Our final stage of our DT learning journey: making bread.
Today the children made their ‘bread in a bag’ by working through a range of instructions. They then moulded their mixture to fit with their final designs, added their desired toppings, and ended up with delicious bread that is fit for an Anglo-Saxon and Viking feast!
The pod smelt good enough to eat!
In our DT unit, year 5 are investigating, designing and making bread that is fit for an Anglo-Saxon feast.
In today’s lesson, the children watched a demonstration of how bread is made. Miss Mead showed the children the step-by-step process that must be followed to create delicious bread!
The children were extremely enthusiastic and loved to help.
Miss Mead’s class had such a brilliant time at Sirius Academy for British Science Week! We experimented with different chemicals to see how fireworks are created.
This week, our chess league got under way with games against New Pasture Primary and Reedness Primary School. Our children played two games (black and white) against opposing players over the internet! We’ve had some good results so far – league updates to follow.
Cael, Burak and Rebecca mid-game against New Pasture Primary.
Our games are being played online via a website called Lichess.
We had a great time tonight playing 3 games of Netball against the hosts, Hymers, as well as Adelaide and Eastfield Primary schools.
With great passing, careful footwork and fantastic team work we were able to win one game and came very close to drawing another!
Thank you to all of the spectators that came to support us and cheer us on, we really appreciated it!
We have two more games still to play against Rokeby and Francis Askew!
Tonight it was the turn of our Y56 children to attend a dodgeball festival at Sirius Academy West. The competition was being hosted by Hull Active Schools with the objective of promoting three key sporting values – determination, teamwork and honesty. In order to receive a certificate, children had to demonstrate these values and complete a sticker chart. Well done to all of our children to achieved this and had a brilliant time! What a fab end to World Book Day.
An initial briefing from Mr Sherwood before the fixtures started.
Rubin ready for battle!
Molly and Mia working together to get the other team out.
Our World Book Day themed teams: The Wimpy Kids, The Giant Peaches, Oompah Loompahs, Dumbledore’s Army, The Baddies and The Gangster Grannies.
Year 5 have enjoyed celebrating Safer Internet Day! We discussed how technology has changed over time and how we would want technology to look in the next 20 years. 
Year 5 have started their D&T unit for the Autumn term: designing and creating their own sandals. Over the past two lessons, the children have explored a range of sandals and analysed the design, material, purpose, audience and functionality. The children then began their focused practical task that involved tracing around their feet on card and cutting the templates out neatly and carefully. They then practiced some key skills that are going to be applied to the final piece, such as pinning, sewing and stitching straps onto their templates.
Year 5 have started their first Talk for Writing unit in English. Our fiction text is called Smaug – a young boy who sets about his mission to defeat Smaug, the infamous dragon. The children have really enjoyed learning the story off by heart using signifiers. Below are some photographs of the children acting the ‘beating the monster’ story.
Some of our Y6 House Captains collecting all of our donations for Children in Need. Our school will be making a difference to the lives of children and young people who really need our help!
