Blossom Class Blog

Date:

28 March

Posted by:

Ms Jones

Easter

The Year 5 Team were incredibly proud of all of the egg entries this year. Thank you to all of those who participated. Well done to the people who came 1st 2nd and 3rd. Happy Easter, everyone!

Date:

28 March

Posted by:

Ms Jones

Bikeability

Bikeability was a huge success, with every person who participated passed level 1 and 2. The children have learnt valuable skills about how to ride safely on the road and what checks they need to complete on their bikes. All of us at Stanford are very proud of everyone who participated.

Date:

28 March

Posted by:

Ms Jones

Science Week

This year's Science week focus was 'time'. In the classroom we learnt all about pendulums. We learnt about why pendulums are used and where we might see examples of pendulums in everyday life. We then made our very own pendulums and investigated how we could change the speed of the movement. We were also very lucky to participate in a VR headset session. The children discovered different ways that they could reduce their carbon footprint and saw the impacts of climate change.

Date:

18 March

Posted by:

Ms Jones

Library

It was Year 5's turn, this week, to go to the library. We are very fortunate to have such a brilliant facility for learning so close to the school. The children were challenged to recall as much information about the Vikings as they could from their learning this term. They then were looking through books and using online sources to discover new facts about the Vikings. The children were also looking at the portrayals of Vikings in fiction books.

'I didn't know there were computers at the library.' 'I loved being surrounded the books.' 'I enjoyed reading a couple of pages from a Viking fiction book, the characters sounded really interesting.'

Date:

7 March

Posted by:

Ms Jones

Tarsia Puzzles

In basic skills this week, the children have been practicing finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. The children had great fun with the Tarsia Puzzles.

Date:

Thursday 29th February

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Maths Collaboration

Year 5 and 6 pupils worked collaboratively this week, combining both their knowledge on fractions and measures to solve problem solving questions based on this area in Maths.

Our challenge used trial and error which was rather difficult! We kept going and never gave up to find the answer!

It was great to put our skills together and work together to solve the questions!

Date:

11 February

Posted by:

Ms Jones

PX Ltd visit

In Year 5 we have been completing different investigations to help the engineers at PX Ltd in Hull with the 'Children Challenging Industry' programme. On the last day of half term, we were lucky enough to be invited over to visit the site. The children thoroughly enjoyed the activities in the morning, these included: wearing PPE, using an inferred thermometer and a tour around the Saltend chemicals park.

OB 'This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, we are so lucky to be able to do this.'
LS 'I want to work in an industry like this.'
FG 'I have really enjoyed taking up the role as PPE safety manager, making sure they are all wearing the correct PPE to keep them safe around the site.'

Date:

11 February

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Key Stage 2 Disco 🪩

Pupils in Key Stage 2 enjoyed the Friendship Disco- a great time had by all!

Date:

18 December

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Maths collaboration: Reasoning & Problem solving

Blossom and Barley pupils have been working together to solve different reasoning and problem solving questions using their wide range of math skills. These problems were to extend their knowledge by applying what they know to solve the problems. Pupils worked in small groups and pairs and used concrete, technology and pictorial resources to help solve the answers.

Date:

7 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🎄 Pupils have been busying preparing for the Christmas Fayre today!! 🎄

Date:

7 November

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

MP Martin Vickers

On Monday our local MP, Martin Vickers visited Year 5 and 6 pupils to talk to them about his role as MP and Parliament. Pupils learnt when Parliament was formed and what happens within the House of Commons. There was then an opportunity for Q and A from the pupils- great questions asked! Pupils then followed this exciting assembly, with work all about Parliament. Thank you Martin Vickers for the inspirational talk!

Date:

18 October

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Celebrating our Sisters

Year 5 have been 'celebrating our sisters' for Black History Month! We used a range of secondary sources to research information about black women and their 'first' achievements, such as the first black policewoman, author and MP. We had some great group discussions as to why it is so important to celebrate these achievements.

Date:

17 October

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Reasoning and problem-solving

This week, Blossom Class have been working hard at trying some reasoning and problem-solving questions. We have focused on reading the question carefully, highlighting key information and deciding which operation we need to use. Today we had a practical session using whiteboards, coaching our buddies and collaborating with our peers.

