Rudhall Class Gallery and Events
DT - Biscuit making! We made our flavour combinations a reality by baking our own biscuits. We even created our own packaging. Using a a basic biscuit recipe we added our additional ingredients. Once baked and cooled, we completed an evaluation before tasting our creations. They were delicious! McVities, watch out!
Geography - We created our own river models to detail different river features and show how erosion and deposition works.
PE - when it’s too nice to be indoors, noughts and crosses incorporating balance it is!
Talent Show - We are so proud of everyone who took part in the Talent Show this year, Rudhall had the most entrants - what a talented bunch we are!
Rudhall Class River Cruise - We had such a lovely morning onboard the 'Kingfisher' travelling along the River Wye. Our Captain Ian was full of local knowledge, detailing interesting facts and pointing out different features. It was very picturesque (did you know that this word was coined by William Gilpin in 1782 after visiting the Wye?), although we weren't fortunate enough to see a kingfisher, we did see mallards (with one even hitching a lift with us!), a mandarin and a cormorant. We also spotted some key features of a river which Miss Baugh was most thrilled about!
PE - We took part in PE with a difference this week by completing a fun and active scavenger hunt to make the most of the sunshine, helping us develop our physical skills, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities in a creative and engaging way.
English - We have worked hard to plan, draft, edit and publish our own narrative texts. We each wrote a sequel to the much loved picture book ‘Flotsam’, using our descriptive writing skills to tell the story of the special camera’s next adventure. We our so proud of our books!
DT - Product research. Today Rudhall became product testers, testing biscuit’s currently available on the market. We noted their appearance, texture, smell and taste in order for us to explore things we liked and disliked ready to develop our own biscuits. A great way to end a very busy week!
Reward - Rudhall chose a drawing session as their class reward for filling up their star jar. Some children followed a tutorial by illustrator Rob Biddulph and created a self portrait, can you guess who’s who?
Mother’s Day cards - the children worked so incredibly hard to create their Mother’s Day cards, a lot of love, care attention went into them. We used a bubble painting technique to create beautiful hydrangeas.
Science Day - This years theme was change and adapt, Rudhall class joined Acorn and some of Wye class to take part in 3 different activities. They worked cooperatively and all thoroughly enjoyed their day!
PE - The Sun has finally made an appearance! Rudhall took the opportunity to get out and make the most of it, doing our indoor balance session in the great outdoors instead!
Welsh Water Workshop - Ruth from Welsh Water came in to school and after delivering a whole school assembly teaching us how our water gets to our taps, she came in to class. The children were tasked with an engineering activity where they had to connect water to all of the town in the cheapest way possible. We had to be careful, any leaks resulted in a hefty fine! The children thoroughly enjoyed their experience and worked so well together to complete the task. Well done Rudhall!
Geography - The children have been really getting into their rivers topic this half term, after learning about the key features, they worked in pairs to create a river basin from Source to Mouth. The pairs all worked real hard to make their posters engaging yet informative. Look our for them on display in the corridor!
World Book Day - Rudhall class celebrated World Book Day this year by basing their work around the book ‘The Perfect Fit’. We learnt that it is ok to be different, it’s what makes us unique and life more interesting! We created our own characters and created a comic strip backstory for them. We then created a collage of our school, celebrating all of our differences. After lunch we shred our favourite books with children from Kempley and then ended the day by creating self portraits using different shapes. We aLso created a book of our book recommendations that we placed in the library for other children to use.
Stop Motion Animation - Whilst some of year 5 and 6 were at Young Voices, the rest of Rudhall and Wye joined forces for an afternoon of animation. They were tasked with creating a stop motion animation film based on their new topics - Raging Rivers and The Mayans. We had a really fun and engaging afternoon with the children all working hard together to create their films.
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Computing - Today we began our new unit on creative media where we were introduced to vector drawings. Using only shapes, we had a go exploring how to create different images. We were surprised to find that even with a limited number of shapes, each member of the class created a different image!
Computing - Using drawings of our villains we chose and wrote character descriptions for in English, we used animation software to bring our characters to life!
Science - Our materials topic has been underway, we’ve explored transparency and properties of materials as well as making solutions with different solutes testing evaporation and how temperature affects solubility.
PE - we began our gym sessions with a circuit course, learning about the different muscles we were using and seeing how many reps we could do within 60 seconds
History - We made our own Roman curse tablets out of clay after learning about crime and punishment in Roman Britain
French - We ended our weather topic by becoming meteorologists, France was definitely getting some odd weather today! Please see a selection of our video clips below.
