The Highwayman

As part of our Literacy unit on Narrative Poetry, Year 5 have been reading the poem entitled 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. This is a tale of love, tragedy, revenge, jealousy and betrayal.

Firstly, we looked at the way that a highwayman dresses, in particular the hat and mask that were always worn to disguise their identity.

We used a Story Sack in which had been placed items relating to the poem. There were examples of red velvet and some lace; pictures of Bess and Tim; photos of pistols, a rapier and of King George's soldiers. This experience helped us to understand the poem better.

We looked very carefully at the figurative (descriptive) language used in the poem. We found examples of metaphors, similes, repetition, rhythm and rhyme.

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding-

Riding-riding-

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

We enjoyed some drama activities based on the text and wrote our own letters from Tim, the Ostler, to the highwayman. Why not come into 5V to see our display?

We really enjoyed this work and look forward to our next unit of work on Poetry.

Epping Forest Trip

Year 5 have been learning about
Rivers and their features this term.
In order to study first hand how rivers are formed and to look at all the different features, 5B and 5V went to Epping Forest.

Wednesday 25th November 2009 was a beautiful day. The first thing to do was meet our guide for the day in one of the specially prepared classrooms. After a walk through the forest looking at different soils, we had our lunch.

In the afternoon we visited two different sites of the same river and took measurements to compare the width, depth and speed of the water.


We also measured the gradient and took samples of pebbles from the river bed to see the way in which the water gradually smoothes down the rough edges and sharp corners of the stones.






We found a perfect example of a Meander which was one of the features we had studied in class. This is when the river curves around.

Although it was very cold, and lots of us got wet and dirty, everyone agreed that we had a great day!!
To remember the day we have posted our Blog as you see and are writing a recount of the day during Literacy sessions.

J.K Rowling

J.K. Rowling

In year 5 literacy we have been looking at significant authors so we have chosen J.K.Rowling.

We have been looking on laptops and for information on J.K.Rowling.

About j.K rowling

NAME: Joanne Rowling
GENDER: female
NATIONALITY: British
Date of birth: July 31 1965

Birth place: Yate,nr Bristol ,England,UK
SCHOOLS: St Michael's primary school
Wyedean school and college
University of exter
CHILDREN: two sons and one daughter

J.K. Rowling is a great author because she writes really good books

Facts
J.K Rowling has been writing for 36 years and she is proud of it

J.K. Rowling is richer than the queen

J.K. Rowling is a billionaire

J.K. Rowling is fourty two years old

J.K. Rowling started writing when she was six

J.K. Rowling used to be poor then she started writing

Ancient Egyptian Day

On the 1st April 2008 Year 5 decided to
sample life in Ancient Egypt first hand.

In the run up to the day the children had designed and made Egyptian collars in class and for homework had created an Egyptian headdress.

The day started with Egyptian numeracy and a series of Egyptian word challenges finishing with 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Ancient Egypt'.

The children were offered a selection of foods representative of the type of food eaten in Ancient Egypt i.e. grapes, figs, dates, unleaven bread, fish sticks etc. Many children were persuaded to try foods they had never tasted before and were pleasantly suprised!

The morning ended with a headdress parade judged by Miss Jacobs. She agreed it was an almost impossible task as everyone had made such a wonderful effort.

Seen to left here are the winners from 5R....

.... and to the right are winners from 5B.

After lunch the 'Freshwater Theatre Company' entertained everybody with their production about life in Ancient Egypt.

A great day was had by all!