More success today as the Y5/6 mixed cricket team secured silver medals. Unfortunately, the final did not go their way but there were stellar performances all around. A shout out to one of our youngest team members for her incredible performances over the last two days (girls and mixed cricket tournaments): Eleanora!
Well done to both the girls and the boys teams for all their practice during lunchtimes and break times. Onto the Y3/4 cricket tournaments in a couple of weeks time!
In a dodgeball tournament taking place at Armthorpe Academy, our Y5/6 made the final, beating every team bar one to reach the knock out stages. Each game was hotly contested, with some with the incredible shots and catches. Shout outs to Mack, Alba and Zak for their whole team knockouts – 5 whole team knockouts between them!
The final vs Owston Park
Beating Owston until the final millisecond when one of their balls hot Hollie in the back. After a group referee decision, they decided on extra time which resulted in 2 minutes extra game play. Both teams took early losses but ultimately Owston came out winners. Well done to our amazing team nevertheless!
MVP – Holly Williams
to culminate our spring expedition, ‘FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS’, year five have been busy working away on their sketches of iconic figures who have helped change the world. Following a sequence of learning about how to use of tone to create a 3D effect and learning how to accurately sketch features of the face, 5CC began to draft their sketches with the class being given a choice of three: Martin Luther King, Bob Geldof and Lord Shaftesbury. We are looking forward to seeing what their final drafts look like and how they will feature in our final product, the iconic figures calendar.
5CC kicked off the new half term with an exciting tennis lesson, focusing on agility, balance, and tactical play. The session began with fun warm-up games like knee tag and shoulder tag, helping pupils prepare for low and high shots.
Next, they practiced playing the ball into space, aiming to earn points with two bounces inside a designated area. If the second bounce landed outside, their opponent scored instead! This encouraged strategic thinking and careful shot placement.
The highlight was spike ball, where pupils demonstrated their skills by identifying space and aiming their shots. More confident players even struck the ball after the initial throw, showing great progress.
The lesson balanced attacking and defensive methods, teaching pupils how to score points while preventing their opponents from doing the same. Well done, 5CC – keep up the fantastic work!
On Friday morning, Years Five and Six were visited by Doncaster North’s MP, Ed Miliband. Following their learning about the civil rights movement, gender inequality and wealth inequality, the children had the chance to ask their local MP questions about his career and learn about his role in government. The children prepared questions and asked about his success and challenges; his ideas for how to help Doncaster and the country; his priorities as per his role in the current government cabinet.
Mr Miliband also took the time to learn about the children’s current expedition with Y5/6 reeling off their favourite facts from ‘Fights for your Rights’. Thank you to Ed for taking the time out of his busy diary to visit us!
In our history case study, year 5 have been learning about how life was different in the past, particularly for women. In an activity this morning, the children were given nine issues and were asked to organise these ins. Diamond nine with the worst issue for women being placed at the top. There were a variety of diamond nine formations as a result of plenty of group discussion. After engaging with these past societal rules, 5CC empathised with women from the 1800s, agreeing that women would probably be left feeling powerless, controlled and hopeless.
After this introduction, the class began learning about the two factions which sought to empower women by winning the right to vote: the Suffragists and the Suffragettes!
On the 5th February, Years 5 and 6 celebrated Rosa Parks day, named after the iconic figure who is seen as the mother of the civil rights movement. Rosa has been a one of the key figures in our learning this term and marked the beginning of our history case study where the children learned about the civil rights movement. To mark her action, the children created protest posters, a protest chant and created their own songs fit for a protest.
In music this term, Year 5 have been studying sea shanties where they have explored their origin, purpose and how to perform them effectively. After learning about their history, the class analysed recorded performances of well-known shanties and critique the performances. This subsequently allowed them to think how they would perform their own shanty with the class coming together to deliver their own spin of ‘What shall we do with a drunken sailor?‘
In Friday’s SPAG session, Year 5 learned to identify main clauses and subordinate clauses. After finding and classifying clauses around the room, the class used causes to make sentences before creating their own based on our expedition. With our howls target focusing on resilience and independence, each individual worked exceptionally hard and grasped the learning well. Great work, 5CC!
To culminate their expedition, Year 5 held a science fair in the final week of their learning journey to celebrate and present all their learning. Pupils across year 5 manned stalls linked to aspects of their learning from each case study (science and D.T) and demonstrated their knowledge to parents and fellow NJS pupils alike. The event was one of our best celebrations of learning yet in UKS2 with children eager to put punters through their paces on all things forces, space and D.T. Well done, Year 5!
