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Year 5's Cowley Language College taster sessions, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 20th Jun 2017 @ 4:21pm

Today, year 5 visited Cowley Language College for superb taster sessions.

They participated in science and sporting taster sessions, which they loved! They were also taken around the building so that they were familiar with it and were able to ask the prefects questions. 

The children have a lovely afternoon! 

Year 5's Inspire Day, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 14th Jun 2017 @ 3:36pm

Year 5 have had a fantastic inspire day!

All children and parents had great fun exploring a variety of tasks.

These included:

bbq for the vegetable souvlaki's that the children prepared yesterday

making comic strips for a Greek myth

creating a temple using only 8 art straws

creating their own muthical creature

learning Greek dances and a variety of other Greek activities.

Thank you to everyone who came and participated, it was a wonderful morning (:

Design Technology, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 13th Jun 2017 @ 2:50pm

As part of our Greek topic, Year 5 tasted Greek foods. Pita bread was the favourite and some children enjoyed the olives. 

Q5 then had a great morning creating their own vegetable souvlaki. They had to learn cutting skills to cut the vegetables, using the bridge hold and claw grip.

Tomorrow, in our Inspire morning, they will cook them on the BBQ to share with their parents. Let's hope the weather is on our side. ☀️

Design Technology, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 1:02pm

Today, the groups completed their Greek temples and we had a guest judge. Mrs Sharkey came and gave points for the designs. The group with the most points won. We had a super Design Technology session.

Congratulations to the winning group. 

Check out the photographs of our great designs.

Year 5 Ascension and Pentecost Assembly, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 8:04am

Year 5 all performed wonderfully for our Year 5 assembly. Everyone I spoke to aftwerwards gave rave reviews. Well done Year 5, Mrs Kellett said it was a polished perfomance. 

Year 5's Assembly, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 25th May 2017 @ 4:01pm

What a performance from all the children in year 5!

It was just fantastic, well done everyone! 

Great reviews from everybody who attended :) 

RSPB , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th May 2017 @ 11:43am

Today Steph came from the RSPB, she explained that the RSPB is a charity and they have over 100 spaces for nature.

She said the children might have seen the campaign, "Giving nature a home."

The children then watched a video and the children were given the opportunity to explain what they liked and why.

Steph then sorted creatures into vertebrates and invertebrates. Plants and trees were also included in the discussion. 

The children  then thought about what habitats may exist around school. 

Vital for all things to survive: water, food and shelter. This is their habitat. 

Science outside:

Step explained what a food web is.

Outside, the children worked together to label the school grounds with different habitats. We investigated the quad, the EYFS outdoor area, the playground and the field.

Once we got back to class, the children discussed what they would have liked to see and how they could create a habitat to facilitate the creatures they would have liked to see. Some groups would have liked to see hedgehogs and they were trying to think of a good place to create a hedgehog house. 

Steph left us lots of 'how to guides' to help create a new habitat to encourage different creatures to our school grounds.

Squash Year 5, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 18th May 2017 @ 5:20pm

Hi my name is Kacey Gillespie, every Thursday our class plays squash. Each week we split up into teams of 5 and there are 6 teams playing. We have 2 men teaching us named Jim and John, these two men are very kind and teach us how to be perfect at squash. Every week we get better and every one has a good time. We all are trying our hardest so we can get chosen for a tournament against 4 other schools but Jim and John can only choose 12 children out of 60 so every one is competitive. In squash, 1 person marks, 2 play and the others watch ready for their next go. Sometimes the teachers even join in with us. Last week Mrs Atherton played Mrs Fishwick it was very fun to watch but also scary because we didn't know who was a going to win. Mrs Fishwick won, but at least Mrs Atherton had fun. Come and join in with the fun and join squash club on a Saturday morning 10:00 - 11:35, soon you might be good enough to be a professional squash player and you could go to competitions. 

Kacey.

Seal Certificates, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 18th May 2017 @ 5:15pm

Well done to our Seal winners. Eboney Jump was nominated by the class for being kind and helpful. Olivia Helsby, was nominated for doing something that she was proud of.  

Well done

Year 5's pledge to stand up against cyber bullying, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 12th May 2017 @ 1:59pm

Year 5 have been discussing the consequences and impact on how cyber bullying might affect them. 

Together, the children of year 5 created their own pledge.

Take a look at content of the year 5 pledge and see what great ideas the children came up with to prevent cyber bullying. 

Squash Year 5, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 11th May 2017 @ 2:31pm

Year 5 squash session.

Guest blogger Abbie Hamilton Q5.

Hello, my name is Abbie Hamilton. On every Thursday of this half term, we have had the amazing Jim and John, they are our teachers in Squash. They help us all improve our skills and learn new games. In Squash, we start in groups of 5 or 6 and we play sets, once we have finished we play Donkey.

Donkey is a fast paced game and to keep in you HAVE to listen carefully as well as keeping your eyes on the ball at all times.Thank You for reading. 

 Written By Abbie Hamilton

Mongolia, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 5th May 2017 @ 11:28am

After reading the Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the children then went on to research facts about Mongolia. Next week, we will write a guide to visit Mongolia.

A super writing session with lots of star writers this week.

