For help, advice and queries, you can email your child's class teacher at hagrid@reddalhill.sandwell.sch.uk and they will assist you as soon as they can. 

For additional information on what happens in Year 5, please see the attached information which was shared during our Meet the Teacher meetings. If there are any additional questions, feel free to come and speak to either Miss Kumari or Mrs Bushell on the playground :)!

In Hagrid Class we have lots of fun and laughter! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have done.

Important information about us!

Teacher: Miss Kumari

Additional Important Information:

In Year 5, our school day begins at 8:40am and finishes at 3:00pm.

Children can bring a named water bottle which needs to contain only water or squash.

Children can bring a small healthy snack with them to school to eat at break time such as: fruit or raisins. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the children can order a piece of toast as a break time snack for 20p. 

Your child will also be given a reading book specific to their reading level. We would like the children to read as much as they can at home and record this in their reading record. 

PE Day:

Every Monday and Thursday

Homework:

All weekly homework will be related to the children's learning from the week. This will include English, Maths and Spelling homework. 
All homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Friday.

Each half term, the children will also receive a homework grid of curriculum based activities. They must complete a minimum of three activities from the grid and bring them into school. We are looking forward to seeing your creativity! 

Reading Challenge:

We are holding a reading challenge again this year! Every time you read, write it in your reading record. For every comment, you will earn a point. When you reach 45 points, you will be awarded the Bronze Level; when you reach 90 points, you will be awarded Silver Level and for 135 points, you be awarded Gold Level!
There is also a Platinum level when you read over 50 books! 

Good Luck Hagrid Class! 

Mathletics, Spelling Shed, TTRS and Purple Mash:

Children can access these websites from home. Each child has an individual username and password. Mathletics is an excellent resource which allows children to practise their mathematical skills. Times Table Rock Stars encourages recall of times tables and Spelling Shed will help the children with their weekly spellings!

Our School Council Members:

Our Playground Leaders:

Our Eco-Council Member:

Caring and Kindness Award

A huge congratulations to these children in our class who have achieved the 'Caring and Kindness' award for how they treat other children all of the time whilst being at school.

It is an amazing achievement to have earned this award; you should be really proud of yourselves!

Musician of the Month

A huge congratulations to these children in our class who have achieved the 'Musician of the Month' award for their amazing contributions to music around the school!

It is an amazing achievement to have earned this award; you should be really proud of yourselves!

Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day, each year group chose a different country and geographical feature to focus on. In Year 5, we learnt all about Iguaza Falls in Aregentia. We worked in groups to find out lots about the tourist attractions there, the seasons, the climate and the wildlife. We created eye-catching informative posters and then presented our findings to the class.

Easter Egg Hunt

On Friday 31st March, we had a very 'egg-citing' treat! We took part in an Easter Egg Hunt and worked together as a team to see if we could find all of the Easter Eggs!

World Book Day

To start our celebrations for World Book Day, Year 5 had a lovely afternoon on Thursday 2nd March listening to a live storyteller read the magical story: The Bookkeeper. We joined hundreds of other primary schools across the country to enjoy this story together.

On Friday 3rd March, we came to school dressed as our favourite book characters to celebrate World Book Day. The whole class looked amazing and we were really impressed with the effort everyone had gone to. 

During the day, Year 5 completed a range of activities related to our current class read: Stig of the Dump. We designed a new front cover for the book, created some Stone Age drawings and worked as a team to make cave out of spaghetti and sweets. 

What a fantastic day; well done Year 5!

Children's Mental Health Week

On Friday 10th February, we celebrated Children's Mental Health Week. The theme was 'Let's Connect'. We spoke about how we are connected to each other in a number of different ways and created a paper chain in our tables to demonstrate this.

Safer Internet Day

On Tuesday 7th February, it was Safer Internet Day! During our computing lesson this week, we designed beautiful posters about how to be safe online, completed an A-Z of all of the aspects of the internet and social media and then we wrote down any questions or worries we had about being online. Well done Hagrid class; your posters looked amazing!

