Skylark Class

This half term we are incredibly busy preparing our end of year production – The Island That Rocks.  We have been practising our lines, developing our acting skills and filling the corridors with the sounds of the very catchy songs!

Trip to York  After half term, all of year 5 and 6 visited York for the week.  We had a wonderful time visiting a whole range of different venues in the city.  We tasted chocolate at York’s Chocolate Story and went on a sun-filled cruise along the river.  Each day we walked along the river into the city and spent our days at museums such as the Jorvik Centre and DIG.  We climbed to the top of Clifford’s Tower and admired the incredible views and had a great time exploring the Victorian streets that are recreated in York Castle Museum.

National Grid On 19th October we had an interesting visit from National Grid.  We did Now Press Play about reducing our carbon footprint.  We discovered they use drones to check solar panels and robots to repair wind turbines.  We learned a lot about being engineers.

Year 5 Bikeability We learned the ABCD of bike safety.  A means tires as hard as an apple, B for brakes, C for seats and D for direction.  You need to check the ABCD before you take your bikes out!

Once we were safe we put on our high vis vests and went out on the road to practise turning, U-turns, T-junctions and make sure we looked six times before we go.  Although we had to cycle in the rain we had so much fun and will never forget it.

World Canoe Championships  We took a trip to watch the men’s kayaking heats at the Lee Valley Canoe Centre and it was thrilling.  They twisted and turned in the water and we waved our flags and met different mascots.  We also saw a water safety demonstration by the police and avoided a heavy rainstorm by seconds!  Luckily we just made it back on to the coach.