A Great First Term in Class 5

We have had a very busy but enjoyable first half term together in Class 5. We have learned everything you would ever need to know about the Tudors; ranging from wives to warfare, foods to fashions, Shakespeare to ships.......and everything else in between!!
To bring our topic to a close, we all became lawyers for the defence or prosecution at the trial of Anne Boleyn, delivering our speeches for or against her execution. Finally, having looked at some Tudor dancing, in groups, we all created our own Tudor dance......dancing to that well known Tudor 'hit', Greensleeves (reputedly written by Henry VIII himself). We hope you enjoy some short clips from the dances we created.........

Mary Rose Museum Visit

Very early on Monday 8th September, Class 5 boarded a bus for a long journey to the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth. After a long drive we arrived safely at the Mary Rose Museum, ready for the busy day ahead!

After being warmly welcomed to the museum, we started the day with a workshop called "Henry's Heroes" - a workshop all about the different lives of crew and officers on board the Mary Rose.

All of the children had a great time trying on the clothes of different members of the crew and handling many interesting replica objects.

After lunch, we all went into the museum...where we were welcomed by Henry VIII himself!!

Everybody enjoyed looking around the museum and were amazed by the thousands of objects recovered from the seabed....as well as the incredible remains of the Mary Rose herself!

To end the day all of the children took part in another workshop called "The Gun Drill", learning how to clean and prepare the cannons ready for firing. They were all split into gun teams and had great fun 'firing' the cannons!

Finally, spent out, tired but very happy, everybody agreed it had been a great day in Portsmouth!

It was only as we left the Historic Dockyard did we realise how they had prepared for our visit......!!

A great start to Year 6

Welcome to Year 6 blog. It has been a busy start to the year. The children have settled down and are very busy in the classroom. The children created their own adverts for the 'PERFECT PREFECT' and presented their ideas in front of the class.

 

On Tuesday 9th September Class 6 had their trip to Imperial War Museum. It was a great day out, so many artefacts to see. The workshop was so informative and the exhibits were fantastic.

 

 

In PE the children are developing their skills in gymnastics. We practiced forward rolls, cart wheels, jumping and turning. As a class we created a sequence to music. It was a very interesting lesson.

 

 

 

A Great Day Out with Class 5

    On Wednesday 16th July, we all enjoyed a great day out at the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay. First of all we all enjoyed a game of bowling which was great fun

After bowling we made our way to the cinema and enjoyed the film "How to Train your Dragon 2", eating tons of popcorn and sweet as we watched! To end our day out, we all ate our meal and enjoyed a quick visit to the arcade to spend any leftover money in our pockets! We had a great day out to finish a good but busy year in Class 5......

"Thank you Class 5.....I really enjoyed my year with you. Have fun and work hard in Year 6!"

lots of love ,

Mrs. Jones x

Last Entry for Year 6

Dear Parents,
  Here we are and the summer holidays are around the corner.  This will be my last entry and with a "weeping and smiling eye"; I'll report on these last few days for you.

On Monday 23rd June, the class and I accompanied by Mrs. Rees, went to the Crucial Crew Event in Barry where several agencies i.e. Police, Trading Standards, held various talks to inform the pupils.

 

 We sadly had our last space (Science) lesson with Emma on the 25th June and we shall miss her very much and I hope that she will be available for the upcoming Year 6 class next year. The title of this last workshop was "Is there anyone out there" which asked how we look for signs of life on planet Mars.

The children used litmus paper to test certain substances for their PH levels and examined the results.

Pupils examined the flow of lava here and the coloured plasticine marks "flow" from previous eruptions.

Here we are in Llandaff Cathedral at the end of our Leavers' Service.

We held an "Erosion Lab" yesterday where we examined the various types of erosion which affect the Earth's surface. This is our "beach" before water i.e. waves eroded it.

Here we have our eroded "beach after "Tsunami" like waves!

There it is, the end of our time together, I hope that the children have enjoyed me teaching them as much as I have enjoyed teaching them.  It has been an absolute delight to have been on our joined learning activities and adventures together this last term. I hope and wish that they will continue to thrive in their new Comprehensive Schools. 

Good luck and all the best

Signing off 

Mrs. Saye xxxxx

Gardener's Delight

       Our next success in the garden has been our crop of peas. We have been picking them for over a week now and there are still plenty left for us to harvest.

All of us were able to taste the peas and decided they were really tasty....absolutely scrumptious!! It has been great to see- and taste- the results of all of our hard work in the vegetable plot!

Llangranog part one

Well dear all,
  this Wednesday we set off on our epic adventure to Llangranog. What fun we had, probably Mr Parry more than Mrs Jones and I. Last year I somehow found myself on the "high ropes". An event I thought I ought to give a miss this year! Here are some photos to enjoy.

 

Ready or not, here I come!

 

Well hello, I think I should go too!

 

Last minute encouragement from Mr Parry.

 

So far so good!

Definitely time for a photo opportunity.

 

What goes up must come down (the climbing wall).

 

The mud assault course - permission to get dirty! Really dirty!!

 

They don't mind to get muddy, look at those smiles!

 

Really? Oh yes, that was so necessary!

 

If you can't beat them, you must join them !

 

Nishenka!! What did you do to Mr Parry ?!

 

Well Mr Parry, you don't look too unhappy about it !

Well super muddy, super fun and super teacher!

Thank you Mr Parry for representing Mrs Jones and I in this activity!