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Thank you for visiting our class page. We are a class of Year 5 and 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...

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...

We've worked on an exciting Design and Technology project this half term. The brief was to design and make a toy with moving parts, using cams, for the 4-5 age group. Cams can make things move up and down, side to side, or around in circles. We visited Ash Class to do some market research and find out what they look for in a toy. We had enormous fun making the parts and sticking everything together. The classroom was like a busy toymaking factory! We are so proud of the finished results. Finally, we were able to show our Ash Class friends our finished toys and get some feedback.

As part of our learning about Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, we had a great time at the Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology. We were able to have a go with prehistoric tools, see a woolly mammoth as well as a 4000 year old Bronze Age boat, visit an Iron Age village, a Roman Forum (including the Roman baths), a Roman villa as well as look closely at different artefacts.

As part of our learning in history: 'Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age', we enjoyed curating prehistoric artefacts.
We examined items from York Archaeology, interpreted and recorded them, made careful drawings and drew up a conservation plan.

As part of our learning about water safety, we enjoyed a visit from a RNLI volunteer. We learned about the RNLI's four water safety messages: stop and think; stay together; float; call 112 or 999. We learned how to spot a wide range of dangers, plan for a day out and identify an emergency situation – as well as understand the effect cold water has on our body.

We were very excited to welcome Keir Mather MP to Kirk Hammerton. He spoke to us about his role as the MP for Selby & Ainsty before answering all our questions. Mr Mather spoke about his passion for environmental issues as well as helping people who may find things tough at the moment, and about the importance of democracy in our world today.
As it was World Book Day, he told us that his favourite children's books are the "Harry Potter" series.
We want to thank him very much for making time in his busy schedule to visit us.