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.

House captains 2024/25!

By Olivia Mead11th October 2024

Welcoming our new House Captains of 2024/25! The children of Year 6 who are representing our school are:

Blue house – Rebecca and Tamim

Red house – Phoebe and Billy

Yellow House – Daisy and Cael

Green house – Amelia and Parker

English Debate

By Olivia Mead11th October 2024

Within our English unit, we are focusing on persuasive letters. Yesterday, we had a whole class debate regarding a school gym being built at Christopher Pickering. The class did amazingly with rebutting their arguments!

Y5 Geography Field Work Visit

By Mrs H HEBDEN7th June 2024

Tuesday 4th June 2024

To enhance our Geographical knowledge, Y5 took at coach trip to different locations along the river Hull.

Our first stop was in the city centre, at the mouth of the river, where the River Hull meets the River Humber. Here we created wonderful sketch maps to help us identify how land is used in that area and how features such as the tidal barrier are used to help prevent our low-lying city from flooding.

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Our second stop was in the village of Dunswell. We walked beside the mid-part of the river here, we were able to identify that the land use had completely changed and that is was a very rural area. Our Y5 students were able to confidently talk about the features of the river, such as the meander, after all of their great work in class.

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Claire and the Team at Ings Lane Garden Centre made us feel very welcome, we popped in there to buy ice creams and treats after our long riverside walk. We were invited to look at their fish which were mesmerising!

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Our final stop was a bit if a cheat! It was not the source of the River Hull, it was somewhere a little closer to home that mimicked the source – the very shallow stream at Brantingham. Here we were able to safely get closer to the water to measure the velocity and depth of the river at this early stage. Our year five students worked brilliantly as a team using their tools to develop their Geographical field work skills.

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At half two, we hopped back on the bus all set to go back to school in good time and the bus wouldn’t start! The lovely people at Ellie Rose sent a replacement bus so we got to have some extra fun time in the beautiful village of Brantingham whilst we waited for that to arrive. This gave us the chance to hike up Brantingham Dale again and take in the lovely sights – from up there we could see the River Humber, the woodlands and sheep grazing on the hillside with their beautiful lambs.

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Instead of car-e-oke, we had bus-e-oke on the way back with the talented boys booming out the hits! X-Factor here they come 🙂

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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.

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. 

YEAR 5 JIGSAW: HEALTHY ME – EMERGENCY AID

By Miss L STEWART19th March 2024

This term, Year 5 have been exploring and discussing the situations whereupon the need for emergency aid would be required.

We discussed the procedure for helping a casualty whilst waiting for the emergency services to arrive after calling 999. The children understood the need to keep calm so as to reassure the casualty: and to remain level headed both whilst assessing and controlling the situation whilst medical help arrives.

In order to give basic first aid, we then practiced putting our partners into the recovery position and understand that this should only be done if a casualty is breathing and that moving them would not cause any further injury.