Chinese New Year

In our RE lesson this week, we celebrated Chinese New Year! We learnt all about the special time and researched information about the 'Year of the Rabbit'. We then created some rabbit artwork. Well done, Hagrid Class! Your rabbit sketches were amazing! 

Christmas 2022

Christmas Week 2022 has been amazing! We have completed so many different Christmas activities and had the most fantastic week!

Here is what we got up to:

*We took part in Christmas Jumper Day and raised a fantastic amount of money for charity

*We had breakfast with Santa and watched Nativity 

*We made amazing Christmas cards

*We had a fun-filled Christmas STEM afternoon where we made water rafts, paper trees and paper chains

*We made fantastic Christmas calendars

*We used pipe cleaners to make a range of Christmas crafts for the Christmas tree

*We had the most joyful afternoon singing Christmas songs in our Carol Concert

*We had a brilliant Christmas party with games and food

*We finished the week with a Christmas Winter Wonderland disco in the hall with the PTA

A fantastic week Year 5 and an amazing end to our first term!

Have the best Christmas holidays! See you in January!

Harry Meredith: Football Rising Stars

On Wednesday 23rd November, we participated in a Zoom webinar with Harry Meredith to discuss his new books!

We played a game first where we had to guess the footballer, we listened to a paragraph from his book about Marcus Rashford and then we had a question-and-answer session where we learnt lots about his inspiration and how he became an author!

A fantastic session; well done Year 5!

Anti-Bullying Week

On Friday 25th November, we took part in a lesson linked to Anti-Bullying Week.
We discussed how to be kind to others and that we need to treat others how we would like to be treated ourselves!

We then produced a 'High Five Sign' to remind ourselves how we can prevent bullying from happening. Well done Year 5; they looked amazing!

World Cup: England vs Iran

On Monday 21st November, we watched the first England match of the World Cup 2022. We went into the hall and watched it on the big screen! Some children also stayed in the classroom and created lots and lots of World Cup crafts to celebrate the World Cup.

Well done everyone; what a brilliant afternoon of sport! 

Children in Need

On Friday 18th November, we celebrated Children in Need. We all came to school dressed in Pudsey merchandise or spots! Everyone looked amazing! 

We decorated bookmarks and lollipop holders to take home! They looked fantastic!

What a brilliant day! 

Road Safety Week

On Wednesday 16th November, we completed an activity to learn all about how to be safe on and around the roads. We looked at the different road signs and then played an interactive game to see if we could guess the correct sign!

We then created our 'Road Sign Flower' to remind us how to keep safe on the roads!

Fantastic work Year 5!

Parliament Week

On Tuesday 15th November, we participated in a lesson all about parliament, the government and prime ministers to celebrate UK Parliament Week. We watched a video all about how parliament works and then discussed the most recent prime ministers of our country!

We also had our very own democratic vote to choose two school councillors and an eco-council member! A huge congratulations to the winners of the class vote! 

Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week

On Monday 14th November, we all wore odd socks to school for Anti-Bullying Week. We watched a video in assembly all about good friendships and listened to the anti-bullying song!

Well done Year 5; your odd socks looked brilliant!  

Diwali

In our RE lesson on Wednesday 2nd November, we learnt all about Diwali - the Festival of Light! We spoke all about the traditions of the celebration and what happens on this special day. We learnt that during this festival, it is common for people to make colourful designs on the floor in their house, to serve as a welcoming gesture and bring good luck. These patterns are called Rangoli. We had a go at colouring in Rangoli patterns and some of us even designed our own!
Well done Year 5; they look so bright and colourful!

Stone Age Experience at Frank Chapman

On Monday 31st October, Year 5 went to visit the Frank Chapman centre to take part in a day all linked to the Stone Age! This will be our History topic for this half term and we had a fantastic day learning a range of information all about it!

We participated in a range of activities such as: making clay pots, building shelters, making fires and throwing Stone Age weapons! 

It was such a brilliant and exciting day; well done Year 5!

Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month, we discussed and looked at a range of key figures from Black History who had an impact in how people were treated. We found out that these key figures did so many amazing things to ensure that everyone was treated equally!

We then looked at our key figure, Guion Bluford, who was the first African American person to go into space with NASA!

