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