Stig of the Dump

Literacy this term we are doing a novel study.

The novel we are reading is Stig of the Dump, by Clive King.

Chapter 4. Page 56.

Barney took his hat off and scratched his head. How was he to explain to Stig about the meet of the fox-hounds, and how he wanted them to join in? He looked at the drawings on the wall of the cave and they gave him an idea. He put down the spear and picked up a charred stick. ‘Look Stig’, he Said. ‘Fox!’ And he carefully did his best drawing of a fox on the wall of a cave. 

This part of the book inspired our Thursday Art lesson.

Cave drawings using soft pastels. 

 This is men hunting deer. By Amiri

 This is a bull and a spear. By Ian

  This is men hunting animals. By Terence

 This is by Gael, Kenny, Miguel and Hitanshu.

Primary Sports Day

Our Primary Sports Day was designed to be fun, exciting, challenging and rewarding.

Best of all, getting moving is fun!!!!!!

We left school around 8:30am and went on a bus to the stadium in Baguida.

It took us around thirty minutes to get to the stadium

LONG JUMP

Josue flying through the air

 Iman and Saffron battle it out.

Looks like Iman went a bit further.

Here comes Terence and Miguel running as fast as they can!!!

"Am I further than you Paola?" asked Gael.

 

Is Kenny using a gliding technique with his arms?  

 TUG OF WAR

Year 5 started with Boys VS Girls. As there are more boys in the class, Miss Day jumped in to help.

The girls won!! 

Not with the strength of Miss Day, but with the strength of Paola!! Obviously, look at that face!!!

HURDLES 

 Hitanshu and Saffron.

Iman. 

Mr Rachid our Year 5 Teaching Assistant and Dr Peyron our Head of P.E, after their hurdle race!!!

Christina encouraging her team.

Now for a rewarding swim!!!!

Finally we take our BSL sports day bandannas and hit the road back to school! 

Science week is nearly here....

Science week is to begin next week, so to prepare ourselves for a fun week ahead our Secondary Biology teacher Mr. Winstanley dissected a cow's heart today in the Biology laboratory.
 
As we had studied the heart during the first term, Year 5 had many questions to ask and also had a lot to talk about. We also shared this experience with Miss Conway and the Year 6 students.

Happy New Year!! + technology challenges!!

In anticipation of Science week, which will start in two weeks time, year five thought we should 'tryout' some of the technology challenges... 
This particular challenge asks the class to imagine that some people are injured at the bottom of a sheer rock face, and they need medicine, some of which is fragile and has to be packaged so that it will not break.
There is also no cord to lower this medicine gently and there is also no wind. 

The class has been given 10 sheets of A4 paper, 1m of selotape, 1m of string and a raw egg as the medicine.
The egg is the medicine. 

 Oh dear!! This medicine didn't make it....

Success!!

Let’s try a parachute ….

Finally the last group... will the medicine make it down the cliff face??

SUCCESS!!!