Year 5 scores a Hat Trick!

Year 5 had an afternoon of sporting fun last Friday when Richard from Hat Trick joined us in offering the children a choice of activities. They were able to increase their skills in football or netball or build stamina by playing crab football.

Many thanks to Richard from Hat Trick for generously giving his time and sharing his expertise.

Smoothie BLENDER

Year 5 loved  doing the smoothie to day we used ice, mango, half of  bannana and orenge juice to make a mango smoothie. To make a mixed berry smoothie  we used berries,half  a bannana  and some ice appel juice.
BY HARRY AND DYLAN

Lots of fun with an egg-shaped ball.

Year 5 were treated to a surprise lesson from 2 rugby players at the end of half term. After a fun yet challenging warm-up, Steve and Andy taught a number of skills, such as throwing and catching and passing back. Everyone then played a really fun game , where the wolves tried to grab the tags from their prey. 
Many of the children are looking forward to continuing to developing their skills by joining Tag Rugby Club.

Many thanks to Andy and Steve for teaching us and to Mrs Rose for organising such a great lesson.

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Slimey Wednesday!

On Wednesday we planned an investigation on making slime. It was a bit of a disaster! The reason it didn't work was because Miss Wylde accidentally bought the wrong powder to make it gooey. Instead Miss Wylde got cornflour and water which was fun because when you punch it, it feels like a solid. But if you slowly put your finger in it goes fast like in liquid. It was a brilliant lesson.
By Jay

I see ink!

In Year 5 we discovered about ink. What we liked about discovering the ink was that it is exciting and messy! We learnt that whiteboard pen ink didn't spread out when you put water on it but the other pens inks did. we put one or two drops of water on each filter paper of ink to make freaky patterns.
By Zovee and Jade

Yo-yo raisins

On Tuesday we did an experiment with raisins. We put some raisins in some fizzy water and they went right down to the bottom. We left them for a little while and then the bubbles made the raisins float to the top. The bubbles were gas.
We acted it out and wrote a play about the yo-yo raisins. It was fun and exciting.
By Chaya and Nasayba

Inks

Two days ago we did a ink test to see what happened to the ink when we put water on it . The ink from the handwriting pen went blue. The ink from the felt tip went all over the paper.

If kidnappers write a letter we can find out who it is by putting a bit of ink from their pen on filter paper and putting a drop of water on it.

By Liam and Brandell

Interesting Inks

We got filter paper and we folded it up into four and cut it into four. Then we put different inks on. We got syringes and we squirted one drop of water on. The ink spread and different colours came out. Each pen was different. Then we wrote secret messages and worked out which pen it was. The kidnapper wrote in whiteboard pen.

By

Hannah and Sophia

Disaster slime!

In Year 5 we were doing something called slime. We used borax substitute, water, glue, food dye and jam jars. We had lots of fun but it all came to a disaster in the end. We learnt that borax substitute does not work for making slime. So our kind Miss Wylde made a mixture of cornflour and water and said we can bring this home. When you punch it or put a force it acts like a solid but when you are gentle it acts like a liquid.

by Raghav and Khuabaib

Disastrous slime!

On the 19th October, we done a slime experiment. I can tell you that it didn't turn out as good as we expected because the borax substitute had spoilt it at the end. Also Mrs Playle accidentally poured away the borax solution. Another thing was that Mrs Playle again accidentally poured away our cornflour mixture down the drain! But at least we all had fun!

by Zara -Lilly and Debrah

Slime and Interesting Inks

Yesterday we made slime but it came to a bit of a disaster! So Miss Wylde put cornflour into everyone's jar except for mine, because my slime worked. It was a bit runny but you could pour it into your hand and play with it. By this morning it had turned quite hard.

When we investigated inks, we noticed that the ink from one of the pens didn't spread so we could catch the kidnapper.

by Ellie

Having fun with slime.

In Year 5 we had so much fun with the slime.

What we did first is bring in as many jars as we could. Then we had to measure spoons of glue and water and choose a drop of food colour. We put the lid on and shook it for a minute as hard as we could. Then we had to put in some cleaning product (borax) and shook it again, with the lid on. We waited for it to dissolve. It didn't turn out that good but we still had good fun.

By

Sebastian and Jake

(typed by Miss Wylde)

Warren taster day

Year 5 enjoyed a brilliant day at The Warren today.


5W had a marvellous music lesson.
Zivile and Loulou won prizes for their singing.

We hope to be able to share it on-line soon!

We had a fantastic PE lesson on the astroturf court.
The day was full of fun as well as learning and has given us a great insight into what secondary school is like. We'd like to thank the Head and Deputy for making us welcome, the prefects for looking after us and Mr Uddin for organising everything so perfectly.

5W's sunny day in London

Year 5 enjoyed the sunshine during their fabulous trip to London to visit Tate Modern.

They enjoyed opportunities to sketch both inside and outside the gallery.

It's free to visit so why not go during the Easter holidays?

Many thanks to all the parents who gave up their time to accompany us and to help make it such a successful trip.

5W World Book Day winners

Congratulations to Kai and Amy. They received most votes for their costumes and reasons for choosing their characters. Here are a few words from the winners.

"My character is a Japanese girl who moves to America and has to put up with people making fun of how she dresses and all the different cliques. People are mean to her but she deals with it easily! She basically gets chewed up and spat out again and she deals with it. I really like her for that so that's why I dressed up as her."

"I like my character because he always gets in trouble and he has two friends called Pie Face and Curly that remind me of my friends Joe and Frankie. They help me when we are in trouble and I help them try to get out of trouble. My character is called Dennis the Menace."

Smoothie bike comes to 5W

5W were thrilled when Dr Bike made a special return visit to Henry Green, as we had missed our turn. It was fascinating to watch as our classmates turned fruit into a delicious drink through pedalling furiously!

If you want to try the recipe at home, add a banana, some chopped mango, juicy pineapple and a handful of frozen raspberries to a blender and top up with juice. Blend until smooth and serve straight away. Delicious!

World Book Day

Are you ready for World Book Day on March 3rd?

Lots of exciting activities will be happening in and around our school.

Add a comment about your favourite book and why you like it so much.

Do you like it because of the characters, the pictures

or simply because you love reading?

Let everyone at Henry Green know.

Click on Henry to find out more.

Bon appetit!

Year 5 followed in the footsteps of French school children today when they enjoyed making and eating "les tartines".

We followed instructions in French to spread "le beurre et la confiture" on "les pieces de baguette". Amy suggests Google Translate to find out what that means!

At the end, Mrs Woodward read us the story of "Je veux un ami!"

We all had a great time!

Written by 5W

5W's pictures from Valence House trip.