Year 5 and 6 Enrichment
Adventure Learning Day
Mexico Day
Year 5/6 had a great Mexican themed day! They created some superb Day of the Dead masks, made and tasted some guacamole and salsa and practised and performed a brilliant Mexican themed dance with Taylor from Jessica Squire Dance too. St Nicholas’ Priory
Year 5/6 enjoyed their trip to St Nicholas’ Priory, Exeter, where they learnt about life in the Tudor time period. It was a great way to start their history topic for this half term.
Mini Police
Children in Pine and Birch Class have enjoyed a six week block of learning on local community policing as part of the ‘Mini Police Project’. The children have learnt about a range of policing issues that they identified as needing addressing in the local area.
Through the project, the children have gained a wider understanding of the work the police do and have got to know a representative from their local policing team. They have focused on staying safe, making good decisions and through their participation, they have made a difference in the local community.
We now have many budding police officers in these classes and all enjoyed conducting a community speed watch to end their time as police cadets.
‘The Ginger Swimmer’
Children in Year 5 and 6 had a visit from Lowenna AKA ‘The Ginger Swimmer’ this week. This was an inspirational visit from the teenager who swam the English Channel recently.
The children were full of questions and admiration. They will never look at peaches and jelly babies the same again!
Heart Dissection Workshop
Holocaust Memorial Day
Year 5 pupils attended Exeter Cathedral’s event of remembrance on Holocaust Memorial Day. They sang beautifully to the audience – it was a very moving performance. They also listened attentively to the service and a talk about Kindertransport.
Royal Cornwall Museum
As part of their Egyptian Temples & Tourists topic, Pine, Birch and Oak Class had a fabulous day at The Royal Cornwall Museum. They learnt about the mummification process through a practical hands-on activity and talk; examined the many Egyptian artefacts exhibited in the museum (including a real mummy); handled and learnt about Egyptian artefacts that are thousands of years old; took part in an activity trail around the museum; and explored the interactive gallery.
Shackleton Storyteller
Tudor Trip
To kick-start their Tudor topic, Year 5/6 visited The Museum of Somerset to learn about the Tudors.
They enjoyed a Tudor workshop where they made Tudor soap, practised writing like a Tudor, visited a Tudor Almshouse, played a ‘guess the Tudor object’ game, a quiz on the Tudors and much more.
They then got to explore the other museum exhibits, where they conducted a trail sheet to learn about how the Tudor time period fitted into the chronology of the history of Taunton, Somerset and the Southwest of England.
HOW DOES WILDLIFE IN ‘THE ROCKIES’ COMPARE TO THAT OF OTHER CLIMATES?
Year 5/6 thoroughly enjoyed their visit from Really Wild Learning. They learnt about some of the animals that can be found in ‘The Rockies’ as part of their geogaphy topic and how these compared to animals living in other climates around the world.
Artist visit
Children in Pine, Birch and Oak Class worked collaboratively with artist Darrell Wakelam to create these huge 3D portraits of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I for their upcoming project on The Tudors. These pieces werebuilt up from scratch, completely child led and using recycled materials. We’re so proud of their amazing results!
ANTARCTIC EXPLORER VISIT
As a wonderfully exciting end to our ‘Poles’ topic,
the year 5 and 6 children had the most incredible
opportunity to meet John Killingbeck. He is the
last living Englishman to have made his way
across Antarctica, being hauled by a pack of
dogs. He brought in his enormous sled among
other authentic props and shared his stories and
wisdom with us all. Thankyou John!
