Creating our national park.

Class 9 have been creating national parks. We decided to create national parks when we went to the Icon gallery and we saw Stuart Whipps’ work. Stuart Whipps was taking photographs of a national park. Class 9’s national parks included trees, mountains and lakes. We named them and made leaflets. Inside, the leaflet had the dangers and a mini map of the park. Some parks had animals. After we made them, we split the class into half and we were selling visits to our parks for 1 token or 2 then we swapped it around so the other group could visit some parks. The group with the most points got a sticker. By R.P.

Over the past 2 weeks class 9 have been working on painting nature parks but everything there had to be natural. My nature park was called C.L.L.R national nature park, the reason that it is called the C .L.L.R is because the 4 people who  did it were me L.H – C.W – L.E – R.W

 By L.H

Class 9 was working on a painting for our own imaginary nature park. Ours was called Mountain Falls. We also made a leaflet to advertise our park. After we drew our park we painted it to make our park colourful and bright. On our last lesson we tried to sell visits to our park and we went round visiting 2 parks with our 2 tokens and at the end we came 2^nd with 6 tokens and the people with the most tokens won and they had 8 tokens.

By P.H and D.S

Roman Day

Last week in topic we had a Roman day. We did lots of fun activities and it was very fun. First of all we did Roman society. We split up into groups from Roman society. We had to pretend to be people such as the senators, the women, the slaves, the rich landowners and lots more. Next we went to see a lady called Nina and a man called Scott. They showed us some shields and some swords and we had to practice sword fighting. At the end of the day we did a murder mystery. We watched a film which was very good and then we had to Question the characters.
By AP

On Friday the 24th of February we had a Roman day. We did lots of different interesting activities. First of all we learned about the roman society. We got put into lots of different groups including the senators, the slaves, the rich landowners and lots more. Ms Turner (Emperor Augustus) had to ask us why we should get paid 100 pounds.
Next we learned about the Roman army. Two people called Nina and Scott came in and taught us about it. We learned that after you are in the army for 20 years then you get a piece of land.
By LE

Samba Drums

This week on Monday we learned about Samba and a man called Chris showed us the instruments used to make samba music in Brazil. He showed us some drums and a cowbell that had two on them and it was called a go go. He taught us tunes to play then he let all of us have an instrument and we played the tune he gave us. We ended up playing a good Samba tune although it took a while to get it all together.
By S.L

This week on Monday we had a man who came in and taught us how to do Samba [as in the drum not the dancing thankfully]. We each had an instalment. I had a go go bell, which was like a cow bell. We each had a rhythm to play. My group’s rhythm was ‘I like potatoes’. Then at the end we all played all our rhythms together. It sounded really good. The different instruments were a base drum, a tambourine, a go go bell, and another sort of drum.
By LH

The Finished Busts

In art, we have been making clay busts of ourselves then we painted them. After we evaluated our clay busts and thought about what we liked and what we would like to change. I was proud of mine and all the rest looked great too. Everyone spent so much time on them.
By T.A

In art we have been making our own busts. My teacher told us to do this thing where you fill in this sheet about what we like and what we would change about the bust. I like my top because it was bright and pretty. I would change my lips because they are funny and fat. We were meant to make it look like yourself but my went a bit wrong but I still like it.
By A.D

In art today we have done an evaluation sheet on our clay busts asking us what we would change about it and what you liked about it. Before the lesson the teacher took a picture of all the clay busts so we could stick it in with our evaluation in our art books.
By A.M

Last week we were making busts and trying to make them look like us. What I liked best about my bust is the flower on my head. I think it is good and it is bright. What I would change would be the neck and the shoulders because they are a bit wonky and I would change the nose for the same reason. But I am really proud of my bust.
BY D.S

Reading with year 1

During book week children from the infant school came to read with our class. We listened to part of Zog by Julia Donaldson. Then we had to create a storyboard of what we thought would happen next. We worked together to help the younger children.