Date:

15 October

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica

Over this half term, we have really enjoyed learning all about Shackleton and his expedition to Antarctica!

This week, we studied imagery and how a picture of the Weddel Sea made us feel, considering how we would feel if we had been part of the crew. We created a word bank of excellent vocabulary and used this to create short poems- we wrote these on different strips so we could move them around to create the best effect.

Date:

15 October

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Compass Go Workshop

Year 6 had a great session with Zowie from Compass Go. We looked at positive and negative relationships and how to spot them and also how to manage friendship issues from low, medium and high problems and how best to deal with these. Sometimes we may need to compromise with friends if they are doing something that makes you unhappy. We also looked at social media and ensuring we only engage with friends.

‘ I really liked taking part in the I can statements, it was a lot harder than I thought!’

‘ Healthy and unhealthy relationships are important to identify’

‘ I know that I can solve problems with my friends’

Date:

15 October

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Peer Mentoring Training with Compass Go!

At Stanford we care about positive mental health and wellbeing and want to support anyone who may need help. Sarah at Compass Go came this week to train some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils to become our new Peer mentoring group. This group learnt all about positive well-being and what they can do to support others who may be struggling- offering advice, finger breathing, grounding technique etc These pupils will be a champion to our peers! Listening to what pupils need, helping others to improve their own wellbeing and learning about mental health. We want tio ensure ALL pupils at Stanford:

• Feel good in both body and mind
• Feel enjoyment or calmness
• Are interested in new things
• Have healthy relationships and friendships
• Know how to manage a bad day or situation

Our Peer wellbeing Ambassadors can help! Keep updated with their progress in school!

Date:

4 October

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Seasonal

Blossom Class have been looking at the word seasonal-what it means and which foods are harvested, caught or reared in certain months. Today we had the exciting job of tasting these foods! We tried and reviewed them, a tasty session!

L- ‘I didn’t like tomato before but I really like it now!’

A- ‘The celery was bumpy and it felt weird in my mouth’

H- ‘The apples were so sweet and juicy’

Date:

29 September

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Invasion Games

Year 5 have enjoyed getting involved in different invasion games this term in PE. We have been focusing on using our communication and teamwork to work together and win the game- this weeks game was steal the bacon and it was great fun!

Date:

26 September

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Girls Football Team

These girls are just amazing!

Although they were the youngest team at the tournament today, they played with their hearts on their sleeves. Win/lose/draw they had big smiles on their faces right to the end. Mr Marshall and Stanford school couldn't be prouder, well-done girls ⚽😊

Date:

26 September

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Harvest Festival

The Harvest Festival was an amazing event. Each of the classes prepared something to share - pieces of art, letters, poems and songs. It was lovely seeing the Foundation children join us to share their song. Rev Chris came to talk to us about harvest and spoke about how it is important to share and care for each other, qualities which we treasure within our school.

Date:

25 September

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Football Crazy!!

Well done to the boys who recently represented the school playing football. They were amazing ambassadors for the school showing determination, teamwork and sportsmanship. Their smiles say it all.

Date:

22 September

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

We are scientists!

This week in Year 5, we have been investigating which material would be best to keep our lunch cool all day... We used plastic, fabric, metal, cardboard and glass. We used our scientific enquiry skill, observing over time, to see which material melted reduced the size of our ice cubes quickest. We look forward to more experiments testing different materials!

Date:

15 September

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Year 5 had a great Hook Day, learning all about Wild Weather!

We had a fabulous session finding out lots of facts about weather around the world. A wonderful art session, recreating tsunami art using mixed media and learning about the human impact of natural disasters! A wonderful day, with lots of learning and creative costumes!

Date:

7 September

Posted by:

Miss Chilvers

Portraits

Year 5 have enjoyed getting back into their learning this term! We have started looking at portraits in Art, using and mastering some different techniques. Today, we tried drawing ourselves using the continuous line method- we had to try our best to not take our pencil off the paper! We can't wait to develop these over the coming weeks!