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!
This morning, 5HJ explored a range of 3D shapes including cubes, spheres, pyramids, and a selection of prisms. The children were tasked with the job of identifying the amount of faces, edges and vertices to solve mathematical problems.
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
Last week, our fieldwork took us on an exciting walk from school into Askern. First stop was to look at how the land where Askern Main Colliery was situated is now being used, then onto Askern Lake to look and the mining wheel monument and old coal carts and finally a picnic and play in Campsall Park. The weather was extremely kind to us and we had a fabulous day!
This week has seen Yr 5 embark on our new and exciting expedition ‘At The Coalface’. Check out our miners who really captured mining both past and present (we even had a few canaries).
After looking at the structure of a mining head, children were set the challenge of building one using wooden skewers, cocktails sticks and modelling clay. The outcomes were amazing and extremely well designed.
Over the past few weeks, year 5 have worked diligently to complete their pencil sketches of iconic figures who have helped change the world. The children learned skills to use tone to create light and dark and how to proportions facial features accurately. 5HJ selected Nelson Mandela, Michelle Obama and Millicent Fawcett and the completed artwork is phenomenal.
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.
Check out the amazing outfits for this year’s World Book Day! Our theme this year is Alice in Wonderland with the children being invited to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. We also spent the day solving the White Rabbit’s time problems as well as sketching our own interpretation of the Mad Hatter’s Hat!
Last week, we were lucky enough to have a special visit from Doncaster North’s MP, Ed Miliband who came to speak to the children regarding his role in government, particularly his work around reducing poverty in the local area. The children prepared questions and asked listened carefully to his responses.
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!
