Click HERE to see what Year Classes got up to on World Book Day – 1st March 2023

Anti-Bullying Week 2022

This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’.

The children thought about how they could reach out to others. They then made pledges where they promised to reach out to help anyone who may need it.

As well as this, they designed hands to show who they could reach out to if they need to themselves.

Here are some examples of them:

Parliament Day 2022

This year for Parliament Day we held our very own mini elections! We created our own political parties, chose a leader and spoke about key issues to convince the rest of the class to vote for us.

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At Downside, we feel it is important for our children to understand why a healthy diet is important and how it supports both our mental health and well-being. The children had a fantastic morning learning about the importance of eating a balanced diet by looking at the different food groups on the eat well plate. Having discussed what each food group consists of and their benefits, the children looked at what proportion of each food group we should eat to stay healthy.

In particular, they learned that too much sugar can be problematic as the extra calories can cause fat to build up inside the body leading to many diseases and tooth decay.

The children had fun whilst learning how to read nutritional labels to help them understand which foods are high in fat, salt and added sugars. Using this knowledge, the children enjoyed comparing the different labels on packaged food to see which food would make a healthier diet choice. In addition to this, the children met our school’s skeleton and they learned many incredible facts about the bones in our bodies. Did you know that a baby is born with around 300 bones and as it grows into an adult the bones fuse together, and the number of bones an adult then has is 206?

We ended our morning learning about the digestive system in a fun and interactive way, where some children mixed together lots of different food into a stocking to show how our stomach muscles mix the food and liquid with digestive juices. The children learned that the stomach slowly empties the chyme into your small intestine, where the walls of the small intestine absorb water and the digested nutrients into the bloodstream. It was amazing to see a 6.7 metre hose pipe stretched out across the hall to represent an adult’s small intestine!

Take a look at some of the children’s posters in Year 5 for Safer Internet Day 2022:

This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’.

Take a look at some of the children’s posters in Year 5:

Here is a link for parents and carers to find further information:

https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/parents-and-carers

Year 5 Trip to Sea Life – 10th November 2021 – click HERE

In October, the children in year 5 had a technology day where they made a cushion on the theme of the Great Barrier Reef. Firstly, the cushion material was tie- dyed in a range of colours. Next, the children had to sew up the cushion sides and fill out the cushion. The cushions were decorated with felt and sequins to show an underwater scene. The children enjoyed the challenge of the skills involved in needlework.

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