Armistice Day

Today Year 6 had the unique and memorable experience of visiting Fairlop Waters to take part in this year's Armistice Day remembrance ceremony. We remembered all of those brave individuals who sacrificed their lives for us during The Great War, in particular those of Irish and Russian nationality. Thank you again to the Fairlop Heritage Group for allowing us to be a part of this special event that we have learned so much from and will never forget.

World War Assembly

Year 6 had a wonderful and unique experience today. We had the honour of having two World War 2 veterans visit us and tell us all about their experiences fighting in the war. It tied in with our trip next week to Fairlop Waters to commemorate the Great War.

Circuit training

Year 5 invited us along to their PE lesson. They asked us to be their guinea pigs, to try out the circuit training they've been practising. 

Have a look at how we got on...

Science in Year 6

This term in science we have been learning about how our bodies function.

We have been looking at the different systems, how they work and what they do.

We studied videos about the systems our body has. 

They are four systems.

1.       Respiratory

2.       Circulatory

3.       Digestive

4.       Reproductive

First,we learnt about the respiratory system, which includes the lungs and how they help us to breath. We did a test to see what everyone's lung capacities was - we had a theory that the tallest person had the better lung capacity. But this wasn't true, as some of us have asthma, some of us are good at sports and we were tired from practising blowing balloons. This was the final result.

We also touched real sheep lungs!!

Next, we researched the circulatory system. We looked at the different types of blood: A, B, AB and O - there is also positive and negative for every blood type.

We also discovered that there are different blood cells and what they do - red blood cells carry oxygen around the body, the white blood cells fight infection, platelets block up cuts and grazes to make scabs while plasma is the colourless liquid the cells all float around in.  

Y5A's Red Nose Day!!!

On the 13th March 2015, our school celebrated Red Nose Day. We dressed up as funny as possible! 

 Nominees from 5A

There is an action packed day, lined up for the entire school. We started off with a Year 5 scavenger hunt. There is a funniest joke contest [this includes the whole school.]  The winner will receive a prize!

Y5A's Reading Rebound

In Year 5A we have a special system in guided reading. We have many different activities, which we rotate daily. 

Timetable for reading

We have five groups. Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Owl and Swallow. Interestingly, we have a group which reads a newspaper and at the end of the reading session,one person from the group gets to share an article that they found interesting at the end of the session. Also included are independent reading, group reading, teacher group, a pre-read group (a comprehension sheet.)

Our English Work

Over the last few weeks in 5A we have been reading a book called there’s a boy in the girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar.

Bradley Chalkers is a boy in 5^th grade who is trying to change his ways from shocking to perfect. Carla who is a school counsaler leaves the school against her wish and has to leave Bradley to stand on his own two feet. In class we are writing a letter to Carla as if we are Bradley. Here are some pictures:

Our Art

This week in Y5A we have decided to step up are game in learning.

In science we have been learning about space and we have linked art with science. In art we have been learning about a famous artist who does paintings on space, his name is Peter Thorpe.

We tried to do paintings like his. We done two different ones. One in water paints and one in chalk, Here are some of them.

Clay pots

As part of arts week and to finish our topic on Ancient Greece, year 4 have been designing and making clay pots. 

We began making them today, have a look and see how we got on....