Stocksbridge Junior School

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 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.

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 

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

On Thursday 17th January 2008 Stocksbridge Junior  School Gymnastics team went to All Saints College to compete in tournament. We went in two teams of five with a reserve and a mascot. We each performed a floor routine and a vault sequence. We did so well that both teams received awards and altogether we managed to get through to the next round. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without Miss Freeman our coach so thank you very much from all of the squad!

Team B

Every Thursday, Y5F go swimming at the Leisure Centre.  It’s a bit of a rush to get there and it’s even more of a rush to get back especially as it’s up hill  and we’re tired from all the swimming but it’s still great fun.  There were three different groups: one for beginners, another for fairly good swimmers then top group for good swimmers. Most people are in the middle group.  We can’t wait until next week!

Rebecca & Shannon

A carefully selected squad of Y5 and Y6 children took part in the first round (Links Cluster) Sheffield Schools Athletics Competition on Tuesday 15th January 2008.  It took place at Stocksbridge High School, where we competed against two other schools; sadly, Oughtibridge were unable to make it. We each did field events (things like long jump, the speed bounce and the seated throw) and also competed in a variety of track races. To get through to the next round we had to pick up as many point as possible so we had to to win lots of races - in fact, we won them all! When they announced the final scores we had 81 points; 30 points ahead of second place! We all cheered and some of us cried… happy tears of course!

by G Wright and H Whittaker.

From 14th January to 18th January it has been Writing Week at SJS. The theme of writing week has been Blodin the beast by Michel Morporgo. We have done a broadcast about the book, a postcard to Shanga who is a character and in other year groups children have made an ending to the book before reading the real ending.

Shannon & Rebecca

Miss Freeman is holding a gymnastics competition in January. She will take 5 students out of the whole school to this competition.Trails were held on today and the 5 flexible children where chosen.  Handstand, cartwheels and much much more will be in this competition so tighten your seat belts for the time of your life.

Yesterday afternoon  Y5F made party hats for the Y5 christmas party which is on wednesday the 19th of December. After making the hats we saw the mess we had made -the classroom looked like a bomb had hit it!!! So we tidy it up but we didn’t do a very good job because when we had picked the rubbish up on our trip to the bin we dropped all the rubbish on the floor. Opps!!!

Shannon.P. and Rebecca.G.

Every Tuesday some Y5 girls, Y6 girls, Y5 boys and Y6 boys walk to the to lesiure centre and go into the main sports hall and run and train for athletics. It is very tiring but lots of fun!  After-wards our parents pick us up or some of us walk home alone. A great time is had by all!

From L.Bye

On Friday 30th November Miss F, one of our dinnerladies, is retiring. Miss F has been very kind and helpful during the yearsshe’s been a dinnerlady here.  She would open your yogarts, chocolate bars and bananas, she’d clean up your spills, and look after you on the playground.  We’ll miss her lots!

By Rebecca G and Shannon P

For the last few weeks we have been rehersals for our Christmas play. I am Peter and someone else in the play is my mum. My favourite song is ‘It’s too late now’ and i also like ‘Let’s have a potey.  Maybe next week, I’ll record it for you!

H.Hall

Both classers y5f and y5k have been doing a play called Ebinezer Scrooge and i’m Belinda Crattit.Belinda Crattit is a fine and beautiful girl who always does what she’s being told to do.Belinda Crattits dad (Bob Crattit) has a friend called Ebinezer Scrooge but peaple call him Scrooge for short.It’s raly cool.

Jasmine .d

This year the year 5 pupils are porforming, a christmas play, Ebenezer its called. I am a charity collecter with another pupil in year 5 as well. I have almost lernt my lines for the play but I have’nt lernt them fully. My favourite song in the play is ‘its too late now’.My friend sings it solo. He is a great singer,he also has a loud vioce so it is nice and clear and the tune is really catchy!It is a graet performance and it is comming on really well.We have nearly finished it.

From L.Bye

Last week y5 were learning about animals in Kenya, we chose are four favourite animals and made there skin patten on polystyrene. They chose there favourite colors out of yellow, black, green and red ink.They used the polystyrene patten with ink on a piece of material and it printed the patten.Lots of people did paw prints ,zebra strips and leopard spots.Every were very happy even though the pencils rules and pens got covered in ink.But they were also happy because we didn’t do boring writing.Everyone the next day got into big trouble because the toilets were coverd in ink.

by dannielle.s and natasha.g

Every Wednesday lunchtime, at school, years 5 and 6 play girls football. We have a coach who teaches us and gives us tips on how to play. He, the coach, still remembers my sister who did it who is now in year 8. Now he has stated calling me my sisters name! It is really quite annoying! Anyway it is still really great fun!! It lasts for an hour and a fun time is had by all.  from L.Bye

Many people have been climbing the table in the schools fantasy football team,trying hard to make their way up to the top. It’s great fun to manage your own football team you have £70 million to buy any players from the prem but can’t have more than 3 players from each club. You can see our school league table at www.schoolsfl.com

Josh C

Last half term we did a school performance for Harvest about how to save the world.  Each class had a different part and our class, y5f, did a short poem about the world. Other classes did short plays or songs.  Now we think about how to look after the world more often now. 

 Dannielle S

In year 5 we have been rehearsing for our christmas production. So far we have had auditions and started learning most of the songs - our favourite is ‘Cha- Cha- Charity’!Watch this space for weekly updates on our progress!

Rebecca and Shannon

Congratulations to the 80 children that proudly received awards at this year’s prize night!

After being rained off on the day of the Sheffield floods, Sports Day finally took place on 17th July!

On Monday 25th June 2007 , 5 people from y5 were chosen to go on a trip to Kelham Island. These people were Tom, Liam, Zakk, Kate and Summer. There were 15 authors and 1 poet there. In the morning we got to work with Anne. We were writing poems about Kelham Island.  In the afternoon we worked with an author called Jane but we only got to work with her for 10 mins because we quickly had to be evacuated. It had rained so much that the river nearby was about to burst.  Apparently within 30 minutes of us being evacuated to the Winter Gardens on higher ground, the river burst and flooded the whole of Kelham Island.  We eventually made it back to school but unlike lots of other schools in Sheffield, ours wasn’t closed!

A couple of weeks ago Miss Kiff took a few children to a cricket festival. She slpit us into 3 diffrent groups: group a, group b and group c .  We were against Deepcar School and Saint Ann’s. The competition was quite tough.  The competition was supposed to end at 4:30 but finished at 5:20 instead so we were a little late home! It was the most fun ever; Miss K said we were all very sportsmanly.  Amazingly Group A came 2nd overall! 

Dylan, Y5