We researched key facts about him and then wrote them up on his space shuttle!

Fantastic work Year 5!

On Thursday 20th October, we all came to school dressed in red clothes to support the campaign 'To Show a Red Card to Racism'. 
Here we are all in our red clothes! Well done for supporting the cause Year 5!

World Mental Health Day

On Friday 14th October, we celebrated World Mental Health Day!

We discussed what mental health means and how we can use different methods to help us to stay positive when we need to the most!

We created a profile of ourselves with our faces on one side and everything we love to do on the other side! This was to remind us that when we are feeling low, we can complete one of our favourite activities to help us to feel calm and happy again!

Well done Year 5; they look fantastic!

Haden Hill's 100th Birthday

To celebrate Haden Hill turning 100 on 21st October 2022, Year 5 children were given the fantastic opportunity to work with an artist who came into school to deliver a very exciting project. The children were asked to design and create banners which will then be used to decorate the Haden Hill House Musuem on this very special occasion. Well done Year 5; you all worked really hard!

Children's University

This year, Year 5 are starting Children's University!

This is where additional activities that we do outside of school can earn us stamps so that we can achieve different awards and graduate from the Children's University!

We all achieved our first stamp today from a Lego STEM club where we built our own university!
A fantastic way to achieve your first stamp Year 5, let's keep it up!

Languages Day

On Monday 26th September, we celebrated Languages Day!

We went into the hall and learnt a range of languages all linked to different objects!

We learnt the French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish and Deutsch words for elephant, banana, reading books, mouse, house, computer, apple, school, orange, dog, cat and writing books! We then completed a sheet to show the new words that we learnt!

During the afternoon, we learnt some Japanese words and looked into how symbolic the cherry blossom trees are in the country. We created our own cherry blossom trees and put them up on display! 

Well done Year 5! A fantastic Languages Day!

Hagrid Class 2021 - 2022

In Hagrid Class we have lots of fun and laughter! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have done.

Important information about us!

Teacher: Miss Pike

LSP: Miss Foster

Additional Important Information:

 In Year 5, our school day begins at 8:50am and finishes at 3:00pm.

 Children can bring a named water bottle which needs to contain only water or squash.

 There will not be any toast provided at break time however children can bring a small snack with them to school to eat at break time such as: fruit or raisins.

 The children can come to school on a Tuesday and Thursday dressed in their PE kit with suitable footwear. PE will be outside on the playground.

Thank you so much for your continued support. 

PE Days:

Every Tuesday and Thursday 

Homework:

Homework will be sent out every Friday and it is due back in the following Friday. There will be one maths activity and one English activity every week.

Mathletics, Times Table Rockstars, Spelling Shed and Purple Mash:

Children can access these websites from home. Each child has an individual username and password. Mathletics is an excellent resource which allows children to practise their mathematical skills.

School Council:

Our School Council representatives are...

Eco Council:

Our Eco Council representative is James! Well done James for delivering a fantastic speech and getting voted for this important role!

Every week, we celebrate our successes by having a Writer of the Week, Maths Mind, Sports Player and a VIP!

Our congratulations this week goes to...

VIP - Faizan

Maths Mind - Mia

Writer of the Week - Zayd

Sports Player of the Week - Zunairah

Important dates for your diary:

Year 5 Class Assembly

Click the link below and watch the children answer our key question: What happens in space?

Fun Day

On Friday 17th July, Reddal Hill participated in Fun Day to celebrate all of the hard work the children have put in during this academic year. Year 5 enjoyed watching a film, doing some colouring, having an ice-cream, climbing on the wall bars, going on the bouncy castles, competing in sumo-wrestling suits and playing on the racing cars.

We all had such an amazing day; well done Year 5!

Healthy Eating Week

On Friday 17th June, we completed a healthy eating activity to remind ourselves about the importance of eating healthy, staying hydrated and participating in exercise. We looked at the Eat Well Plate and designed a meal which was healthy, balanced and delicious!

Bug Hotel Workshop

On Friday 10th June, we made our own 'bug hotel' in an eco workshop. We completed lots of eco related games and got the opportunity to make our own bug hotels. We can't wait to put these in our gardens!

