Welcome to Spain class! We are Year 5 and our teacher is Mr. Bamford. Mrs Christian is our teaching assistant.
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In June, we had our reading cafe with family invited in to share a story and a lesson with us. We first read a little bit of ‘The Explorer’, by Katherine Rundell together, before heading over to tables to join our adults and make a clay cylinder using some new skills in the process. First, we rolled out a clay rectangle and kept a bit spare for decorations. Next, we used the ‘score’ (small marks on the clay) and ‘slip’ (little bit of water to help the clay bond) method to attach some decorations to our clay rectangle. To create the cylinder, we wrapped the clay around an ‘armature’ (the frame of a structure) and joined the ends using the score and slip method again. We then carefully pulled our armature out from inside our clay cylinder and smoothed over the joins. We had squash and a biscuit as well and had a really nice hour with our adults. Thanks all for coming.
On Thursday 8th May, we went to Whitlingham lake to experience and enjoy 4 different water sports. Across our 4 groups, the instructors led us in kayaking, canoeing, sailing and stand up paddle boarding (SUP). When we got there, the instructors got us to put on our buoyancy aids (life jackets), then we set off to do the activities. It was so much fun and we all got quite wet! Luckily, we brought spare clothes. Some of us fell or jumped in during the activities, but those who didn’t and wanted to get wet did the ‘Whitlingham Wave’ which is where you flick water in the air and then fall backwards into the water. It was really fun and we all had a great time.
Written by Flo & Anashe (Y5)
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
