Evacuation Day

We had a fantastic evacuation day where everyone got into the right spirit. It was lots of fun and the children learnt a lot about the realities of homefront Britain during WW2. A huge thank you to the people who volunteered their time to  make the day so successful - Mr and Mrs Stubbs (Snr) who built air raid shelters and made hand puppets and Mr Osborne who brought his beautiful old bus for the children to enjoy.

Evacuation Day

On Tuesday we are having evacuation day! Please remember to come in WW2 style clothing, bring some wellies, a gas mask box and a small case with a few personal possessions in for when you have been evacuated.

Ice cream and chocolate beards

Redlands V Uplands

What a fantastic start to the football fixtures. Redlands took on Uplands on Wednesday and remained unbeaten throughout.

Redlands A v Uplands A

A real battle saw this game end in a deserved 1-1 draw. A great strike from the Uplands striker, with the aid of a slight deflection, resulted in the ball flying past Sam in goal. However, Redlands very own mole, Sam F, burrowed his way repeatedly through the Uplands defence and was eventually rewarded with a well taken equaliser.

Man of the match: Sam F

Final Score 1-1


Redlands B v Uplands B

Another close battle, as a goal mouth scramble left a shot bobbling past David in goal to give Uplands the lead. Redlands went ahead after Seamus struck twice with great finishes, showing excellent determination to create opportunities in front of goal. Uplands deservedly drew level again in the dying stages with a fine header that left David no chance.

Man of the match: Seamus

Final Score 2-2

Redlands B v Uplands A

A magnificent result in this game as Redlands B came very close to defeating Uplands A team. Redlands displayed great determination and bravery to put their bodies on the line and keep Uplands at bay. The game saw the best goal of the fixture, scored by Ryan T. Spinning away with the loose ball, Ryan charged towards the goal before dispatching an unstoppable shot high into the net to leave the Uplands keeper with no chance. Just as Redlands were dreaming of a famous victory, Uplands drew level and that is how it ended up. A great effort from the B team to hold Uplands A!

Man of the match: Ryan T

Final Score 1-1

Redlands A v Uplands B

Despite showing a little complacency, Redlands A saw off Uplands B in another thrilling fixture. Sam F was unlucky not to add to his tally for the afternoon as he hit the post twice in consecutive shots. Uplands had plenty of chances of their own, but the telling touch was provided by Sydney. As the ball fell in the box he placed a smart half volley past the Uplands' keeper. It was a fine finish but not quite as good a celebration. The tall defender ran back to the half way line before producing what could only be described as a roly poly on the centre spot. More work needed on our celebrations I think.

Man of the match: Sydney

Final Score 1 nil to Redlands



So a fantastic fixture for Redlands to remain undefeated. Well done to all the players, for our first game it was an exceptional effort.

A flavour of Osmington Bay

Here is a random selection of photographs from Osmington Bay 2013. I am still sifting through the masses of photos and videos collected, but I hope this gives you an idea of the action packed and hilarious week we had!

Welcome Home!

Wow what an amazing week we've had! People have really challenged themselves and shown huge amounts of resilience when walking up the hill yet again or facing problem solving in a howling gale!!!! BUT we have laughed at so many funny things and created superb puns related to cows on the hike as well as finding pirate gems on the beach yesterday!
The behaviour of everyone was impeccable and people commented on how polite and friendly we were as a group - well done everyone we are proud of you!!
A huge thanks to Mr Stubbs for organising such a smooth running residential and to Mrs Corbin for abandoning her own family to come with us!
Sleep well and see you on Monday!

os updates in the comments section of first post

Osmington Bay

Good luck to the 39 intrepid explorers who leave for Osmington Bay today. We will have a great time with plenty of memories to bring back. Keep checking the blog for updates!!!

Congratulations to our new Chair and Vice!

We are really pleased to announce that folowing the elections in assembly on Wednesday the new Chair of the School Council is Ellie H and the Vice Chair is Fran S.
Well done ladies!
Enjoy your repsonsibilities.

Just a reminder to please not write your sir name when leaving a post, otherwise it will not be published.

Class 10 Henry Moore style WW2 sketches

WW2 Dancing

In PE we have been learning World War Two era dancing. Here is a great action shot of Class 10 dancing the Charleston.

Kemal before school

Kemal gets in some before school extra learning and can divide numbers to a greater number of decimal places than can be displayed on a calculator. 

Good lad!

And the winner is ...!

