Year 5 History – The Olympics!

By Olivia Mead9th December 2021

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!

Internet Safety – Safe and unsafe behaviours

By Mr J SUTTON9th December 2021

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.

Year 5 Theatre Trip

By Miss J STAINES7th December 2021

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 RE

By Mrs D WILKINSON3rd December 2021

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.

Year 5 Recorders

By Miss J STAINES3rd December 2021

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!

PSHE – Different Types Of Bullying and How To Deal With Bullying

By Olivia Mead3rd December 2021

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.

Year 6 Computing

By Mr J SUTTON3rd December 2021

Recently in year 6, we have been focusing on using functions and input. We found out how we can use them. We have also been finding out how to use different variables and how much fun they can all create. A variable is a string of a certain combination or the combination can be random.  A function is something that tells the computer to do a certain thing. Input is something that you can tell the computer to do and it might reply depending on if it understands what you are saying and you have got the rest of the code right. Using this information we were able to create a Adventure text program.

Sincerely, DL Team ( Digital Leaders Team)

Year 6 white ribbon day (Digital leaders post)

By Mr J SUTTON3rd December 2021

This week, our school has taken part in white ribbon day. White ribbon day is when we consider about woman’s rights and how we treat each other. For year 6, we have done some graffiti all about white ribbon day. All the children enjoyed this new topic and everyone took part in decorating two blank walls. The children made amazing graffiti! We then displayed it in the year 5 and 6 pod.

Sincerely, the Digital Leaders (DL Team)

Year 5 Enterprise Day at Sirius Academy

By Miss J STAINES2nd December 2021

Today, 25 Year 5s visited Sirius Academy to take part in an Enterprise Day event.

The children worked collaboratively with children from other schools to create their own Safari Park. They were given a budget of £50,000 to choose a location for their park, buy animals, attractions and facilities for their park and advertise their park. They then had to present their ideas and the best parks received a fantastic prize.

Well done Summer, Evie F and Evie W, who were part of the winning teams!