Year 5 Police Safety Talk

On Friday 25th January, Year 5 were visited by a local police officer who talked to the children about keeping safe in their local area. He talked to the children about the danger of Gangs. How they recruit children (some as young as 10 yrs) into gangs and the signs to be aware of.

Children were able to ask and answer questions they had and were well informed about what they could do to keep themselves safe and the consequences of being part of a gang.

The police officer talked to the children about gangs. As a year group, the children discussed reasons why young people may join a gang, for example:

• ·         Respect and status
• ·         To gain friends
• ·         A sense of belonging
• ·         Excitement
• ·         To find a substitute family
• ·         Power
• ·         Protection
• ·         Money
• ·         Peer pressure

The children were encouraged to remember that they have the power to say “No” if someone asks them to do something that makes them feel uncomfortable. They were also informed of the dangers linked to social media and how to keep themselves safe.

Bake it!

In science the Year 5s have been learning about how yeast works.  We now understand that yeast is an active substance and is ‘alive’.  Yeast is activated or woken up by warm water and then sugar acts as its food.  We learnt this through carrying out a series of experiments looking at how to increase the amount of froth created by combining warm water, yeast and sugar.  We also experimented to find out if yeast could blow up a balloon.  Through these experiments we learnt that yeast and sugar produce a gas called carbon dioxide.  This is what created the froth and blew up the balloon.

We have now moved on to our food technology lessons and we have started with baking bread.  We looked at how yeast acts as a rising agent when baking bread, and how leaving yeast out results in a flatter, harder, heavier bread. 

Para-Olympics here we come....

We were very lucky to have the opportunity to visit the Para-Olympic at the Olympic park on Tuesday 18th July.  We had a fantastic time and it was a one in a lifetime experience for us...it was amazing how the Para-Olympians competed and an eye opener for some of the children.  The dedication and hard work was astounding and we had a fabulous day.  Here are some pictures we would like to share with you!

Year 3 Sports Day

We had our sports day today and it was full of fun and laughter, lots of competitive games where all the children, staff and parents joined in the fun.  We were lucky it didn't rain even though it was windy and overcast.  Here are some pictures to share our celebration.