We are delighted to announce that Emily S-G is the winner of our writing competition! Well done Emily, you impressed us with your fantastic description and how you manipulated the text.
5 House points to everyone who entered - we enjoyed reading your ideas and appreciated your commitment to our year blog.
Watch out for further competitions!

Thank you to our World War 2 visitors!

This afternoon we were really lucky as 4 friends of our school visited to share their experiences during World War 2, this is because our topic is World War 2 this term.
We had prepared lots of questions, ranging from favourite book and sweets to how it felt when the air raid siren sounded, and enjoyed finding out about people's lives during this time. It was even better than we expected because our visitors had very different experiences so we learned how different people were affected.
A huge thank you to everyone involved!

Descriptive writing competition!!!

Hello Year 5/6

25 House Points for the best 100 word description of this image of St Paul's Cathedral at the height of the Blitz. Remember all the techniques that we use to make our writing exciting (personification, Ispace, powerful adjectives etc).

Just comment on this topic and type your description straight in, or alternatively word process it and cut and paste. Please ensure your description is not too long.

The closing date is Monday 30th and the winner will be announced next week.

Get posting and win those points!

The Year 5/6 team.

House Captains

Hello everyone,

This is my first post to the blog and what an important one!

I am pleased to announce the following children have been elected by the pupils of Redlands to the position of House Captain and House Vice-Captain.

Red House

Captain - Jon L
Captain - Saffron M

V-Captain - Jack G
V-Captain - Katie A

Green House

Captain - Josh W
Captain - Hollie M

V-Captain - Matt D
V-Captain - Zoe B

Yellow House

Captain - David Y
Captain - Eve J

V-Captain - Morgan T
V-Captain - Dylan E

Blue House

Captain - Sam F
Captain - Elena B

V-Captain - Sam K
V-Captain - Emily SG


Congratulations to the pupils elected. Thank you to those who volunteered and were not selected, it was a very close vote.

Start to think about things that you would like your House Captains to achieve.

What do you know about sound?

The year 5/6 team has been teaching you about sound in your science lessons.

We would like to know what you have learnt about sound or can you research an interesting fact to share about sound?

Get posting!

Did you know that....?

Though the blue whale produces the loudest individual noise in the sea or on land, the loudest natural noise of all is made by lots of shrimps!

The noise of  trillions of shrimps clicking their claws together all at once can produce a volume of 246 decibels! A jumbo jet taking off only produces 140 decibels! Some people have compared it to everyone in the world frying bacon at the same time.

WOW!

What has been the best thing we have done so far?

Hello everyone!

Great to see that people are looking at the blog. I was wondering, what have you enjoyed the most so far this year?

Francesca has mentioned the drumming. We have been listening to that in the loft while we plan your lessons. It is impressive but very noisy!

Would be great to hear what you are enjoying so we can hopefully do more of it!

First week back

Well that's the first week gone already, it flew by! It's great to see everyone settling into Year 5/6. We have had some fantastic summer homework in. I really enjoyed hearing that Brynly had started to learn Italian and that Mathilda had passed her dinghy sailing qualification. It is great to hear about all these positive experiences! I have not yet seen every piece of homework (its been a busy week) so there is lots more to look forward to.

Make sure you have a go at posting to the blog everyone!

The new year

Hello everyone

I hope you all have had a great summer and are looking forward to the new school year. Make sure you check the blog regularly for info on what we have been up to in Year 5/6 at Redlands.

Look forward to seeing you all

Year 5 Journalistic Writing

Year 5 have been looking at newspaper recounts. Look at some of the ones we have written.

Monster Mayhem!

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a beastly monster struck at a local school. Mrs Levy, the caretaker at Redlands Primary School, was cleaning and tidying a classroom when she appeared to see a mysterious shadow. The Police believe that the Monster was in search of food!

Mrs Levy (the eyewitness) got a horrible shock as she watched the beast stomp around the school destroying valuable items like awards and trophies. Mrs Levy hid in Class 10 and called the Police. She described the Monster as strange, worrying and that it had ‘eyes as red as tomato soup!’

Finally, after thirty minutes the Police arrived, they listened to Mrs Levy and she told them what had happened. The Police searched the premises for the Monster.

It took twelve officers to apprehend the beast. The Monster was charged with four offenses, one for breaking valuables. Luckily he has been put into prison for four months.

Do you think he will attack again?

By Hannah M

Monster Mayhem at Redlands School!