Attendance Award Afternoon

 On Friday, we enjoyed a film and popcorn afternoon because we won the attendance award for the spring term. Well done Hagrid class!

Children's University
On Tuesday 3rd May, Year 5 had the amazing opportunity to spend the day finding out what it is like to be a university  student as part of the Children’s University programme. We explored the Wolverhampton campus and saw different lecture rooms, sport facilities, the canteen and the student’s union. 

We took part in two different activities throughout the day. We had a Lego workshop where we found out about a range of different university buildings such as academic buildings, the library, the sport centre, the student’s union and halls of residence. We then recreated these buildings using Lego to create a Lego University. 

We then completed a STEM activity all about virus and diseases. We learnt about the different ways in which viruses and diseases spread and what we can do to prevent them from spreading. We looked at how germs can easily spread through the use of touch and talked about the importance of washing hands frequently and thoroughly. 

We all had a fantastic day and it sparked a lot of inspiration and aspiration for our future.

Easter

Year 5 made some lovely Easter cards for their families this week.
Take a look at some of them below!

Ancient Greek Day

On Thursday 7th April, Year 5 had a very special visitor who taught us loads of interesting, exciting and fun information all about the Ancient Greeks to round up our history topic. We took part in an interactive Greek myth and solved challenging puzzles in groups. We then hunted for fun facts which were hidden around the hall to answer comprehension questions about what Ancient Greek life was like. Finally, we took part in some Olympic Games and competed against each other. We all had a fantastic day; well done Year 5!

DT: Baking

On Wednesday 30th March, we followed our adapted recipe to bake honey muffins as part of our 'Greek Food' DT topic. We measured, melted and mixed our ingredients and carefully spooned the mixture into cake cases ready to be baked. We did an amazing job and they tasted amazing! Well done Hagrid class!

Olympian Visit!

On Wednesday 23rd March, Jaydon Paddock visited our school to host an assembly. He spoke about how to always try your best, have high dreams and never give up! He showed us videos of his gymnastic 'tumble' competitions and even did a live demonstration of a backflip! 

We joined in circuit training with him! We had to star jump, press up, mountain climb and perform lunges for a minute! 

Thank you for visiting us, Jaydon! It was amazing!

Science Week 2022
Monday 14th March - Friday 18th March

For our topic during Science Week, Year 5 looked at how human population growth over recent years has caused a rise in climate change. We discussed the effects of temperatures heating up and sea levels beginning to rise which ultimately threaten low-lying areas and therefore we have seen an increase in flooding over recent years. We explored which material would create the best type of flooring to protect against flooding. We completed a range of experiments and activities throughout the week to try to answer our key question and to help us to design our own type of flooring.

Red Nose Day

On Friday 18th March, we came to school dressed in bright colour to help raise money for Comic Relief. We all looked fantastic dressed in brightly coloured clothes!

Work Book Day

On Friday 4th March, we celebrated World Book Day. We came to school dressed as our favourite book characters. The whole class looked amazing and we were really impressed with the effort everyone had gone to. 

To celebrate 25 years of World Book Day, we took part in a scavenger hunt where we were set a challenge to find 25 book covers which were hidden in the playground.

Every class in the school looked at the book 'Mirror' by Jeannie Baker which is a two in one picture book showing a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city of Sydney, Australia and one in a North African village. It highlights the similarities and differences of these cultures and lifestyles.

Year 5 took part in a quiz which got them to think about the landmarks, money, food, clothes and flags of these two countries. We then got creative and collaged the two flags.

We then finished the day with a certificate for the most creative costume!

Well done Alexis! You looked amazing!

Thank you Year 5 for a fantastic day!

Children's Mental Health Week

On Friday 11th February, we recognised Children's Mental Health Week. We recapped our knowledge which we learned about in our assembly this week and completed some mindfulness colouring. Well done Year 5! 

Safer Internet Day 2022

On Friday 11th February, we participated in Safer Internet Day!

We discussed different games that we play online and understood the correct choices to make whilst playing these games. 

We then took part in a Safer Internet Day quiz!

