Design Technology: Eggy Carts
Yesterday, the children finished off their Eggy’s carts. They added safety features like seat belts, crumple zones and a roll cage. Take a look at their fabulous work!
To complete our DT project, the children then had to test their carts against the design brief. We completed two tests:
- if it was moveable (roll test);
- if it would protect Eggy when the vehicle crashed (crash test);
For the crash test, the children pushed their cars down a ramp into a wall to see if Eggy would still be in intact – some Eggys did not make it. Take a look at our SMASHING experiment!
Help at home: What was your child’s favourite part of the making process? What would they improve next time? What was one thing they found difficult?
Food Technology: Bread!
Year 5 created bread in food technology this week. We measured, poured and kneaded! The children created different shapes before cooking. Year 5 REALLY really loved it! The recipe has been sent home with them today so, why not try it at home?
Healthy Week
This week was our themed week: ‘Healthy Week’. Over the last 5 days, we have been off timetable and have been learning about lots of different ways to be healthy.
We kickstarted it with our new sessions of ‘Feelings First’. In these sessions, we have a feeling for the week and we discuss everything related to it: the definition; what happens if we have too much or too little of this emotion; what it might look like on us or others; how it might impact us or others; what other emotions are related to it; and how we can regulate it. We looked at 4 different feelings: influenced, offended, excluded and resentful.
On Monday, we had the British Military Martial Arts come to complete a session. The children were able to learn how to do a front kick, a jab, a cross punch and a side kick. The children got into teams to race against each other.
After we learn about allergies and how to help someone if they are having an allergic reaction.
Help at home: Which 3 do you think are the most important?
Our next lessons were about personal hygiene and dental health. We discussed what we use to stay clean, what areas should be cleaned the most, where does bacteria like the most, what causes damage to our teeth and where do you visit regularly to look at your teeth. The children created posters about the importance of personal hygiene and handwashing.
Did you know that in a can of Coca-Cola there is 35 grams of sugar – that’s the same as 10 teaspoons of sugar! Year 5 researched how much sugar was in their favourite snacks.
We finished off the afternoon with skipping school. The children practised and perfected partner skipping. They then showed off their amazing skills to the rest of the school!
On Tuesday, we started off the day with a road safety assembly and a feelings first session. We then had a zoom about about healthy eating. We looked at ‘The Eatwell Guide’. In the afternoon, we completed the first day of our personal best challenge – the children were able to pick one skill they wanted to improve on throughout the week. We finished off the day with a lesson looking at vaccinations, physical illness and how to spot changes in our bodies. We talked about why it’s important to report any differences: it could get worse if you don’t talk about it.
On Wednesday, we started off the day with a basketball session. We had lots of fun!
Year 5 had a lesson about mental health and tried mindful hearing – a nice calming exercise. We used our senses to focus on the sounds around us.
In the afternoon, we had time to try and beat our personal best in PE. We also had a session with Hip Hop Phil – the children were amazed!
On Thursday, we had sports day! On Friday, we started off the day with an assembly about physical health and then followed this up with a lesson. The children took part in different physical activities and had to measure their heart rate using their pulse.
In the afternoon, we had a lesson about drug education from D:Side.
Help at home: What was your child’s favourite session of this week?
We’ll Meet Again…
A huge, HUGE well done to everyone in Year 5 and 6 for three truly incredible performances of this summer’s production, We’ll Meet Again.
Everyone stepped up to their role, whatever it was, with passion, pride and commitment.
Thank you for your support, whether that was supplying a costume or practising the songs endlessly at home. We really appreciate it and know that it made the production what it was.
We had some excellent acting, impressive singing and standout props. It was a performance that will hopefully stay with the children for the rest of their lives.
Drop Down Morning
On Friday, it was Topic Drop Down Morning. Year 5 and 6 joined together for these sessions: History, Geography and Art.
In History, we recapped our knowledge about the Stone Age to Iron Age and Ancient Egypt. The children had to match the significant element to the time period.
To finish off the lesson, Year 5 and 6 needed to decide which civilisation was the most advanced and why.
Help at home: Which time period do you think was the most advanced? Give 3 reasons why.
In Geography, we looked back at out climate change unit. The children needed to match key vocabulary to their definitions.
We then read a kids guide to climate change. The children had to create retrieval questions for their partner to answer.
In our final session of the morning, Year 5 and 6 revisited their art learning – looking specifically at visual and tactile elements. Small groups were given an element each and they had to draw or write something to represent their given word.
Help at home: Can you name all 9 elements?
They then had to match significant artists to their artwork. To finish the lesson, they described the artwork using the visual and tactile elements.
Science: We are biologists!
In our next science unit, we are biologists. Biology is the study of living things.
In this week’s lesson, we dissected a flower called Alstroemeria. We labelled the different parts and discussed which of them make up the male and female reproductive systems. Have a look at our work:
Help at home: Label the different parts of the flower.
PE: Cricket
This half-term, our PE topic has been cricket. We have been practising our batting, bowling and fielding skills. We have been perfecting the ready position in each of these rolls. In the past couple of lessons, we have been applying our improved skills in games of kwik cricket.
Help at home: Can you show the ready positions? What are the rules of kwik cricket?
Living and Learning: Relationships
Over the past 3 weeks, we have had a plethora of RSE lessons covering a range of topics. This week, we talked about relationships and what makes them healthy as well as families and what makes ours different and unique.
To start, we defined a relationship as “the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected” and then talked about the different relationships we have in our lives. Then, we discussed healthy and unhealthy relationships and thought about how we could support and improve them. Here are a few ideas:
- being kind, considerate and respectful
- being honest
- listening to each other
- respecting personal space, boundaries and privacy
- accepting others’ differences
We then talked about similarities and differences between our families and focused in our why our families are important to us. Here are a few responses. Families provide:
- love
- care
- support
- food
- shelter
- safety
Help at home: Talk with your child about the different relationships they have.
Inter-Primary Sports Day
Some children from Y5 and Y6 went to a sports day at Allerton Grange. There were lots of other schools there competing in a range of events such as javelin, long jump and 200m.
Everyone represented Moortown with commitment, enthusiasm and (most importantly) respect. We finished fifth overall!
Well done to all who took part.
Orienteering
Recently, as part of the Leeds Well Schools Partnership, some of our Key Stage 2 children participated in an orienteering event at Roundhay Park.
After being briefed on the rules and how to complete the orienteering challenge, they set off with their partner armed with a map of the site to find the first check point. Then, it was back to the start to hand over to the other pair in their team for them to find check point two and so on until all twelve markers had been found.
The children worked brilliantly in their teams encouraging and supporting each other.
Well done to all the children for representing the school so well and developing these great skills.
The event was led by Airienteers and they have permanent orienteering courses across Leeds locations. Here’s the course for Roundhay Park.