During the early hours of Saturday 13^th April 2013, a Monster attacked a local school (Redlands Primary School). The incident started at 06:45am.Mrs Levy (The caretaker at Redlands) was cleaning class 11 when she spotted a mysterious creature. She thought it was a creature from Star wars or Lord of the rings. Mrs Levy stated that ‘It was a weird looking creature’.

The Monster came closer and closer to the building. ‘It has eyes as red as tomato soup’. First Mrs Levy secured all the windows and locked all the doors. Next she rang the Police immediately. Half an hour later the Police arrived.

It took twelve officers to take down the beast and arrest him. The Monster was charged with four offenses, one for burning a wall. The Police also found out that the beast was looking for children to eat.

Redlands Head teacher Mr Harcombe said “It was a shocking moment for Redlands, at least no one was injured”.

What do you think about this Monster?

By Ryan L

Monster Mayhem!!

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a Monster struck a local school.

Mrs Levy, who is the caretaker of Redlands Primary School, was peacefully cleaning class 11, when she spotted out of the darkness a horrifying shadow mysteriously appeared.

It was a MONSTER …

Some of the locals believe that it was trying to eat children!

Mrs Levy (The only eyewitness) said that it looked like a human sized Gollum out of The Lord of the rings. As quick as a lightning bolt she rang the Police and with luck they were there within 5 minutes.

The Police said that it took 12 officers to wrestle the beast to the ground. The chief commented on the event ‘The beast will be charged with 4 offences, including one of the worst ones – trying to eat children!!’

“As a result the beast will be behind tough, iron bars forever. Don’t worry no body is responsible and it will be behind bars forever!”

In an interview with the chief, he stated ‘This horror will never happen again’.

The Police are already making plans if the Monster tries to escape.

By Jon L

Year 6 'Varmint' Work

In Year 6 we have been using the book 'Varmint' to produce some fiction and non-fiction pieces of writing. We have written stories, autobiographies (as the Varmint), diaries and a newspaper article. Have a look at some of our work.

We used some images from the book by Helen Ward and Marc Craste. Most of our inspiration came from watching parts of the video each day. 

The Varmint short film






                                         
Narrative pieces:

Whirling through the sky, the dandelion puffballs fly through the air. Sparrows could be heard singing. Twitching his ears, the Varmint surveyed his surroundings. He had found a precious poppy. He took out a magnifying glass and made notes. Buzzing around, a bee landed on his nose. Then it led him to an old, willow tree...

He woke up. He heard rumbling. Alarmed, the Varmint stumbled towards a gloomy, dark cloud. Crestfallen, curiosity devoured his fear. He decided to take a closer look! But as soon as he did, he wished he hadn't. He stopped. He stared. He blinked. Was this a dream?

Miranda T

On the horizon, the Varmint saw ebony smoke and unnaturally elephantine, dark clouds. Conflicting emotions fought for domination of the brain. In the end, curiosity reined. As he walked towards the strange mass of smoke, he choked as sulfurous smells curled, lashing him to the floor. With a great deal of effort, he got up. He felt like running. A bomb of anger exploded inside him. Then his ears dropped down and his heart sank like a stone in water. 

Hundreds of Varmints were pulling up skyscrapers in lines; marching to a beating drum. Mountains of concrete, steel and glass. Unnatural. They thundered into the ground. And the sky turned grey.

Joshua T

Stunned by an immense noise, the Varmint scurried back towards the tree as a sea of gravel chased him. Scared out of his hide, the Varmint took two handfuls of soil, climbed the tree and snapped a tiny branch, shoving it into his satchel. 

Dead silence.

The Varmint took a couple of deep breaths and dozed off into a deep sleep. 

Awakened by a glimmering light, he walked towards the city bravely. 

Brandon H

It was dull, it was disgusting, it was a horrific sight. The new city smelt smoky, as if it were burning. Apprehensively, the Varmint entered the gateway with extreme caution. Why was everyone different to him?

Walking swiftly, he shielded his face from the harsh hail. As he gained access to the lift, previous friends shoved past him without a care in the world.

Washing his velvety paws, the Varmint glanced over at his young, green sapling. The one he nourished. Surveying his belongings (a magnifying glass, a book and his precious plant), the tired creature padded along the dull, grey floor towards his desk. In deep thought, he wrote in his book. Gleefully looking at his piece of greenery, the sleepy-eyed Varmint headed to bed.

Gemma C