Mrs Atherton

Judo assembly, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 5th May 2017 @ 11:23am

In our Judo assembly, the man came up to choose people to demonstrate the type of fun you can have at the Judo club.First, he taught us about his opposite game.The aim of the game was to do the opposite of what he told you to do.An example is; if he told you to sit down you would stand up (etc).He also taught us how to get people out of the game.The first way, was to thow someone and them to stay on the floor.The second way,was to pin someone fo 20 seconds.I love this Judo session. I was second to sign up.

Kyle Montieth (Q5)

Tennis , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 1st May 2017 @ 1:44pm

Q5 had a great time at Ruskin sampling the new new tennis courts. There were some excellent tennis stars of the future. The children will be bringing fliers home to tell you about the taster sessions.

Science, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 25th Apr 2017 @ 5:53pm

Q5 had a very interesting Science lesson today. They used slopes to test which materials caused least friction. They had to work in groups using effective communication skills, they measured the distance of their vehicle, found the average after three tests and then recorded their results in a table. Finally, they wrote a report to explain their findings. A super afternoon, well done. 

Q5 , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 20th Apr 2017 @ 2:45pm

This week the children have looked at forces in Science and had a really enjoyable time in squash with Jim and John.

An excellent first week back, well done Q5.

Mrs Atherton

Attendance, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 31st Mar 2017 @ 11:33am

Well done to our 100% attendance winners; Mia Francis, Maisy Roberts, Ruby Friar, Jaden Dawson, Jessica Melia and Kyle Monteith. Not a day of learning lost this year. Well done.

A special message to our 99.9% winners as you have really worked hard to stay in school; Isla Unsworth and Keiron Williams.

Let's see if you can keep it going, it might be you who wins the bike next time. 

Cricket, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 30th Mar 2017 @ 2:28pm

Who knew that Q5 has such amazing cricketers?

Q5 had a great session with Chris, they really have improved their skills this half term. Today, we worked on our bowling skills. Mya Francis has the most amazing bowling technique, although a little different to begin with.  Great skills, well done Q5.

Seal Certificates, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 24th Mar 2017 @ 5:28pm

Well done Kacey and Callum for receiving the recognition of their peers by winning the SEAL awards.

Callum Start for setting his own targets and achieving them.

Kacey Gillespie for never giving up, no matter how hard it gets.

Well done, Q5 are very proud to have you as part of our class.

Shakespeare week., by Mrs Atherton

Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 5:17pm

The children had a great time performing and watching a Midsummers Night's Dream, lead by the Sky Blue Theatre Company. The children were so engrossed with the play and the perfomances.

Well done to the Year 5 budding actors, we will keep you in mind for our up-coming assembly.

Learning Logs, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 9th Mar 2017 @ 3:43pm

A huge thank for the Learning Logs that have been returned to school this week. The children presented their work to the class, we learned lots of facts about Shakespeare and his plays. Some children read us poems and showed us their magical stage creations. A big thank you to the families who worked together on their projects, the children were very proud. 

Why Work? , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 2nd Mar 2017 @ 5:32pm

Natalie Armstrong, came into today to talk to the children about the world of work. They learned about what a job is and why people go to work. They discussed taxes and what they pay for in our society. Natalie explained the value of going to work and described employers expectations within the world of work. The children role-played how money travels through our communities. The focus was upon key transferable skills that the children would take with through life and into the workplace when they are older. 

A valuable life lesson, thank you Natalie.

Edge Hill University Healthy eating session, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 2nd Mar 2017 @ 5:19pm

Sports and Development students, from Edge Hill University, came to teach our Year 5 children about healthy eating.

The children began the session by looking at sporting heroes, they then found out details about each personality, Jess Ennis, Sam Quek, Mo Farrah, Usain Bolt and  Michael Phelps. Each group was then give one of these sporting heroes for their team name. After sharing the sporting facts, the children shared facts about themselves. 

The next session consisted of the groups creating their ideal lunchbox. They then created a healthier lunch box using the Eat Well plate giving a more balanced lunch. 

The final session was a Dragon's Den activity.

Each group had to use follow a set criteria to create a healthy smoothie.

They had to include:

• The name of their company
• The name of their smoothie
• A design for their bottle
• A label design for their bottle
• A list of ingredients
• The price of their smoothie
• A catchy slogan to help sell their smoothie
• They had to explain why their smoothie was special
• Finally they had to consider who their target audience was.

Each group then presented their product and to the 'dragons'. They were asked product specific questions from the 'dragons' which they answered confidently. 

The best part of the day was the smoothie tasting session, all of the smoothies were delicious. 

A special thank you to the Edge Hill students as Year 5 had a really enjoyable day. 

Bash Award, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 23rd Feb 2017 @ 5:49pm

The children visited Peter Street Library to vote on their favourite book from the Bash Awards. Whilst they were at the library, the children listened to excerpts from each of the books and completed a quiz about characters from each book. Our class voted the Bolds as their winning novel.

Some children will going to the Bash Awards final in March, we are eagerly collecting book reviews to hand into the library. 

Enterprise Games 2017, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 8th Feb 2017 @ 12:27pm

We arrived at the Chamber with much excitement for the competition. There were many schools, we sat in our groups ready to start, and then Natalie gave us the countdown ten, nine eight.........We all began, the room was buzzing with children buying and selling furiously.

We stopped and had a much needed break, each school  was hoping to be the winner as there was a super trophy to bring back.

We went back into the room and the winners were announced,sadly it was not us but we had such a super time and really enjoyed the experience.

We were complimented on our behaviour and how lovely our uniforms looked..Well done to all the children who participated in this competition.

Mrs Connor