team attended the Hymers College Invitational Cup. This was a one day tournament with the boys playing a league in the morning and a knockout cup in the afternoon. After a slow start, the boys found some form in the morning and finished in the top for of their group, progressing to the cup in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the afternoon proved very tricky and we were sadly knocked out.

Overall, the boys played ten games which were all played in the right spirit and excellent sporting values were demonstrated throughout.

Well done boys, we’re very proud of your efforts.

U11s Cup Team (L-R): Parker O, Kye S, Billy B, Harry Y, Cohen O, Max W, Buddy-Lee J, Farai G (c) and Archie C.