Update from the Year 5 Teachers

Hello Year 5,

Just a quick message before the Easter holidays. We hope that you are all well and enjoying the home learning packs and activities that were sent home.

We have all found the past two weeks very strange and are missing seeing you.  Mr Davies spent time in school last week with some Year 5 and 6 children and has said how hard they are working. We have had the same message from some of your parents. It is fabulous to hear!

As well as working, we have been finding ways at home to keep ourselves busy. Mr Davies has been watching lots of old football highlights and has been sending Mr Cahill golf challenges for them both to try!  Mrs McWilliam has been looking after her dog, Frankie, and reading her favourite books and Mrs Paish has been trying out new recipes and spending a lot of time in the garden with her dog, Mac. 

We have been making sure we get some exercise too. How many of you have been doing the same? You might have been playing in the garden, walking with your family or joining in with Joe Wicks during his morning PE lessons. If you haven’t seen them yet, you can find them on his You Tube channel, The Body Coach TV.

We have seen many other activities that you might like to try at home over the holiday. Here are a few of our favourites.

J K Rowling has created a new wizarding hub for all keen wizards. Find it at: https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

David Walliams is reading a story every day for 30 days. Listen, or catch up, here: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History here: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour

You can also look around the Natural History museum in London here: https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/the-natural-history-museum/JQF3coVswSVUVw?sv_lng=-0.1762865702767158&sv_lat=51.49612801030892&sv_h=282.27&sv_p=0&sv_pid=mFQI22sOR6Rg8H2wE7-mSA&sv_z=1

On their site, they also show you how to make a volcano. Natural disasters are our topic for next term! Find out how here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-a-volcano.html You may want to explore their site further as there are many other activities on there.

You might want to start your own Nature Journal. See how here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EnmiuKqBXI&list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LcpNpSpAoEVwsCRdUb9y-z  How many plants, insects and other exciting things can you see in your garden or on any walk you go on?

If you’re as good at art as Mrs Paish (stop laughing 5P) you might want to use your time to brush up on your skills. Try this T Rex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_I7cP6jNw&list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LcpNpSpAoEVwsCRdUb9y-z&index=11

Finally, Mrs Hulme had a lovely email from Kerry Gibb, the author who visited school recently. She has written a short story spin-off from her ‘It’s a Kid’s Life’ series and is inviting children to write their own ending. Her message to you is: “You may be stuck inside, but your imagination is as free as a bird, so let it fly!”  You can find the story here: http://kerrygibb.com/its-a-kids-life/kids-life-lockdown/

We hope you have a good holiday. We will be in touch after Easter.

Mr Davies, Mrs McWilliam and Mrs Paish

Global Citizenship Day

Learning About Uganda

 Today, the Junior school took part in our annual Global Citizenship Day where we thought about our role as global citizens and found out about Uganda and some of its art and culture, in comparison to our own. 

Children in Year 3 were introduced to our link school and its location in Uganda. Following this, they created their own Ugandan flag and learnt some African drumming. They also spent some time looking at African artwork and created their own using oil pastels.

In Year 4, children looked at village life before writing postcards to the Child Promotion School to tell them what life is like in Aldershot. They also took part some in African games and created their own African masks using a range of colours and patterns.

During the day year 5, created videos or PowerPoints that showed what a day was like in our school; these will then be sent to our link school. They also learnt some African dance moves before creating their own sequences. To end the day they learnt the language of Luganda and how to communicate at the Child Promotion School.

Year 6 focussed on the landscape and location of Africa, recreating their own maps of Uganda that showed the key features. They spent their morning using their knowledge to create savannah artwork either on paper or on canvases. Finally, the researched the animals that they would see if they went on safari out there and created a fact file about them.

The children also came in wearing mufti with the colours of the Ugandan flag: black, red, yellow and white. We managed to raise £306.80 and this will go towards by educational resources for our link school in Uganda. Thank you for supporting this cause. 

Take a look at our pictures from the day to see what of what we got up to.

Children in Need

A Fantastic Fundraising Event!

Once again the whole of the junior school have done us proud this week with their participation in fundraising activities for Children in Need.

Events started yesterday with the year 4 adult raffle where some incredible prizes could be won. Following this, a year 5 and 6 Movie Night was held in the school hall. This had an amazing turn out and proved to be quite popular. All the children had a great time watching Monster Family and eating popcorn.

Today, the fundraising continued with our Pudsey Sale in the school hall. All children were able to come and buy cakes from the year 5 bake sale, have a go on the year four raffle, vote for their favourite year 5 show stopper cake, guess how many sweets/lego/chocolates were in the jar, vote for the year 3 teachers to have their faces painted and buy their own Pudsey merchandise. There was a great atmosphere in the hall throughout the morning and it was fantastic to see all the children getting involved. 

Back in their classrooms, all the children spent the day completing Children in Need themed activities including, dotty artwork, raps, talented shows and year 5 even completed a sponsored silence!

At the end of the day, the whole school gathered in the school hall for the Big Reveal Assembly, where the total that each class and year group had raised was revealed. I am extremely pleased to say that thanks to all your donations the junior site managed to raise a massive total of £2435.40 for the cause. There is also a healthy donation coming in from the infant site who have also been fundraising for Children in Need today. A big thank you to all of you for supporting this cause and making the day a huge success! 

Global Citizenship Day 2019

Today we had an action packed Global Citizenship Day with lots of different activities happening across the year group. We thought about our role as global citizens and found out about Uganda and some of its art and culture, in comparison to our own. As well as learning about or being introduced to our link school. 

Children in Year 3 were introduced to our link school and its location in Uganda. Following this, they created their own Ugandan flag and learnt some African drumming. They also spent some time looking at African artwork and created their own using oil pastels.

In Year 4, children looked at village life before writing postcards to the Child Promotion School to tell them what life is like in Aldershot. They also took part some in African games and created their own African masks using a range of colours and patterns.

During the day year 5, created videos or PowerPoints that showed what a day was like in our school; these will then be sent to our link school. They also learnt some African dance moves before creating their own sequences. To end the day they learnt the language of Luganda and how to communicate at the Child Promotion School.

Year 6 focused on the landscape and location of Africa, recreating their own maps of Uganda that showed the key features. They spent their morning using their knowledge to create Savannah artwork either on paper or on canvases. Finally, the researched the animals that they would see if they went on safari out there and created a fact file about them.

We would like to thank all those who brought in £1 in exchange for a Ugandan themed mufti day; we managed to make £286.15 to go towards improving technology at our link school.