This week out sports scholarship group took part in a dance workshop. Dance instructor Leisel Cobby spent the afternoon working with children to choreograph a dance in response to a piece of modern music. A huge well done to those children who pushed themselves out of their comfort zone and really got stuck into this activity. Video coming soon!
Farai, Y5, leading from the front.
Rehearsing hard for the final performance
A tiring but thoroughly enjoyable afternoon!
During our music lesson today, children learnt how to put a clarinet together with the reeds. They then learnt that when the reed is fixed to mouthpiece, the air in the instrument vibrates when you blow into it to create sound. We also learnt how to create controlled sounds by positioning our mouths correctly.
The children are loving our music lessons with Mrs Hall!
In today’s lesson we used a range of different sources to look at how and where different faiths and worldviews worship. From these sources we were able to explain what similarities and difference they had. We focused on looking through the social sciences lens at how people worshiped in their own way. The class really found it interesting that humanists don’t have a specific place to worship but that they find anywhere in nature the best place. They were amazed at what some religious places looked like on the inside from their local area.
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Year 5 have been learning about mental/physical wellbeing. We spoke about how we can improve our wellbeing by moving, eating and sleeping; we discussed how we can achieve these areas and the children worked together to complete the wellbeing jigsaw template.
Year 6 have been thinking about how they can improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
By the end of the lesson the class were expected to make links between physical and mental wellbeing and know how we can look improve them.
The children were then set a challenge. They were asked to come up with suggestions someone else might use to improve their physical and mental wellbeing . Here are some of their suggestions :
Individually they are all brilliant pieces of advice.
Collectively, the messages are stronger!!!
Today, we recapped our knowledge of forces – particularly gravity and air resistance. We then discussed whether heavier objects would hit the ground before lighter objects, or vice versa. We created our own prediction using the key vocabulary ‘gravity’ and ‘air resistance’, and then carried out the experiment.
We came to the conclusion that both objects hit the ground at the same time due to having the same amount of gravitational pull – discussing the impact of air resistance and how this impacts on falling objects. After this, we wrote up our conclusion.
We had a lovely lesson and were super sensible!
Year 6 used this technique by drawing simple 2D shapes , all the corner points and edges were connected to a single, central point to create one point perspective. To add to the effect they then applied pressure to the pencils to create depth.
Please have a look at our gallery.
I think you will agree, we have some budding artists in Year 6!
On Friday, Year 5 created a shared (with partners) newspaper report introduction, including the 5Ws – who, what, where, when, why. We are really enjoying our English unit about the ‘Titanium’ music video. Miss Mead is so impressed by all the hard work and determination we put into our writing!
This afternoon, 10 children from Y56 represented CPPS in Hull Active Schools Cross Country Championships. These children were selected to represent the school due to their finishing times at the intra-house race at school last week.
The conditions this year were the worst I have ever seen it! The rain held back a little for the boys race, but he wind was still howling throughout. The girls race was another level – a huge rain storm descended which soon became hail and sleet. Some girls gave up half way round due to the conditions. However, all of our girls dug deep and reached the finish.
We will have to await the results for the team events but on the day, Y5’s Jack S finished third place and came away with a bronze medal.
Well done to all children – you did amazing in challenging conditions!
Sheltering before the races started!
The boys post race: (L-R) Harrie G, Vinnie A, Jack S, Max W & Archie C
The girls post race: (L-R) Alesha L, Lola F, X, Fatima R, Olivia S
Special mention to Vinnie and Archie who braved the storm to help HAS to clear up cones and markers after the races.
Tonight our U11s girls got this year’s football season underway with a seven-aside qualifying event. Five other schools were in attendance which meant the girls got lots of games. Coming up against some very good games, the girls were challenged to improve every game and at a minimum, finish the game with a draw. After losing the first two games, the girls worked hard in the final three and met their target – they were also unlucky to come away without scoring a goal.
Keep up the hard work girls – we’re proud of you determination and sure you will continue to improve.
U11s girls: (L-R) Evie J, Issy B, Lily F, Lacie E, Lily MW, Molly Q, Tia E, X & Alesha L