Today, Year 5 used their designs and what they had learned in the focused practical task to make their own pair of sandals. They had to cut out their straps and attach them to the soles of their sandals. They then added embellishments, such as sequins, beads and buttons, to decorate their sandals.
In our D&T unit we are designing, making and evaluating our very own sandals.
This afternoon, Year 5 watched a demonstration of how to create a template for the soles of their sandals and then made their own templates. We then watched a demonstration of how to use this template to create the soles of the sandals (using cork), ensuring minimal wastage.
Year 6 have really enjoyed learning about the Maya over this past term so we decided to finish off our topic focus by running a ‘Maya Trading Post’! The children showed excellent teamwork and enterprise skills by working together to buy and trade Maya themed activities for cocoa bean currency (or coffee beans in our case!). The winning team was the group who successfully earnt the most cocoa bean profit. All children showed that they had retained so much knowledge about the Maya from over the past term and worked fantastically in teams to build on individual strengths. Well done!
Year 6 are really enjoying investigating the history of chocolate this morning. They now can recall how a chocolate bar is made and know the process both is lengthy and hard work. Some year 6 children have excellent taste buds and are able to classify dairy and non dairy chocolate. From looking at a range of packaging they can find common ingredients and discussed what they might be used for within the chocolate (taste, texture). They can’t wait to do the taste session later!
In our History lesson, Y5 learned all about the Olympics and the timeline of events that have occurred in order to make the Olympic Games what they are today.
We understood that the Olympics first took place in Olympia, Ancient Greece and there was only one event – the men’s 200m sprint!
The children worked in groups to order the event cards of the Olympics into chronological order. They needed to work as a team to choose which Olympic event happened first, which took place most recently and what came in between!
We then discussed how the Olympics has changed and developed over time.
Well done Year 5!
Today in year 6 we have been discussing what behaviours online are safe and unsafe in order to protect ourselves. We discussed how we need to pick appropriate passwords and nicknames online when we are creating accounts. Through our discussions we agreed that if you changed your password regularly then it would be less likely to be hacked into. The children understood that passwords shouldn’t be linked to any personal information as this is personal for a reason and is unsafe to share addresses, schools, date of births etc with people that they don’t know.
This afternoon, Year 5 travelled to Hull Truck Theatre to see The Railway Children. We had a brilliant time and thoroughly enjoyed the performance!
Year 5 have been looking at the key concepts of the Islamic faith.
What do the 5 pillars of Islam mean?
There are five key practices that all Muslims are obligated to fulfil throughout their lifetime.
These practices are referred to as pillars because they form the foundation of Muslim life.
As Theologists the children have discovered that The five pillars of Islam are :
Shahada – words of commitment
Salah – prayer
Zakat- charitable deeds
Sawm – fasting
Hajj – pilgrimage
Our children need to aware about their own beliefs and values so they can respect and learn about the cultural differences of others.
For the past few weeks, Year 5 have been learning to play the recorder. We have learned to play notes, such as B, A, G and E, and learned to play different songs using all the notes we have learned. We have really enjoyed learning this instrument!
In our PSHE lesson today, we looked at bullying and discussed how our words and actions can hurt others. We discussed bullying and the different types of bullying i.e. sexism, racism, homophobia, rumour spreading, cyber-bullying, name calling and verbal and physical bullying.
We discussed ways in how we can deal with bullying to make the situation better. For example, telling an adult, blocking the person if the bullying is occurring online and not retaliating. We also discussed ways in which a bullying situation could be made worse. For example joining in with bullying or not telling an adult if you witness a bullying incident.
Finally, we talked about the differences between direct and indirect bullying and examples of both types.
The children then worked in groups to come up with their own bullying scenario and then six ways to help solve the scenario and six ways that the situation could be made worse. With their scenario and reasons, the children created their own snakes and ladders game.
We finished our lessons on bullying by playing our games.
