On Friday morning, in Crew Jackson, we took part in the the National Literacy Trust take 10 to read challenge. The children really enjoyed listening live to Tom Percival read an extract from his new book then teach them how to show different emotions in their drawings. We went on to escape for 10 minutes with a good book. There is nothing better for your well-being than reading a good book!
REMINDER
Dear parents/carers,
On Tuesday 12th October 2021 we will be inviting you to join our family learning celebration. Our current expedition is centred around the history of rail and we would like to work closely with the local community by supporting Thorne Miniature Railway, who are currently fundraising to keep their service running.
This will be taking place in Thorne Park where our children will be hosting stalls to raise funds in support of the miniature railway.
On Friday 1st October we will be taking part in a non-uniform day. To come in non uniform we would appreciate a donation for the tombola that will be one of the stalls at our fundraiser.
On family learning day we would like to invite you to join us at Thorne park and support your children. On 12/10/21, Year 5 and 6 will be running stalls and have the opportunity to have a ride on the miniature train and learn about how it works.
To enable this to happen children will need to be collected from Green Top at 2:00pm and meet us in the park by 2:15. This will give you a chance to enjoy the event prior to the rest of school and the local public being invited to join us at 3:00pm. Unfortunately if you are unable to join us children will remain in school until 3pm where they can be collected as usual.
Please email [email protected] to let us know your intentions.
Thank you, Team 5/6.
In Crew Jackson we have explored our new feeling charts and the 5 point scale they represent. We have spent time in crew circle discussing how it is okay to feel okay! We explored how in the past the children have said they are feeling angry or sad but now when they reflect they realise they are “ okay but tired…okay but something upset them…okay but something hurts.”
We talked about how it feels, what it looks like and what it sounds like when we have a serious concern or are out of control. It was good to hear the children reflect on behaviours linked to these feelings.
This morning in Crew Jackson we discussed the issue of gender stereotypes. The children showed great maturity in their discussions around gender and interests, the way we look and the jobs and activities we do. I was really impressed with their positive and reflective attitudes.
Year 5/6 are making links through expedition and working with our local community to support the miniature Railway. We will be hosting a range of exciting stalls for you to get involved with and all proceeds will be donated to keep the miniature railway running.
Please come along at 15:00pm on Tuesday 12th October and support us!
I am thrilled to be running and supporting the Green Top Learning Council this year and I am so excited to see what is in store for us!
The Y5/6 Learning Council members have their first appointment tomorrow where they will be speaking to visitors and leading a tour!
Here they are planning for their upcoming engagement!
Watch out for further blogs and pictures of events that involve the Y3/4 Learning Council members too!
What a fab afternoon we had in Year 5 today. I loved the collaboration, communication skills, problem solving and determination the children had. Just 45 minutes to turn a bottle of dirty water into the cleanest water they could!
Check out the photos to see how they did it!
Well done guys – you were awesome!
Mrs Jackson
Year 5 are becoming serious scientists! This afternoon we investigated what the best conditions are for dissolving sugar. We had to make sure our experiments were fair tests by thinking carefully about what we should keep the same and what we should change. The children drew some clear conclusions about which temperature the water needs to be and made some excellent suggestions for further investigations
This term’s homework is now accessible on our online classrooms. To access the online classrooms you will need to ‘log in’ on the Green Top website. You can log in using the icon in the top right corner of the page.
username: [email protected]
password: password
Year 5 – Please remember to add the number ‘30’ after your name.
Year 6 – Please add the number ‘29’ after your name.
Once you are logged in, click on the ‘gmail’ icon at the top of the page (it looks like an envelope). You will have an email inviting you to the online classroom. Please accept this invite to access the classroom.
If you are isolating and well enough, you will also find copies of the week’s slides on there too. If you are poorly there is no expectation that you will access any online learning.
If you need any more support with this please speak to you class teacher and they will be happy top help you with this.
Thank you
The Y5/6 Staff Team
This week we have focused on our science case study in expedition. Today we explored soluble and insoluble materials. The children had lots of fun investigating as scientists!
