Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Centre for Life in Newcastle! We took part in the ‘Our Place in Space’ workshop, which involved watching a fantastic show in the planetarium – it was the perfect way to round off our Earth and Space Science Topic. The children loved all the ‘hands-on’ activities they could explore in the different zones of the Science Centre and impressed the staff with their intelligent and curious questions.
These are our TT Rockstars of the ½ term! The child from each class who has made the most progress in their ‘Gig’ score (a set of 100 multiplication questions) from September until now were awarded a special certificate in our Friday morning Achievement Assembly. Some children achieved a perfect score of 100/100 on their latest gig and they received a special golden award. Knowing your multiplication tables is so important as it helps you to be fluent and efficient when working mathematically. I wonder who will be the winners of next half term!
In music this week, we created collaborative compositions to accompany a rap about the Sun. Our focus was dynamics and we thought carefully about which parts of the composition to make loud and which to make quiet. We enjoyed performing our short compositions to each other.
We have recently passed the following sections in our journey to be awarded the Rainbow Flag: Student Voice, Pastoral Support and Inclusive Curriculum sections
This now means that we have completed the process and can proudly say that we are a Rainbow Flag Award holder! A very big well done to Mrs Rennie, the children and staff and you – our Biddick Hall Junior School community.
Many congratulations, we have been thrilled to have been on this journey with you.
In Year 5, we have been looking at the artist Miró. Joan Miró was a Spanish Catalan artist, born in Barcelona in 1893. In 1922, Joan Miró began exploring surrealism in his paintings. He began painting in a more abstract style. This meant that the things he painted were less realistic, and might not look exactly like they do in real life. He started using strong colours, such as black, red, yellow, green and blue and painted shapes and lines in his artworks. We studied some of his works including Catalan Landscape (The Hunter), 1923-24, Pastorale, 1923-24 and Harlequin’s Carnival, 1924-25. He often included similar things in his paintings such as ears, stars, numbers, letters, trees, flags, ladders, eyes and triangles. We focused on the shapes and colours that he used and then created our own Miró inspired collages. We loved making them look unusual and enjoyed experimenting with making them 3D and we were really pleased with our end products.
Well done to our children who achieved 100% attendance in the autumn Term and gained a bronze certificate and wristband.
Year 5 enjoyed their Christmas party
Classes chose a video clip to watch as a stimulus and then completed a writing activity. One winner was chosen per class.
Writing competition winners:
Honey Rogers 3AE
Harper Farrell 3CL
Olivia Chapman 4NW
Mollie Raine 4NG
Alyssa Blakelock 5LR
Sara Bainbridge 5BA
Jessica Smoult 5KJ
Penny Stidwell 6GD
Charlotte Garrick 6FD
Libby Kulinich 6JO
We had 4 happy children who won an Asda voucher for themselves and their parents when they were picked out for having 100% this half term.
We enjoyed a visit from ‘That History Bloke,’ as part of our Viking history topic.
