Narconon

Narconon translates as 'Drugs No!'

On Wednesday, Pete from Narconon came in to speak to year six about the effects of drugs on the body and life in general. 

Telling the children 'his story' made the effects of drugs very clear and gave the very important message, 'It's Up to You!'

Everybody needs a goal,which requires them to put in some effort, for them to achieve in life.

Housepoints will be awarded to those of you who add a comment to this post, explaining what their goal could be and how they hope to achieve it!

Pete getting ready to give Dylan the keys to his brand new pink Bugatti.

For more information about Pete and his work on drugs education please look at his blog

How has Leeds developed since the Victorian Times?

In history this week we were investigating how Leeds has changed since the Victorian Times.  Using maps from the 1700s to the present day, we were able to make comparisons and identify reasons for the changes.

Dance Heats II

Last Monday Naps and Booma, from RJC, came to judge our dance routines and to select which group would represent our school at the Celebration of Dance at Leeds Town Hall.  Our parents were also invited along to support us and watch our performances.

We were very nervous and especially when the final decision came to a 'dance off' between Olympic Vibe and OMG Sports as the standard was so good. 

Well done to the members of Olympic Vibe, who were finally chosen to represent the school at the Celebration on Dance.  A very special well done has to go to Kairo, who stepped in at the last minute when a member of the winning group was unable to attend the finals.

Here are some photographs of the dress rehearsals:

Dance Heats

The annual dance heats, run by RJC Dance, are upon us.  The event was launched by a visit from  De-Napoli and "Booma" to introduce this year's theme 'ball games'. 

The whole of year six have been working hard, in their groups, to make up their routines. 

A well executed lift

Try to keep your head back!

Sports Hall Athletics

A group of year 5 and 6 children went to Wetherby High School to Compete in a 'Sports Hall Athletics' competition.  Our team came first and are through to the next round.  Good Luck to the selected team.

Oliver

We have been writing our own playscripts based on scenes from Oliver.  Working in small groups was an excellent way to test how well we had written our stage directions:

Using resources found around the room to enhance their performance.

A very convincing Mr Bumble dishing out gruel.

Use was made of all available space.  A very sensible group work in our new locker room.

"More, did I hear that you asked for more?"

Getting into character.

The patio is a useful extension to the classroom for group work.

Why do we live longer now than 200 years ago?

As part of our history topic, The Victorians, we visited St John's Church and graveyard to collect data for our research.

As well as collecting data from gravestones, we were shown the register of burials from the church to help with our research.

Sharon, the vicar, even helped Lucas, Eve and Isabelle find details of their own baptisms in the register of baptisms.

Victorians Alive

On Tuesday, year 6 visited the Thackray Medical Museum to find out what life was like for people during Victorian times.

Part of the day involved a workshop, where the children used artefacts to discover information about the lives and families of characters who lived during this era.  Following this, they visited the Victorian Street o experience this first hand. 



The children answers questins to show what they already know about the Victorians.




Some of the artefacts they used.



Explaining to each other what they found out.

Alice Finch was one of the characters we foud out about.



Could this be Alice Finch?





Which is the real James Wilson?



Thomas Sowden was a night soil man.
We discovered what this unpleasant job was.

John Oddy, the slaughterhouse boy, had a dreadful childhood
which led to many problems for him!

The second part of our visit involved exploring the museum to look for answers to the question:
'Why do we live longer now than we did 150 years ago?'