Well done Year 5; you are now experts at being safe on the internet!

Chinese New Year

In our RE lesson this week, we celebrated Chinese New Year! We learnt all about the special time and created some tiger artwork. Well done, Hagrid Class! Your tiger sketches were amazing! 

National Handwriting Day 2022

A massive congratulations to Maidah!

She has received the award for having amazing handwriting which is perfectly neat all of the time!

You should be extremely proud of yourself Maidah; keep up the beautiful work!

Martin Luther King Day

On Monday 17th January it was Martin Luther King Day. We attended an assembly which celebrated Martin Luther King and his beliefs in equality and freedom.

We talked about his famous 'I have a dream' speech and we thought about what our dream would be. Have a look at some of our ideas below.

Christmas Week

In the build up to Christmas, we have had an amazing Christmas Week in Year 5!

We completed our Maths and English Christmas Activity booklets!

On Monday, we created Christmas cards for our families. Well done Hagrid Class they look fantastic! 

On Tuesday, we enjoyed a lovely breakfast and Santa came to visit!

We also made our calendars for 2022! We were so impressed with how they turned out. We hope you like them as much as we do. 

On Tuesday, we had Christmas dinner with our friends. We enjoyed sitting with friends, pulling crackers and telling jokes. 

On Wednesday afternoon, we had a super fun party. We spent the morning preparing for it by making crackers and party hats. We set up the table up beautifully using the placemats which we decorated earlier in the week. We had lots of fun talking and eating with our friends. 

We also played some party games. We had prizes for the winners and for those with superstar dance moves! 

We have also created beautiful Christmas pictures which show a snowy scene with decorated trees. Have a look at our creations below.

Thank you for an amazingly fun week Hagrid Class! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Have a lovely Christmas holiday and we look forward to seeing you ready for a brand new term!

Children in Need

On Friday 19th November, we all came to school in our 'Dress Up' outfits to celebrate and raise money for Children in Need! 

We created a Pudsey money box, bookmark and coaster to celebrate the amazing charity which all look fantastic!

A brilliant way to highlight the importance of Children in Need; well done Year 5!

Have a look at our fancy dress costume winners. Alexis had the most creative costume, Resul's was the funniest costume and Megan won overall best dressed. It was so hard to choose because there were so many brilliant costumes. Well done to everyone!

Road Safety Week

From the 15th November to 21st November, we took part in Road Safety Week. We discussed what road safety is and how we could make sure that we are being safe when on the road. To showcase our learning, we created a road safety poster to inform others of how they could stay safe when crossing roads. Take a look at our wonderful posters!

Talk Money Week

On Friday 12th November, our maths lesson was based on Talk Money Week. We were learning about money and the role that it has in our lives. During the lesson, we learnt about and completed activities based on the coins and notes that we could use to make a given amount of money and how to budget. Take a look at some of the work that we completed.

Diwali

On Thursday 4th November we recognised the celebration of Diwali. We learnt about rangoli patterns which are bright, colourful and beautiful designs. They are placed to welcome the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi - the goddess of wealth - to your house and are thought to bring good luck.

Have a look at the super rangoli patterns we created below.

Show Racism the Red Card!

On Friday 22nd October, we all wore red to school to support the charity 'Show Racism the Red Card!'

It is a brilliant cause to recognise and support so well done everyone for taking part!

Behaviour Champion Trip

On Tuesday 19th October, we took the behaviour champions on a trip to Haden Hill. We had a brilliant time playing, climbing, having fun with our friends. It was a fantastic way to celebrate the amazing behaviour of these children last year.

Black History Month

October is Black History Month. We spent some time learning about a range of inspirational black people and what impact their actions have had on the world. We researched Rosa Parks, Barack Obama and Mae Jemison. Have a look at some of our fantastic posters we created below celebrating these amazing people.

Languages Day 2021

On Tuesday 28th September, we celebrated Languages Day by participating in a workshop in the hall where we learnt six different languages for twelve different nouns. We looked at French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. 

We then came back to the classroom and completed a match up activity about everything we learnt in the hall. We also designed some amazing posters to show off our learning!

