Friday 25 September 2015

E-safety

This week we have been learning about e-safety. We watched a very thought provoking video clip, encouraging us to Zip it, Block it, Flag it. Here are some of our posters giving that message.

Friday 18 September 2015

Finding out about the Victorians



Meet the Teacher reminders -
* PE days are Monday and Wednesday
* Spelling tests are on Thursdays
*Homework is given out on Wednesday, to be returned by the following Monday

Our computing activity this week was to explore the BBC website about The Victorians


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/



During History and English lessons we have found out about Victorian workhouses. In our class book, Street Child by Berlie Doherty, the main character Jim has arrived at the workhouse. We wrote a fact file about workhouses in our topic books and wrote a diary entry for Jim during English lessons.

Here are some of our impressive diary extracts - 

Dear Diary,
My name is Jim and I've just had a shocking day. My mum collapsed and we've ended up in the workhouse. I got upset when the police came and put her in the back of a cart. I was petrified and did not know what to do.
Jamie - Class Earth

Dear Diary, 
If ya 'ave been in a workhouse, ain't it just the worst! Err! Sorry ya ain't heard me story yet. 'Ere, let me take ya back in time. It all began when |I was walking down Pudding Lane with me ma.
Iona-Class Earth

Dear Diary,
I was then led to a room and had my comfortable clothes ripped off. I was splashed with the ice cold water and fitted into itchy clothes and then I had my hair snipped, snapped, snipped with blunt scissors.
Amy-Class Neptune

Dear Diary,
Today was the saddest day of my life. Me and my mum were strolling along the road. My mum was exhausted. I needed to find her a seat before she collapsed. We found a wooden bench, it was the best I could find.
Lianne-Class Neptune



Friday 11 September 2015


Neptune and Earth - class of 2015/2016

We have settled well into our new year 5 classes. Our new topic is 'The Victorians' and this week we researched, drew pictures and wrote about Victorian children and the jobs that some of them had to do.

                                     

                                   

Life was very hard for these children, they were very poor, hungry and often very young.
We researched jobs that Victorian children did on the internet. Here are some of the comments that children from classes Neptune and Earth made -

I can't believe they had to do jobs at such a young age, even when they were weak and feeble.
Drew - class Neptune

I think that the jobs they did were unreasonable for children.
Lanre - class Earth

If they fell asleep on the job they could lose a limb and some children even lost their lives.
Reuben - class Earth

It's terrible that children aged 5 and 6 had to go to work.
Mya - class Neptune

If you want to find out more .........



www.bbc.co.uk/schools/.../victorian_britain/victorian_children_at_work/