Presidental Election

At the beginning of November, there was an important event-the US Presidential election which saw Barak Obama re-elected for his second term in office. There was a great deal of media attention for this US election and it made me wonder about the differences and similarities between the American and British political systems. In the UK there is a prime minister, whereas in the USA, there is a president. In the USA, the candidate can be president for eight years maximum, however, in the UK the time limit is not as rigid. The elected prime minister can call an election whenever they like but cannot surpass a 5 year time period. The name of the prime minister is David Cameron. In the UK there are three main political parties: Liberal, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat, whereas in the USA, there are two main political parties: Democrats and Republicans. So, despite both countries’ historical ties, their political systems are different: the UK has a constitutional monarchy whilst the USA is a constitutional republic.

Waste Watch-Waste less. Live more

On Wednesday 17th October somebody named Shirley came in and talked about reduce, reuse, recycle or you could say the triple Rs. Shirley had a puppet named Pierre and she acted as if she was humorous French chef. She taught us what we should do with leftovers, like putting them in the fridge and not wasting them because that means wasting money. She also taught us about composting with the help of her friend Herman the worm. Herman, the puppet, told us that when you put compost in the compost bin the worms eat it and they make soil in which you can plant more plants! All and all, Waste Watch was funny and informational.

Internet safety Ceases Trouble

In ICT, Year 5 has been learning about how to keep safe on the internet. We have designed our own internet safety posters and comics in partners on the laptops. We used the Marvel Comics website to use backgrounds, choose items or characters and make them say things about internet safety. To make the posters, we used wordle- a website that allows you to type words (we used internet safety words) and it will randomly put them all over the paper. You can edit the colour and font, and once you’ve finished, you print it out as a poster. The best posters and comics were put onto the display and they all look fabulous!

Junior Citizen

On Thursday 4th October, year 6 went to Junior Citizens. We learned various things about drugs, public transportation, fires, robbers, not taking things from strangers and putting your seat belt on. It was amazing!!! My personal 2 favourites were the robbery and the drugs. In the robbery, which was a role play, a woman called Tracy pretended to be a robber and grabbed us and asked for our money and phones. We got quite scared even though we knew it was fake. When we were learning about drugs, and while a guy called Kieran was talking about that a lady came in and gave me a package. I had no idea what was in it. To be honest, I thought it was a sandwich but I guess I was wrong. I know this because a policeman came in and opened the package and it turns out that there was cocaine (sugar) in the bag and he pretended to be really mad with me, but that was also a role-play. The last thing that we did was seatbelt safety where we learned the importance of wearing a seatbelt in a car. There was a machine with a seat at the end of it and I was chosen to go sit in the seat. At this stage, I didn’t know what to expect! They told me that it would slide to the other side of the track and push me forward with the force that a car in a crash would have. It was so scary but it was really exciting at the same time!

Year 5’s Trip to the Science Museum

Year 5 has just been on a fun and educational trip to the Science Museum! We went there to learn about space. Everyone’s favourite bit was when we watched the landing of the moon at the IMAX cinema in 3D. It was very realistic and the fun things were the bubbles, smoke and the bit when water squirted from the back of the seats and onto our faces to simulate us landing in the sea. We then experienced how hard it is to pick things up with astronauts’ space gloves, saw what astronauts eat in space and how they use bathroom utilities in space. I think that everyone enjoyed this trip and I am starting to think about becoming an astronaut myself when I grow up!

Autumn changes

The autumn changes have begun and the leaves are falling off trees and the colours of the leaves are changing. Animals and insects are getting ready to hibernate and many people are starting to wear jackets. The weather is changing all the time. It is cold most of the time and people are beginning to have colds. I got sick myself for a few days but am happy to be back!

Year 5 Meets the Lifebus

On Tuesday 2nd October Year 5 went to the lifebus! The topic on the lifebus was you and you’re Friends. We met a woman whose name was Nancy. She was basically the tour guide who taught us all about us and our friends. We also met Tam who, believe it or not, we could see her heart, her lungs, small intestine, and large intestine and so on. But sorry that you had to hear but Tam was plastic! Nancy made us make a feeling diamond where we put the most important feeling at the top and the least important at the bottom. So basically some of the top ones were be proud for what I done and feel my feelings. These are not all of them but these are quite a few. We saw a video where there was two 10 years olds, Sam and Sami. Sami used all of his allowance helping everyone in his neighbourhood so he can get a really cool bike. Sam wanted to ride it but Sami didn’t want anyone to ride it but he wanted to stay friends. He tried being aggressive but that didn’t work. He tried being nice but that didn’t work and he tried being considerate and it worked! After, we met Harold the Giraffe and came back to class. Overall, it was educational and fun!