A fantastic Languages Day Year 5, well done!

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Hagrid Class 2020 - 2021

In Hagrid Class we have lots of fun and laughter! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have done.

Important information about us!

Teacher: Miss Pike

LSP: Miss Iqbal

Additional Important Information:

 In Year 5, our school day begins at 8:50am and finishes at 3:00pm.

 Children can bring a named water bottle which needs to contain only water or squash.

 There will not be any toast provided at break time however children can bring a small snack with them to school to eat at break time such as: fruit or raisins.

 The children can come to school on a Wednesday and Thursday dressed in their PE kit with suitable footwear. PE will be outside on the playground.

Thank you so much for your continued support. 

PE Days:

Every Wednesday and Thursday

Homework:

Homework will be sent out at the beginning of the term. It will contain a range of activities. The children need to complete one activity per week. 

Mathletics, Times Table Rockstars, Spelling Shed and Purple Mash:

Children can access these websites from home. Each child has an individual username and password. Mathletics is an excellent resource which allows children to practise their mathematical skills.

School Council:

Our School Council representatives are...

Lilly and Harry

Every week, we celebrate our successes by having a Writer of the Week, Maths Mind, Sports Player and a VIP!

Our congratulations this week goes to...

VIP -

Maths Mind -

Writer of the Week -

Sports Player of the Week -

Important dates for your diary:

 Monday 3rd May - Bank Holiday

 Friday 28th May -  Break up for May Half Term

 Monday 7th June - Teacher Training Day

Tuesday 8th June - Back to school

Sports Afternoon

On Wednesday 13th July, Year 5 had their Sports Afternoon. We all enjoyed an afternoon of taking part in lots of sporting activities including shot put, discuss, javelin, long jump, triple jump and a range of different running events. We had a fantastic afternoon. Well done to everyone who took part and tried their best.  A massive congratulations to our winners! 

Olympic Day

On Friday 2nd July, we took part in an Olympic Day. We learnt all about the Olympics and took part in some very fun activities. 

We completed a writing activity where we wrote our own diary entries imagining that we were about to compete in the Olympics for the very first time. You wrote some fantastic diary entries; well done Year 5!

We then took part in a creative activity where we designed our own Olympic stadiums and Olympic kits. They look amazing Hagrid Class!

We also took part in an Olympic workshop where we played a range of Olympic sports including: archery, rowing and athletics. You all worked so hard and showed excellent determination Year 5. 

To end the day, we had a dodgeball tournament. We all had so much fun!

What an amazing day we have had; well done Year 5! 

National Sports Week

Starting on Monday 21st June, we are celebrating National Sports Week!

The theme for the week is to celebrate Sir Tom Moore by completing 100 minutes of exercise throughout the week, 100 reps of an activity each day and 100 seconds of a different activity each day. 

We have got our wall charts up on the wall ready to go, to see who is able to complete the Sir Tom Moore challenge!

Good luck everyone!

Musical Rock Star Day!

On Monday 21st June, we celebrated Musical Rock Stars Day by coming to school dressed as amazing rock stars!

We started off the day by creating our own back stage pass with our photo on!

We then created our own 'Musical Snakes and Ladders Times Table Game' where we adapted the original idea of Snakes and Ladders and included mathematical questions which needed to be solved in order for someone to win! They looked amazing everyone; well done!

After break time, we then wrote our own 'We Will Rock You' song, titled 'We are Reddal Hill!' The children worked in groups to write their own verses before producing their own props to use in their performance. Each group came to the front and performed to the instrumental of the song! We have got so many rock stars in our class; amazing performances everyone!

After dinner time, we produced an amazing musical instrument piece of art work where we used pencil crayon to colour in an instrument and felt tip pens around the outside!

They looked brilliant; well done everyone!

What a fantastic day Year 5! 

Euros 2021

From 11th June to 11th July, we will be celebrating and following the Euro 2021 tournament!

We have put up our wall chart and fixtures so that we can follow the games, looked into the different countries participating in the tournament and researched about the different players and what country they are playing for!

In one of our PE lessons as well, we will be participating in a football tournament and penalty shoot out with the winner receiving a prize!