Bread

On Tuesday last week we made bread. It was awesome! I made an L shape for my name. We got to put nearly anything in the bread we wanted. In mine I put chocolate spread, some crunchy which had been crushed up. I also put some chocolate chips in and drizzled some honey on the top. Firstly, to make the bread we put the flour and water in and yeast then mixed it up. After that we started to knead the dough then it was done.
By LC

Last week on Tuesday class 9 made bread rolls and it was great fun. Firstly we put flour, water and yeast into a mixing bowl and mixed it together. Then we kneaded the dough. As there were 6 of us we had to split the dough into 6 parts and then we kneaded it some more. Then we made the shape we wanted it to be. I made a Catherine wheel and it had chocolate spread in the middle and I also put chocolate drops on top.
By AP

Our Assembly

Class 9 performed an assembly in front of the whole school on The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. We had people acting out the parts: snake, the Gruffalo, mouse, owl and fox. We also had people speaking for all our characters and people saying the moral messages.
By L.F and L.H


This week we have done an assembly to the school . We did it on moral messages. We did the Gruffalo. These are some of the messages that we said - don’t judge a book by its cover and it is better to use your brain instead of using violence. We also had actors and speakers and some people doing moral messages and introducing it and we had a microphone to talk so everyone could hear us speaking. People who were not doing that learnt the rhyme.
By LC and JJ

This week we were doing a play for our assembly. We were doing the Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. I played the Gruffalo. I was shy at first but then I overcame my stage fright (I’m H.F by the way). I did a message at the end of the play because we were looking at stories with a message. My message was just because you’re small doesn’t mean you can’t do big things (I’m C.R by the way). If you’ve never heard the Gruffalo this is what happens a little brown mouse lives in a woods and he pretends he’s going to meet a creature called a Gruffalo. All the animals want to eat the mouse and ask if the mouse would like to stay for tea but the mouse said no and said he was going to meet a Gruffalo but it’s not really real. Or is it? At the end he scares all the creatures using the Gruffalo then scares the Gruffalo. by H.F and C.R


Class 9 were doing stories with a meaning and we wanted to do a play of one for an assembly. We chose the Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. I was the mouse and we had masks made for every character. At the part when the mouse said, “Who is this creature…” when he saw the Gruffalo, everyone said it. Also, we all said the last line. Mrs Kibbler had cut out a nut for me to pick up when the class said the last line. At the end C.R, T.A, L.F and D.S told the school some of the messages that we found in the story such as: bigger is not always better and using your brain is better than using violence. C.D read out a prayer that Ms Turner had found.
By A.B and C.J

In class 9 we did a play called the Gruffalo. A.B was the mouse, I was the fox (G.S), Owl was A.D and the snake was L.J ,and the Gruffalo was A.M. The rest of class 9 sung a poem about the Gruffalo. The theme of our assembly was stories with a meaning. Some of our meanings were don’t judge a book by its cover, just because you are small doesn’t mean you can’t do big things and big isn’t always better.
By GS and CW

Maths

This week in maths we have been rounding up and down to the nearest ten, unit or tenth. We have been doing multiplying and dividing by 10,100&1000. We were also using our calculator skills. Today we tried to use one number and +,=,and x sign. We have been working on our fractions some of us struggled but we all got it in the end.
By A.B and J.F

Legends

On Friday 10th February we wrote our legends. We chose a place in Great Britain and we chose some weird names for our setting and our people in our legend for example: Lampeter is a place but it can also be used as a name. At the end of writing we marked our partners legends and they were fantastic. Some of them were better than others and some were not better than others but they were all brilliant.
By P.H T.A

By AB


For the past few weeks we have been learning about legends. We watched Robin Hood and I really liked it! We were also writing out our own settings for our legends. And we have also painted pictures for our legends. We have read loads of different legends some of them are:
Robin Hood, King Arthur, the Afanc, Llys Helig.
By C.C & L.B

In English we have been learning about legends. We found our place on Google maps e.g. Leddington. We have also Painted our settings. We watched Robin hood and read about King Arthur.
By O.C C.D

By LF

Using Clay

This week in Art we have been looking at busts made out of clay. (This is a Head and shoulders out of clay.) In the Roman times all the emperors had very detailed busts. We tried to make a bust like in the Roman times but we found out that it is very hard.
Here are some tips:
1. Break the clay into two parts to make a nose as well.
2. Create the shoulders then create the head.
3. Then finally attach them together and wait till they dry.
By HW AND AD


