Author: Rebecca Mower

On Monday, Year 5 travelled back to the night of 14^th November 1940 to experience the Coventry Blitz.  They used the text of Goodnight Mr Tom to start their drama work – arriving on the train in the countryside to avoid Coventry in the West Midlands.  The pupils took part in poetry writing using drama techniques and then created their own multi-media artwork of the “Moonlight Sonata” depicting the 13-hour long attack on Coventry.  Pupils came dressed for the part; including a war-time snack and enjoying letters form home!  We would like to thank the many parents and carers who went to the trouble of writing a lovely heart-felt letter to their child (wartime style).  Thank you also to Ben and his family who provided 5SR each with a war-time welsh cake!  A brilliant experience for the pupils at Coundon as part of the local history week.  

Year 5 looked attending the Big Sing at Coventry Cathedral. We enjoyed singing many of the songs from Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Year 5 were lucky enough to trial a new activity as part of Puzzle Locker. The children travelled through a portal into space and took part in interactive activities to crack codes. They had a great time!

This week we learnt how to react calmly in an emergency situation and how to put someone into the recovery position.

Today we carried out a river study on the River Sherbourne.

Today Year 5 had the opportunity to take part in a live lesson from the Primary Science Teaching Trust. We learnt all about air resistance and planned our own investigations.

We visited Coundon Wedge to see the parts of a river in real life.

This week we have prepared food similar to what people eat in Mexico. The children chopped, grated and prepared the ingredients.

As part of our Spanish and Discovery lessons we have been learning about Pok-a-Tok. Today we had a good at playing it during out PE lesson.