Stocksbridge Junior School

IThis week is healthy week! So far this week Y4K have been at the sports centre to do ball skills relays, we have been at the tennis courts plus we’ve tasted and reviewed lots of different unusual fruits. Yesterday year 4 all rotated classes for 45mins each session to do science activities with different teachers; Miss Sheehan did about the human body, Miss Willats let us use lots of different science computer programs and Miss Bower did about healthy teeth. It was great!

Can’t wait to find out what we’re doing tomorrow!

Bethany

Last week Miss Willats told us all about video conferencing.  It sounded great so when we found out that we were going to video conference with another school, we got really excited!  On wednesday afternoon we video called another set of Y5’s at another school; Greenhill who are right over the other side of Sheffield. We had 30 children in our classroom talking to Greenhill school, they only had about 8 children so it was far easier for us to see each of their faces than it was for us to see them. One of the boys cheekily asked if there were any cute girls in our class. Some of the girls got really embarresed but most of us just waved back at him!

The reason for this video conference was to introduce each other’s schools.  A few chidlren from each school had prepared a report about different things about our school.  After each school had presented, we both looked at each other’s websites to find out more.  We then linked up again to ask each other questions. I liked one of things on there website which said ‘Greenhill’s got talent’! We like that idea and hope maybe one day that we would hold the same type of event at SJS.  the only problem was the strange clciking noise that came out of the speakers.  We also need to remember to be very quiet when someone from the other end is speaking!

Next time we see them, Miss W says we’re going to have a maths quiz against them!

Maddie

We got some new fish they are in the entrance hall, we are holding a competition to see who will name the fish, although Mr Heaton has already named one of them BOB. Mr Heaton says the best name yet is PETER!!!

By Megan

Our school has a huge new fish tank in the entrance hall!  It was very exiting when it arived because nobody was expecting it.  It arrived one afternoon last week but didn’t have any fish it it for about a week.  Now there are twelve fish in it that are three breeds that all like to live in cold water.  One of the breeds is a goldfish.  The school is having a competiton to see who can think of the best names - Mr H thinks that the best name is Peter. 

Some of the Y4s went to an athletics competition at the High School in Stocksbrige.  We had do all different events like hurdles, long jump, speed bounce, chest push and many more. The athletics was for boys and girls in y3 and y4. We tried our very best.  We went with our very supporting teachers Miss Keating and Miss Sheehan. It was very tense waiting for the results.  They read out that in fourth place was Wharncliffe Side and in third place was St Anne’s.  That left us and Deepcar for first and second.  When they said that Deepcar came second we couldn’t belive that we’d won! There had never been a y3 and y4 athletics competition before so hopefully the Y3s and 4s will follow our winning next year. Our two teachers have been helping us out by training and prapairing for the competion.

Callie

On the 16th of April 2008 a  few children from each year group (30 in total) went to the Octagon centre at Sheffield University for a Movement Festival.  We had been practicing for about 8 weeks with Miss F. We really hoped that we would get it all right becasue it was a tricky routine.  Some of us invited family and friends for this ‘Around the world’ theme. All of the Links staff were dressed up in diffrent countries. We wore new bright yellow t-shirts  with ‘Stocksbridge Super Stars’ printed on them.  Other schools did dances from around the world like hip hop, indian dancing and cheerleading.   The routines involved lots of clever lifts. We were supported by Miss Willats, Miss Freeman (our teacher for dance) also Mrs Proost (with her little girl) and Mrs Dawson and also Miss Kiff.

Brittany 

On the 16 of April 2008 a few of us, about 30 in fact, went to the octagon center and performed different routines for in front of family and friends and children from other schools. The theme was all around the world; loads of schools came. We practiced for 8 weeks.  We all had different outfits (we looked so cool). Some of us performed the gym routine but we neede mats so had to wait for them to be put out.  At first it was scary but as soon as the music started we tried our best.  We were suported by the techers and staff from the office as well - thank you!

Megan

 Friday, SATs week is only some days away, the tenson is really high.

 Saturday,  sitting watching the paper go up makes my hair on my back of my neck stand up like needles.

 Sunday, getting an early night ready for the big day.

Monday, head down working my socks off.

Friday, hurrah, they’re done!!!

Aimee

Y5K recently went to Ewden education centre. We’re learning about Water in our geography lessons at the moment so we went to find out all about water! We did two different activities, one where we went to find out about how water is cleaned and one where we were finding different facts out about where water comes from and what it’s job is. My favourite one was when we were finding out different facts about what water’s job is!

By Maddie

On the 10th of March 2008, Stocksbridge Junior School’s amazing Athletics Squad went to the South Yorkshire finals to compete for the title of the best team in South Yorkshire. The athletes went to the EIS (English Institute of sport) to hopefully win the most races as possible to get the most points and therefore earn the title of South Yorkshire winners! At the end of the competition, everyone who took part, sat nervously as the result were counted.  Amazingly, after about 6 years of SJS squads competing, WE WON!!!

By Amy.C.   Y6  

S.J.S made a stunning performance yesterday at the English Institute of Sports in the South Yorkshire Indoor Athletics final.  Our school has been amazing at each of the rounds so faras everyone has tried their absolute hardest to do their bit as a part of the team.  The work paid off; we won!!!!!!! Everyone was nervous as the commentator revealed the places from 7th to 1st place.  We couldn’t believe it when it was only the two Sheffield schools left for 1st and 2nd places, even moreso when he read us out for 1st place! Well, everyone in our school now says, “We’re the best team in South Yorkshire!” All the athletics teams are surely going to cherish the memories forever.