What an amazing month of sport it will be! Come on England!

Easter

Hagrid Class have had lots of fun this week completing Easter activities. We have used our artistic skills to create beautiful Easter wreaths which can be put up at home to decorate the house. We made lovely Easter Cards for our families. We also had lots of fun working as a team for our Easter Egg hunt. Have a look at some of the pictures from this week!

Mother's Day Cards

On Friday 12th March, we designed some beautiful Mother's Day cards.

They look lovely Hagrid Class; well done!

Science Week

Between Monday 8th March 2021 and Thursday 11th March 2021, we have been celebrating British Science Week. The theme for this year is 'Innovating for the Future' so we have been focusing on our key question: what is the best type of flooring to protect against flooding? We have completed a range of experiments and activities to try to answer our question. To finish the week, we designed our own new type of flooring and took part in a Dragon's Den activity to try to 'sell' our flooring. Take a look at some of the pictures from our week.

Well done Hagrid class! 

Internet Safety Day

To participate in Internet Safety Day, we have completed a range of activities this week to understand how to stay safe on the internet!

We discussed what Internet Safety Day is and completed a quiz about what we should do in different scenarios! We then produced a poster to remind ourselves how we can always stay safe and what we need to do if we feel worried about anything!

Well done Year 5; your posters are bright, colourful and include very important information!

Chinese New Year

To understand the celebrations of Chinese New Year which begins on Friday 12th February, we discussed the traditions which are celebrated for this festival. We used our knowledge to participate in a quiz and then we made Chinese Dragons!

They look brilliant Year 5, well done!

PSHE - Express Yourself

During the week beginning Monday 8th February, we discussed Children's Mental Health week and how we all are individual and unique!

We discussed 'What makes you, you?', completed a quiz about understanding what to do if we need to talk to people about how we are feeling and then completed an 'Express Yourself' sheet too! We also created a piece of art work to 'express ourselves'!

Well done Year 5, super work!

Christmas Week

Monday 14th December - Friday 18th December

This week we have had lots of fun! On Monday, we made our calendars for 2021! We were so impressed with how they turned out. We hope you like them as much as we do. 

On Tuesday, we made some lovely Christmas pictures which show a snowy scene with decorated trees.

We also created Christmas cards for our families. Well done Hagrid Class they look fantastic! 

On Wednesday, we started our day with Breakfast with Santa. We enjoyed our morning feast and saying hello to Santa.

We then had Christmas dinner with our friends. We enjoyed sitting with friends, pulling crackers and telling jokes. 

On Thursday, we had a super fun party. We spent the morning preparing for it by making crackers and party hats. We set up the table up beautifully using the placemats which we decorated earlier in the week. 

We had lots of fun talking and eating with our friends. 

We also played some party games. We had prizes for the winners and for those with superstar dance moves! 

Thank you for an amazingly fun week Hagrid Class! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Have a lovely Christmas holiday and we look forward to seeing you ready for a brand new term!

Christmas Jumper Day

On Friday 11th December, we all came to school in our Christmas jumpers!

We brought in a donation and looked wonderful and festive in our Christmas outfits for the day!

Thank you to everyone who donated!

Christmas Card Competition

For Christmas this year, James Morris set his annual competition of designing a Christmas card. We worked really hard and sent some amazing cards to him to see. There were over 750 entries from a range of children from lots of different schools. All of your designs were amazing Hagrid Class. Well done!

Diwali 

In RE, we learnt all about Diwali - the Festival of Light! We spoke all about the traditions of the celebration and what happens on this special day. We learnt that during this festival, it is common for people to make colourful designs on the floor in their house, to serve as a welcoming gesture and bring good luck. These patterns are called Rangoli. We had a go at colouring in Rangoli patterns and some of us even designed our own!
 

Remembrance Day 2020

For Remembrance Day this year, James Morris asked schools in Sandwell to produce some art work to remember the different Poppy Day we had this year.
We all designed our own Poppy Day pictures and sent them to James Morris.

He was extremely impressed with our designs and mentioned us on his social media. 
Well done everyone!