Year 5 have set off!

After a long wait for a late bus Year 5 have set off for Brittons Academy! They will be taking part in some drama and music activities. More updates later. 

Maple Make Smoothies

To follow on from the fantastic BMX display that they saw in the morning, Maple made some delicious fruit smoothies yesterday...but in a very unusual way. Mrs Nicholls borrowed a very special bike which enabled the blades of a blender to rotate as the rider pedalled on the bike. With some team work and a wary Miss R and Mrs Stallard holding the lid of the blender, just in case, Maple created a scrumptious smoothie sensation! Yummy! 

Romeo & Juliet Workshop

Last week, the children took part in a production of Romeo & Juliet. Actors from the Sky Blue Theatre, guided them through the story, using props and costumes, the children were transported into the play. Shakespearean language was brought to life for the children despite the difficulty of some of the language the children had the fabulous actors to translate to modern English. After the production was performed the children took part in two workshops. The children separated into two groups, during the first workshop the children explored in depth the death scene of Romeo and Juliet. In the second workshop, the children looked at what they would need to produce a trailer for a new production of the play.

Junior Citizenship Day

Year 6 spent this morning at the Romford Army Reserve Centre taking part in the Havering Junior Citizenship Event. The children were greeted by PC Wayne Hopkyns as they arrived for their introductory talk about today's activities. The children were put into groups and told that  they would be taking part in a variety of workshops. 

First activity the children were discussing travel safety, how to travel on buses safely and rules and regulations when travelling. 

Afterwards we went to the abandoned shelter experience - we walked through an 'abandoned' building and discussed the dangers which could be found. There were empty cans, litter, food packages and animal faeces. We were convinced that a dangerous animal lived in the building but it was actually a person. This experience was truly terrifying as the 'person' jumped out at us as if to attack. It really made the children think about why they should never enter any abonanded buildings.

Next the children entered the Youth Bus and were given a tea, challenge. Working together, they completed the task through discussion and teamwork!

In addition, the children took part in a Road Saftey workshop which focused on making sure that they always wore their helmets when riding their bikes. We were given a demonstration to show what would happen if we were on a bike and had an accident with and without a bike helmet! 

After that we watched a peer pressure show and had to discuss everything that was wrong with the scenario and what you should do if your 'friends' try to make you do something you feel uncomfortable about.

Next, we were met my two police officers who spoke to us about knife crime. We had to follow the rules and regulations and sort a selection of knives and sharp objects into those which are illegal and legal.

After a while , we went to the Fire Brigade session and learnt about the speed at which a fire burns. It was interesting to know, that the imagine of smoke in movies , white smoke and a few coughs, is extremely deceptive! In real-life if an adult was to breathe in the dark black smoke they would become unconscious within two breaths and  die if they still continued to inhale the smoke.

Then we discussed our local environment and how to recycle and reduce waste.

Lastly, we had a London Ambulance session, did you know that on average there are 6,000 phone calls requesting an ambulance in the London area alone! We learnt about DR ABC which stands for DANGER - RESPOSNE - AIRWAYS - BREATHING - CALL 999! This should be done before any CPR takes place.

Perfect Penmanship

Congratulations to our Year 5 children that have earned their handwriting pens today. Our year 5s are the first cohort to earn their prized handwriting pens, which they have to treasure and look after. They have earned them for their exceptional handwriting and presentation in all areas of their class work! Great job guys, keep it up! 

Elm create collages celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's reign

Sam's origami

Over the weekend Sam Murcia learnt how to create origami figures which can move! He spent time concentrating on manipulating the paper in order to make fabulous figures which can move and come to life. Well done Sam!

Elm explore thixotropic substances

This afternoon, Elm class were scientists and put their knowledge surrounding properties of solids, liquids and gases to the test. They investigated how much water was needed to add to cornflour in order to create a thixotropic substance. Excellent work Elm!