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.

I-pad maths

This week in Numeracy we have been using our Maths and IT skills. We have been using apps called Showbie and 30 hands to solve complex questions that Miss Williams set us. We had 4 numbers 1,9,9 and 6 you couldn't change the order but we could use the following operations ( multiplication, division, brackets, square route, squared, cubed and subtraction). We had to make the numbers:28,32,35,38, 72,73,76,77 and 100.

vote for Your World

This week we are going to do an election. All week we have been making posters to stick around the school and we made a power point on what we are going to do if you vote for us. Our party is called Your World and we will help the environment by decreasing the number of trees cut down, make education easier for poor people to go to university and spend more money on police. We will make a rule that if you cut down a tree you have to plant 2 new ones and if you don't, you have to pay a fine of £60 within 3 days, We will stop people poaching by 2020 and we will employ 1000 extra doctors to help save peoples' lives.

So please vote for us. We will do everything we can to make the world a better place to live in.




by Caden and Krysta

Coffee debate

Today in topic we held a debate.We are learning about Mexico so our debate was about coffee. If coffee cost £2.35 a jar, what is the amount The Coffee Farmers, Roasters, Exporters, Shipping Company and Retailers should be paid?

After preparing a points in our groups last week, we came to a decision on the prices we felt we should be paid.
After our debate, we spent then had to negotiate our prices down and eventually we came to a decision.

Coffee Farmers  thought they were worth: 57p
Roasters thought they were worth: 35p
Exporters thought they were worth: 57p
Shippers thought they were worth: 40p
Retailers thought they were worth 40p

but...

Coffee Farmers were worth 4p
Roasters were worth £1.51
Exporters were worth 7p
Shippers were worth 14p
Retailers were worth 59p

Total jar: £2.35

Watford Penalty shoot outs FINAL!

Last Saturday Yr 5/6 went to Vicarage Road ( Watford stadium ) to watch the final match of the season against Sheffield  Wednesday. They went 1-0 up from Troy Deeney (Watford's captain) however SW scored an equaliser  to prevent Watford from winning the championship in the 91st minute.

At half time we went on the pitch  to take part in the finals of the penalty shoot-out. It was a fantastic experience to be on the pitch in front of a sell out crowd. Unfortunately, we lost 1-0 to Yew Tree. We were given a trophy to take back to school an d a medal each.

Previously,Watford had been promoted alongside Bournemouth to the Barclay's Premier League, there was a huge pitch invasion at the end of the match and nearly all the stands were empty.

Year 3 & 4 Football Tournament

Today some pupils in years 3&4 took part in a 6 aside football tournament held at Cavendish School, run by the DSSN. Whilst we were not victorious, everyone had a great afternoon. We had some fantastic opportunities within both 0-0 draws. Corey took a great free kick, but unfortunately it was blocked by the Brockswood defence, Hattie and Ben also had great opportunities. Our defence was strong and they held their own through some fierce competition.

All players showed great sportsmanship, held their heads high and were smiling until the end. There were tactical talks led by Nancy, setting out clear lines of attack and interviews by team mates.

Overall it was a great afternoon of football, well done to all that took part.