Today, children in Year 5 raised money for Children in Need by dressing up.
Will you be watching tonight?
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/
Congratulations to Alayna and Bea who are already sporting stars.
Alayna swims for Rotherham Metro and Bea runs for Rotherham Harriers. We can’t wait to see how they get on in their competitions.
Congratulations to all the children in Year 5 who have already achieved their Bronze Reading Award. To do this so early, they have read at home at least three times every week since joining Year 5. Well done. Keep enjoying your reading.
Wow! Some more children have achieved their Bronze Reading Award.
Last week, Year 5 were treated to a piano recital from Chenul.
We all really enjoyed it! Well done Chenul.
Who would like to perform a piece for us next week?
Please find attached a copy of our November Newsletter. I hope that you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Gurner
Today, Year 5 have been thinking about the force of friction.
We used jelly cubes, containers, chopsticks and sunflower oil.
We transferred the jelly cubes from one bowl to another with chopsticks.
Then, we added a little sunflower oil to the jelly cubes and moved more of them to another bowl.
As scientists, we did the comparison more than once and noticed any differences.
What do you think happened? Why?
Click on the link to open a copy of our monthly newsletter. If you would prefer a printed copy then please inform the school office.
Thank you,
Mrs Gurner
Congratulations to Myles, Mia and Ellise who completed the Summer Reading Challenge. They have also been invited to a Celebration Ceremony will take place at Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham on Sunday 2nd October.
In Year 5, we began our science work on forces by thinking about gravity. We thought about what would happen when we dropped a ball.
After our experiments and discussions, we watched a video which showed Commander David Scott dropping a hammer and a feather on the moon. What do you think will happen?
Dropping a hammer and a feather on the Moon
We also watched Brian Cox visit the world’s biggest vacuum. A bowling ball and some feathers were dropped. See what happens below.
Today in collective worship, we will be gathering to remember Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. All of our teachers are prepared to answer children’s questions, in an age appropriate way.
In collective worship, there will be a twin emphasis both on sadness at the death of the Queen and also thankfulness for her long life and reign. Marking 70 years of reign this year she became the longest serving monarch. We will mention that the Queen had a really important job earlier this week, as it is the monarch who asks a party leader to be their Prime Minister, and the Queen made a point of doing this final duty.
Any such event will possibly engender conversations in the classroom. Here are some pointers that have been shared with staff but I thought maybe useful for parents too.
Children will want to talk – and they can be asked both to share what they know about the Queen and also any talk about the day of her death and how they heard the news. We will bear in mind there may have been sadness in homes at this time they will want to relate.
We use the terms ‘death’ and ‘died’ and avoid euphemisms.
We are mindful of those particularly affected, allow children to say what they want and need to say and listen carefully.
Staff should feel totally free from any pressure to offer any answers to questions around ‘death’ and ‘dying’, it is ok to not have the answers.
We will make it clear that being sad is natural, as is not knowing what to feel or say.
Here is a prayer that will be offered for children:
God of love,
We thank you for the life of The Queen,
for her service to our nation,
and for her faith in you.
Be close to all of us who mourn,
that we may we find comfort and hope in your love,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
An online Book of Condolence has been started – we will be explaining that this is a way in which the Church has arranged for everyone to write a note of sadness or thoughts for King Charles.
https://www.churchofengland.org/remembering-her-majesty-queen
At school, we have lots of books that explore death in an age appropriate way. If you wish to borrow one of these books, then please let me know.
Mrs Gurner