Exhibiting our talents!

After all of the hard work around Black Georgians in Year 5, we were lucky enough to see some of our work exhibited in a special showcase at the Black Cultural Archives on Friday and Saturday. 

We popped along on Friday to see our comic strips  and poetry displayed for the public to peruse and, as you can tell from our photos, we are very proud of our achievements!

 

Huge thanks to the Black Cultural Archives, Adissa (our poetry whiz) and Steve Marchant (comic skills guru) for organising and working with us! We had a great time.

 

 

We'll be making a book of all of our work, so come and have a look if you didn't get a chance to visit the exhibition. 

A Handful Of Coins

I have a handful of coins. I give away 1/3 of them.  How much money do I have left?

All About Olaudah Equiano

We've learnt an awful lot about Olaudah Equianao, a famous writer and abolitionist, in Year 5 this term.  

Rather than asking you questions about his life, we'd like you to write your own quiz and post it in the comments for others to try and complete! 

For instance,  my quiz would start:

1) Where was Olaudah Equiano born?

2) Where did Equiano live when he was enslaved with a widow?

3) How old was Equiano when he came over to London?

To answer a quiz, simply respond to the comment with your answers! Remember to make it clear which answer corresponds with which question! EG:

1) Benin

Sumdog Lambeth Contest

Year 4 Red are currently doing really well in the Lambeth Contest on Sumdog, and are in 7th place. 

Make sure you answer all of your questions carefully and accurately in order to bump up our score and let's aim to get a Hill Mead class at the top of the leaderboard!! 

http://www.sumdog.com/

Factor Fun

We have been learning all about factors this week, and using our knowledge to solve factor triangles. 

Using mathematical vocabulary, can you explain to your peers what a factor is?

Vocabulary you could use would include: 

factor

divide

equally

product

Maritime Madness

This week Year 5 went to the National Maritime Museum to learn more about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.  

What was the most interesting thing you learnt? What really shocked you? How did the exhibition make you think differently about enslavement?

Comic Chaos!

The wonderful comic creator Steve Marchant came into Year 5 Blue today to show us how to create a comic strip based around our topic Black Georgians.  

Year 5 Red are yet to have the privilege of working with Steve, so 5 Blue, what would your top tips for 5 Red be?

Slave Ship Sorrows

We have been learning about the famous Georgian, Olaudah Equiano. What do you know about his experience on a slave ship? What were the conditions like on board this vessel? How would you feel about being in such a place?

Black Georgian Research

We have been learning about the lives of black people during the Georgian era this term, and you have been asked to research the lives of particular black Georgians.  What questions did you have regarding their lives that led your research?

For instance, If I were researching Tom Molyneux, I might want to know: When did he start boxing? What did his father do? What kind of childhood did he have?

Budding journalists in Year 5

As part of our topic, Out Of Many, One School, we interviewed our parents to find out about our cultural heritage and the history of our families. We wanted to know what life was like for our parents when they were younger, who was their favourite author and what was their favourite story.  

Watch a selection of the videos below. What else would you have wanted to ask?

Fun with fables

This week we are rewriting a fable, but with a twist.  Instead of using the original characters, we have changed them to a suitable alternative. Which animals did you choose and why did you choose them?

Poor punctuation

This week during Guided Reading we will be attempting to correctly punctuate a piece of speech. 

Remember! 

Put every word that was spoken inside speech marks. 

Always use a capital letter for the beginning of each sentence inside the speech marks.

Separate the direct speech from the rest of the sentence - usually with a comma.

Use a new paragraph when another person is speaking. 

EG: "Miss Ffrench have you seen my favourite green pen?" asked Mrs Robinson. 

"You mean this one?" replied Miss Ffrench, waving a green pen in the air. "I've been using it for ages - it's such a good green pen." 

Can you rewrite this piece of speech in the comments with the correct punctuation? 

The ball was out explained Miss Seleem so Sylvester needs to go to the back of the line.  OK agreed Mr Right but I still think that Keylin should also be out for answering the referee back.  Let's give her one more chance decided Miss Seleem Your call replied Mr Right as he went back to watching the football match.

Year 5 Needs You!

This is your blog, Year 5.  So, if you could see anything on the blog, what would you most like to see? What would you really want to comment on? Why?  Tell us and we'll start posting!

Fantastic Fairytales

We've been concentrating on writing our own fairy tale this week, with a moral that would be good to teach Year 2.  With this in mind, we wondered What's your favourite fairy tale? Why is it your favourite? What is the moral of this fairy tale?

Even more excitingly, we've been having great fun with Mixed-Up fairy tales during story time.  We've seen lots of bizarre stories, including Jack climbing a beanstalk to be met by a genie!!   If you could change one of your favourite fairy tales, which would it be and how would you change it?

Welcome to Year 5

We've been working hard for the last 2 weeks in Year 5, and by now you should have an idea of what to expect over the rest of the year.  Learning is always about challenging yourself further and with that in mind I wondered about your personal learning challenge this year. For instance, mine is going to be to learn more about editing my own work.  

What will yours be? I'm looking forward to hearing them.