This week in art we have been making clay busts of ourselves. We have been looking at all of the features of busts and we have had a look at some Roman busts and some contemporary busts. When we made our busts, we had to look very carefully at the features of our faces and the shape of our faces. Now we have made them, we have to wait for them to dry over the holidays and then we are going to paint them.
By J.P and L.E

This week in art we made clay busts of ourselves, they had to be very detailed and we also had to put water on them to make them stick together. We used a glue spreader to spread the water over the clay model and we also used it to put little details on to the clay models. We had to do it on newspaper so that we wouldn’t get any clay on the table but eventually we did. We had a contest with another class to see who could keep the most clay off the floor but we still don’t know who won yet.
By AP & AM

We first played with the clay so we can know how to use it better. Then I put it in to three pieces. One for the head, one for the shoulders and one for my rugby ball. It was hard because it was sticky.
By F.P

This week in art we have been making clay busts. We thought carefully about the different features we have, such as hair and eyes. We tried to get our shoulders as smooth as possible. Some people struggled with making their hair. After they are dried we get to paint them. After we paint them we get to play with them and take them home and show are moms and dads and our sisters and brothers.
By R.P. and R.W.

The Gurdwara

On Wednesday 11th 2012 Year 5 went to a Gurdwara temple (a place of worship). It is where Sikh people pray to God while someone speaks their language. There is also a kitchen where some people make a massive meal that is vegetarian. When you go into the Prayer hall you have to take your shoes off so you don’t get the floor dirty. By R.P.

For more information on our visit to the gurdwara see our review on our partnership blog at http://walmleymeetsprincealbert.blogspot.com/

The Ikon Gallery

This week we have been to the Ikon gallery to see some art. We went inside and we were shown around the 2nd floor. There were lots of photographs in the room. The photographs were of objects and people dressed in old fashioned clothes (they were in black and white). In photos you are meant to smile bur we saw a picture that had a girl frowning as if she was serious. After lunch we went to the 1st floor and we saw films. We also saw other pictures of patterns and places.
By A.P

For more information on our visit to the Ikon Gallery see our review on our partnership blog at http://walmleymeetsprincealbert.blogspot.com/

Solids, Liquids & Gasses

This term in science we have been learning about solids, liquids and gases. We know that that the gases around us are gases like oxygen which makes up 21 % of the air we breathe. Anaesthetic gas normally is used in hospitals to numb patients or make them fall asleep. Hydrogen is the smallest element of the air. Natural gas is normally used for all day uses like cooking and can be set on fire easily. Helium is lighter than air and used to hold air ships and balloons in the air. Carbon dioxide is toxic to humans and animals and used to help plants make food. There is also argon gas, methane gas and nitrogen.
S.L


We put water into 4 pots. One of them had marbles in it, another one of them had sand, another one had soil and the other had cloth inside. We did this to find out which solid had the most air between the particles. In the end we found out the marbles held the most air between them by watching how many air bubbles came to the surface. We really enjoyed this task!!!
By CD + LH

We did an investigation to find out how much air there is in different soils. We got 3 pots that had 3 types of soils in them. Soil number 1 was gardening soil, soil number 2 was the sandy soil and soil number 3 was a stony soil. In our investigation we put water in the 3 pots and in soil 1 we poured in 67ml of water in the pot and there was 33ml of air in there. In soil 2 there was 55ml of water poured in the pot and 45 ml of air. In soil 3 there was 71ml of water poured into pot and 29ml of air in it. After all that we discovered that soil 2 had the most air in it.
By A.P

In science we did an experiment with soil and water. We had a measuring jug full to 100ml with water and we had 3 types of soil and we tipped water in the soil until the water reached 100ml. Every table did it and we all had different results so we had to do it as a class. The results from the class results were soil 1 had 62ml water poured and 38ml air in the soil. In soil 2 it had 43ml water poured and 47ml air in the soil. In soil 3 it had 49ml water poured and 41ml air in the soil.
By P.H


We also carried out the following investigation to find out if air has weight.