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Thank you for visiting our class page. We are a class of Year 5 and Year 6 children. Elder Class is taught by Mrs Pyle on a Monday and Friday, and by Mrs Sawyer on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Keep reading to see what we have been up to...

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we used a variety of sources from the Imperial War Museum to understand the 'when', 'why' and 'what' of VE Day. The sources, including amateur film footage, gave us an insight into the memories of people who experienced VE Day as children. Throughout the week, in Collective Worships, we have thought about what 'peace' means to us and how we can protect peace today and in the future.

In the week leading up to World Book Day, we looked at David Wiesner's wonderful book "Flotsam", studying the amazing illustrations. On World Book Day itself, we took part in a carousel of activities around "Flotsam", including creating our own musical soundscapes to match the illustrations.

We enjoyed performing our dance at the Spring Dance Festival, along with six other schools. We really loved getting into the "character" of the dance!

As part of our learning about the Vikings, we visited the Jorvik Viking Centre and DIG in York, along with Long Marston's Birch Class.
In the morning, we explored the artefacts at the Viking Centre and travelled back in time to AD 960. At DIG, we found out about Anglo-Saxon and Viking medicine, including how plants, animals, insects and even magic were used to cure ailments of the past.

We had a great time at "Young Voices 2025" in Sheffield, singing along with nearly 5000 other children, accompanied by a live band. We celebrated Bob Marley's 80th birthday singing a medley of his songs and very excitingly, we sang with Tommy Blaize, the lead singer from BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing" as well as 14-year-old Souparnika Nair.

As part of our history learning, we enjoyed curating Viking artefacts. By examining items from York Archaeology (replicas of items found in Coppergate, York), we were able to prove that there was more to the Norsemen than just piracy and raiding.

We crtiqued a variety of art from the time of the Vikings, using viewfinders to help us look closely. Some of the questions we asked ourselves were: What materials have been used? What colours has the artist used? What patterns, lines, shapes and textures can you see?

In D&T, we have been designing and making our own electric Christmas decoration. We used our knowledge and skills from science to construct a working circuit, including conductors, insulators and switches. Take a look at some of our finished Christmas trees!

No soggy bottoms here! We had great fun making our traditional Christmas truffles! Ready... set... bake!

This year, we are taking part in an enterprise project where we each received a small start up fund to create a business. The Christmas Fair was a perfect place to showcase our business ideas. Any money raised is used to help Year 6 celebrate their last few weeks at the school and also goes towards whole-school projects.

We had a great day in York, travelling by train to visit the magnificent York Minster & the National Railway Museum. At the Minster, we were shown many of its fascinating features, linking to our RE learning about church architecture, and found out about some of the key characters in the Minster's history, including Emperor Constantine and Queen Ethelburga. At the National Railway Museum, we were able to see up close famous trains such as the Bullet train and the Mallard.

As history detectives, we investigated evidence of Anglo-Saxon Christianity in Kirk Hammerton. We visited the local church which dates from AD 950 and carefully sketched the many original Saxon features (both inside and outside) including the church's Saxon tower which is unchanged and complete.

While the girls competed in the Netball Finals, we participated in the BBC's Anti-Bullying Week Live Lesson. We helped Hacker put on the ultimate sports day while learning how to play fair, work together, and show respect. We also got a shout-out!

In Music, we had fun working in small groups, following a graphic score. We had to count ourselves in, keep to a steady beat and play our untuned percussion instrument at the correct time. The beat goes on...