On Wednesday 12th March Miss Kunze, a year 5 teacher, is leaving! We will miss her a lot. Hopefully she will come and visit us again. She taught Miss Freeman’s class. She was a really nice teacher! She helped us all on our work when we got stuck on a question. She really explained it clearly when we didn’t understand so we did.

Maddie.C, Rebecca.G, Dannielle.S and Shannon.P

This week in numeracy lessons I have been investigating different things. Like today I have been investgating about tennis, who can play tennis about lots of different situations. Yesturday we investigated about fuit bars and chocolate bars. When I don’t understand I just try my best and sometimes I get it right but not all the time. At the end of each lesson the teacher gives out a certificate to the person who can understand and explain how they got the answer. I have never got the certificate before because I don’t always understand what the teacher says we have to do.

 Maddie.C.

Som of the footballers would rather play out than come to SAM learning club, today I’m going to ask some Year 6 children what they think of SAM Learning.

Ellie A: ” Well samlearning is great, good , good, very good, it is making me think more!”

Jordan B: “I think is it super it is going to give me a level 5!”

Farrell H: “I think i am going to get a level 5 and it helps me study!”

Ben A: “It is fun!”

Alice W: “It is good it is so great it makes me smile when i here the word sam learning!”

Gaby  S: “It is great it is one of these thing that i just love, it is supper, i mean super!”

Jessie R: “It’s so boring and sad!” 

Victoria S: ” It is great for helping me get a level 5!”

Aimee

In school council we are thinking of having a sponsored event to see how many bounces you can do in three minutes and people can put money on peopole that they think will do the most bounces. We are also thinking about having an assembly which they anounce the star of the week, house points and we were thinking about cloakroom awards again. We might have handwriting awards too. We don’t know if we will have lunchtime awards and break time awards.

Oliver & Aoife

On Thursday, 8 children who had the most PFWAs went to Stocksbridge sport hall to play lacrosse. The team lost the 1st and 2nd games, however, we won the 3rd and 4th. At the end of the day we came 2nd, only 2 points behind the winners! Contgratulations to Deepcar who won fair and square and now go through to the next round.

Aimee

In Y5F we have been listening to and making Cuban music with a visitor named Eral. We learned some new rhythms and beats, which were easy to remember if you sung the words that go with the beats. One of the sets of words that we sung went: Tin-go-go-go-go-go-go.  Hopefully, we’ll get to record them soon and you can listen too!

By Rebecca and Shannon 

On Thursday 31st January 2008 the Links Final of the Sheffield Indoor Athletics was held at the English Institute of Sport.  There were 7 schools altogether which included Phillimore, St John’s, norfolk, Sharrow & Deepcar.  At first everybody was very nervous and giddy but soon calmed down and got down to business when Mrs G gave us our teamtalk.  The boys went first on the track whilst the girls did there field events brilliantly.  The boys even won all but one of their racess!  At half time all the girls were nervous because so many people would be watching them run.  just like the boys, the girls managed to win most of their races!  After all of the races the organiser got us all together to read out the results - when he got to third place he still hadn’t read us out.  The top two places go through to the next round so when he read that Norfolk were third, we all whooped with joy.  Amazingly, with 180 points, we came first!  We recieved a trophy to keep, and a shield to keep for the year plus a minature trophy!

The City Final is on Friday 29th February so fingers crossed!!!

Hope and Abby

Just before Christmas, our Y4 teacher left us to go and have her baby and a new teacher came along.  At first some of us  thought she was a little mean when she came into school but actually she is beautiful, nice and kind.   We were surprised  that she isn’t mean because some supply teachers can be although she can get mad when you don’t do as you’re told!

Emer

SAM learning has been a great new thing for SATs revision for Year 6. Miss W first introduced us to SAM learning 30th January 2008 and now loads of people have logged in to complete activities at home. Miss W even spotted that a Year 6 pupils little brother (Year 4) had logged in himself to have a look!  This great site has been scientifically proven to help y6 children do better in their SATs although we’ve been told we still have to do our other homework - this is as well as.  The y6 teachers think it really will help the children to go and get the level 5 they need!

 Matthew

In literacy we have been writing diaries about a story called The Windmill. It’s about two boys called Andrew and David. Their family is called the Dolton Family so they are called the Dolton Brothers. The boys went to stay with their grandad’s friend’s farm where they’d been lots of times before. The old man, Old Rusty, had bright red hair but he only had one leg but in the story it said he used a cruch like a second leg  .He also looked after goats.  He had a massive goat farm then the council decided to build a Windmill on the farm. Rusty didn’t like technology he thought the windmill was a bad idea but they built it anyway.  The boys were worried about the caves they liked playing in.  They put three wings on the windmill and when the boys woke up they saw that there was a fourth wing on the Windmill.  It looked like a space ship or a giant bat wing or a wasp wing.

By Callie

This year Y5 (Miss Fs class) are doing a performance of Cuban music in Sheffield.  Cuban music is jolly and friendly it has lots of drumming in it.  We are making instruments but we are not going to decorate them because when we play them the decoration will probably fall off!

Eral, who has been to Cuba, has been into school to show us how to play and make our instruments.   We have also been searching for information about Cuban music; there are lots of instruments with wierd names like ’Shakira’! We have a song that we play. It’s called Tin-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go and it keeps repeating itself.

by Dannielle, Natasha and Jasmine

Imagine you were walking home from school. You saw a car driver swerve suddenly to avoid a fox. The car went into a tree but the driver was not hurt and neither was the fox.You were the only person who saw the accident, so you have been asked to write a detailed account of what happened.

At SJS this week it has been writing week.  In Year 3 we have been writing character descriptions based on Blodin the beast. In art we aged some paper to write our character descriptions on.

Aoife