Welcome to Spain class! We are Year 5 and our teacher is Mr. Bamford. Mrs Christian is our teaching assistant.
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On Monday 27th April, we went on a trip to the StART Studio in Wymondham. We are completing a school art project as part of our 150 year anniversary of Browick. Here is what we did:
Step 1: Sarah took a photo of us and printed it ready for us at the studio. We then flipped over the photo and covered the back of the page in graphite.
Step 2: We flipped our photo back over and put it on the canvas.
Step 3: We drew over the features of our faces with pencil which left a mark on the canvas (because of the graphite). They turned out great!
Step 4: We took the photo off the canvas and went over the graphite lines with coloured pastels – all different colours.
Step 5: We then used acrylic paints going for either hot colours for the background and cold for the face, or vice versa. We splodged on the acrylic paint trying not to be too perfect because nothing really is.
The paintings looked really great and we really enjoyed it.
Flo & Anashe
On Wednesday 15th April, we had a police constable – PC Hayley McNeil – come to the school to give us some facts about being a police officer. She let us wear some equipment and we got to ask lots of questions. We got to try on some equipment such as; police coats, hats, gloves, and utility vests. She told us that the age you are allowed to be arrested is 10 years and that you are allowed home alone when your parents think you are responsible enough to handle an emergency. Pc McNeil has lots of responsibilities in her job such as preventing crime, keeping people safe, being a first aider, a social worker, a coach, and many more.
We learnt lots and had lots of fun trying on the uniform.
Written by Flo and Anashe
Hello again and welcome to another blog by Adam and Caleb. The other week, we celebrated World Book Day in school. We had lots of fun doing lots of different World Book Day themed lessons and had a really nice day. We came in as lots of different characters or in some comfortable clothes that we wear when we’re reading. We loved seeing the rest of the school in assembly!
Tuesday 3rd of March was ‘Mars Day’, when people around the world thought about Mars. Mars is a rocky, red planet that is the closest to us and 4 from the sun. It’s about half the size of Earth and people might be going to Mars in 30 years. Since it was Mars day, we did some Mars maths, Mars writing and for DT, we planned and built Mars ‘habitats’ out of cardboard, bubble wrap and some lolly sticks.
On the same day, we had a science workshop and we learned more about the solar system and all the different planets in it. Afterwards, we made mini-rockets that popped into the air and came back down. We had a lot of fun.
Each class enjoyed a sponsored bounce which was organised to raise money for the Friends of Browick. We took turns to bounce while our partner counted. Between us all, we bounced over 10,000 times! Not only that, we had a lot of fun and raised lots of money between us.
As part of our topic on Ancient Greece, we did a little Classroom Olympics which involved: plate discus, paper straw javelin, bean bag long jump & horse chariot (mini toy cars). Did you know that in the Ancient Olympics they used weights to propel themselves in the long jump?
BONUS: Dress as your emotion day
Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme was belonging so we made a map of where we belonged and what makes us happy.
Written and photographed by Adam & Caleb
Last Friday, we had 2 sports coaches teach us a sport called ‘Kin Ball’. Kin ball is a game played with a HUGE ball and 4 teams. One team has the ball and 5 people crouch down to hold the ball and then one person (the pusher) calls out a colour and smashes the ball. The chosen coloured team then has to work as a team to try and stop the ball hitting the floor. If they manage it, they get a point. If they don’t, the other team gets a point.
We really enjoyed it and will see you on the blog again soon!
Adam & Caleb
We have been learning about the Ancient Greeks in our history topic this year and, most recently, we were learning about the Battle of Marathon. Here are some of the highlights:
The Persians were going to invade Athens so they asked the Spartans for help. Pheidippides ran for two days and two nights to Sparta but the Spartans were busy with a religious ceremony so wouldn’t help until they finished. So Pheidippides ran all the way back to tell them the response. The Athenians had to fight the Persians alone. General Militiades used the phalanx formation and shocks the Persians with his tactic. They then go to the coast to try and suprise the Athenians but Pheidippides warned the Athenians so they were ready for the attack. After fighting, Pheidippides ran all the way into central Athens and said, “Well done to you, we’ve won.” Then he died of exhaustion.
Welcome back to Spain class in 2026! Lets look at what we are doing in computing.
In computing this week, we have been exploring and playing with Micro:bits. Micro:bits are small computer’s that have 25 LEDs that can display pixelated words, pictures and more! If you connect it via Bluetooth to an iPad (which is what we have done) you can code using block coding on the Micro:bit app. We coded our own name badges and animations. Once correctly coded, you download them to the device and after a quick sec and with the right input, it appears!
Blog written by Adam & Caleb
Our Christmas performance this year was: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Camelot. The show was a humorous rendition of the story of King Arthur and his quest to find Camelot with lots of funny lines, songs, dances and crowd participation throughout. Years 5 & 6 worked together and we really enjoyed making it – we hope the audience enjoyed it too. Below are just a few snapshots of the show. As you can see, our play included some brilliant costumes (thanks parents). We also hope you likes the dame’s jokes! “We’ll you soon – ta-ta!”
By Seth & Amelia
