India Day

Today we have been learning about the country India. As part of our morning we have been learning about the Geography around India. In our class we had a group challenge where we needed to use atlases to identify the capital city, the surrounding seas and oceans, the countries that border India (Pakistan, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan, there are 2 more, can you name them?) and to find the longitude and latitude coordinates for New Delhi (the capital city). We have been learning about how India is such a diverse country. There are 2 main religions in India; the white section of the Indian flag represents peace and unity and the idea that Muslims and Hindus can live in harmony.
In addition to this, we have also made our own vegetable curry and were able to try some afterwards, it was delicious! During this time, we created our very own Rangoli patterns, we learnt that these are originally made from sand, rice and chalks. They are created and used to welcome the Goddess of wealth during the Festival of Light, known as Diwali.

This afternoon, we have been joined by Bollywood Vibes instructor, Ambur. She has been extremely impressed with our knowledge of India. We have been introduced to Bollywood dancing and have had opportunities to try on traditional Indian clothing. We have also learnt many traditional Bollywood poses. Later this afternoon we will be putting together a Bollywood dance as a collective group. The gates to the playground will be open at 3:05 and all parents are invited in to watch our performance.

Self-Control assembly

We started our in class assembly with half a kitchen roll tube each; we were given these in order to make a marble run. We weren't allowed to put our hands over the ends of the tubes; if it fell off the run, we had to put the marble back at the beginning. People at the end of the line were getting frustrated,because they thought they could do it quicker and better. Therefore, we passed the marble to the other end and see if they were right (getting the marble to the other end).

After all being called to the carpet, we were told not to pop the bubbles Miss Williams was firing (is that even legal?). Many bubbles later...  Harry popped himself to the bottom of the charts by not showing self-control.  Soon, Miss Williams gave in and let us pop as many bubbles as we wanted ( for some reason, Bradley resisted and didn't burst a single bubble.) This assembly was based all on our value of the month:self-control. For the first task, we had to not get annoyed because of the marble. Also the second, we had to show self-control and not pop the bubbles.

PGL Day 1

We've arrived in Dorset and had a great first day! This evening we have been taking part in a range of team activities. We finished off the evening making robots!

Maths-Factor Race

Today in maths, we did an extremely fun race. There were multiple groups and we each had a set of questions to complete, one at a time. They varied from fancy factors to awesome addition, but the winning team was a 3-man squad; Callum, Krysta and Beau. The main focus was factors, which we got every other question, but the others had a random topic, such as angles, shapes, algebra etc. It was a bucket load of fun and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

PE-Team Building

Today in P.E with Mr.Murphy, we were working on our team building skills. We were placed in lines and we had to work as a team to move in lines and we had to work as a team to move in the same direction at the same pace and then, to make it more difficult, we had to: increase the speed, decrease the noise and complete the task in the opposite manner, e.g. left meant right, forwards meant backwards,etc. After this, we were asked to form letters from our bodies. Then we needed to create a word in our groups. can you guess our words?

Safety day - fire brigade

Today, members of the blue watch from the Hemel Hempstead fire and rescue team came to our school to tell us what we should do in a fire. a closed door can hold back a fire for 30 mins and the air canisters(that the firemen use) will last for 49 mins; if the temperature is to high, the canister can last for as little as 15 mins. Here are a few examples of what the fire fighters have to do ; rescue animals, rescue people from car crashes and rescue people from house fires. Harry was picked by: Brendan, Collin and Keith (3 firemen) to model their fireproof outfit!

Macbeth

Yesterday in English, Years 5 and 6 were learning about the Shakespeare play Macbeth. We were split into 2 groups and asked to act out scene 1 of Macbeth. We were given a script and a list of characters to be. These characters were Macbeth, The Three Witches, Banqou and a Narrator. After 15 minutes  of practising, We performed our plays to the class.We had to include facial expression, expression in our voice and include actions. We had lots of fun.