Y5 Mrs Ross
Outwood Library Visit
We visited Outwood library to complete some activities related to our 'Mountains' topic. We looked at places in America, tried some American food linked to Thanksgiving, made American Indian head bands and looked at how to climb a mountain.
Planting our broad bean plants
Ancient Greeks
Over the Easter holiday the children were asked to get creative and make either a Medusa mask or a Medusa shield.
Pizza Reward Party
We earned enough class and individual points for a pizza party.
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Samba Smile Project
Boomwhackers - Music Workshop
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World Book Day
On Thursday 7th March we dressed up as characters from our favourite books.
Animal Handling
Big Draw: Theme Play
We looked how lines could be drawn and created. We used garden wire to take our line for a ‘walk.’ We threaded different coloured beads on to the wire to create patterns. All our wires were then fixed into a wooden block to create a ‘playful’ scene.
Black History Workshop
Together we dived into the lives and influences of some of history’s most inspiring heroes - Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela. We explored the Civil Rights movements and the achievements of iconic black people through history and in modern times.
October is Black History Month and is a time to recognise past struggles, and celebrate incredible achievement!
The children expressed ideas and feelings through voice, movement, role play and drama. This helped the children to build their confidence in public speaking, learn basic acting skills and be able to work as part of a team.
The Workhouse
Last Friday we visited Southwell Workhouse. We discovered how the poor were treated in the 1840s and what life was like in the workhouse. When we arrived at the workhouse we walked up the pauper's path and met characters from the The Workhouse's past and experienced the strict segregation of the building. We put on workhouse uniforms and entered The Workhouse by different doors - boys went one way and the girls the other. The girls were registered by the Matron and the boys by the Master. We met the pauper inmates and took a guided tour of the building.
In the afternoon we took part in a workshop - Who Were They? We gathered information from genuine workhouse sources including the punishment book, census and dietary to build a portrait of the life of Victorian workhouse children.
Book Reviews
Each week two children are selected to present a book review. The children can present their book review however they like e.g. speech, PowerPoint presentation, poster etc.
Here is a list of books that have been recommended so far:
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Katy's Garden
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Demon Dentist by David Walliams
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone
- Marmaduke the very different dragon
- Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
- Horrid Henry and the football friend by Francesca Simon
- The Worst Witch
- The story Of Tracy Beaker by Jacquline Wilson
Class School Councillor
Five children in the class put themselves forward to be nominated as the class school representative. The children each gave a speech as to why they would make a good councillor. The class listened very carefully to the speeches before making their choice.