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Mental health and well-being day - Rudhall had a day off curriculum where we focused on our well-being, showing empathy and how to look after our mental health. We had some lovely thought provoking discussions with the main take home message being always to tell a trusted adult when we witness or hear something that makes us feel uncomfortable so that we can be supported. The children made some lovely stained glass windows to decorate our classroom windows with positive messages.
JKHS visit - Rudhall had a fantastic morning visiting John Kyrle High School, we had a tour of the school with the canteen, library and sports ground being particular highlights for the children. We then took part in a Spanish and Science lesson. The children really enjoyed their experiences and got them very excited for ‘big school’!
Art - We explored graffiti art and questioned whether it truly is art or a crime? We were very divided, but all agreed that completing it without permission is definitely not ok!
English - We are so proud of how wonderful our Elizabeth Fry speeches have turned out! We worked hard to draft, edit and publish our work - even tea-staining our paper to make it look authentic.
English - We started this half term with a poetry focus, exploring palindrome poetry. We looked at controversial subjects which spark debate as inspiration for our poems. We are all very proud of them. Read the poems in our anthology, then read them again backwards!
Maths - We used counters to make arrays to help calculate fractions of amounts.
Egyptian Extravaganza - Rudhall had the best day to end our topic. We packed a lot in, including mummifying tomatoes, virtually visiting the great pyramid of Giza, the tomb of Ramses II in the valley of the kings and the Cairo museum as well as making our own paper in the style of papyrus.
PE - This half term we used our topic to take inspiration for our dances, our focus was on the use of unison and canon to create a visually appealing dance for our audience. See a selection of our dances below.
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Christmas lunch 2024 - Rudhall loved getting into the festive spirit with a whole school Christmas lunch, they loved being served by all the teachers and staff and pulling their Christmas crackers!
Shaduf in action
Walk like an Egyptian - We made shadufs in science to understand levers and learn more about how the ancient Egyptians retrieved water from the river Nile. We were really impressed to use our shadufs, we found that a smaller lever was less effective and required more effort.
Art - This week we had artist, Anna Lancaster join GGS. She met with all classes and taught them mosaic techniques ahead of her return in the Spring to complete some new artwork for the hall. The children really enjoyed their session and can’t wait to get started in the New year.
Maths - We have been understanding fractions this term, today we used numicon and counters to explore improper fractions and mixed numbers. Using the manipulatives really helped to consolidate our learning.
Science - We investigated how air resistance works by making our own parachutes and testing how the size of a parachute affects the time it takes to fall. We found that the smaller the parachute, the quicker it falls because there is less surface area for air resistance to act on.
Geography - We used atlases to locate Egypt and find out interesting features about the country. We then worked in partners to creatively display our information in the form of a poster, we discussed how our posters needed to be eye catching, informative and factual. Our finished posters have been proudly on display in the hall for all to see!
Science - As part of our forces topic, we investigated friction. We looked at how different surfaces affect a cars ability to move, the children designed their investigation to explore different surfaces around school and predicted how this would affect the cars distance travelled.
PE - Dance. This half term Rudhall have been enjoying dance inspired by our topic of the ancient Egyptians. We have focused on group work, canon, unison and choreography to music.
Maths - Today, Rudhall got creative in Maths. We used cubes to physically show our cubed numbers and understand why they are called cubed numbers.
PE - some fantastic skills have been developed this half term in hockey including how to control the ball, accurately pass and safely intercept.
Whizz Bang Science Show - Rudhall and Wye enjoyed a fantastic morning out at The Blake Theatre in Monmouth. We were kindly invited to attend the show by Haberdashers’ Monmouth School where we had demonstrations of the colourful and explosive nature of air. There were plenty of whizzes, flashes and bangs, and we learnt the effects of liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen and dry-ice. In the words of the children "This was the best morning ever!"
We ended our ‘To infinity and beyond!’ topic by exploring space through dance and imagining we were astronauts by testing some space food. We got to try some freeze dried strawberries and finished it off with some dehydrated ice cream, delicious!
Science - Day and night. To end our science unit on Earth and Space, the children learnt why we have day and night. Using globes and a torch to act as the Sun, the children demonstrated how the Earth takes 24 hours to rotate on it's axis whilst orbiting the Sun. They worked in small groups to explain that the part of Earth facing the Sun is in daylight, whilst the part of Earth facing away from the Sun will be experiencing night time.
DT - Today the classroom was turned into a toy workshop! We set to work to create our final designs of our cam toys. The brief was to make an educational toy to show how a planet rotates on its own axis and had to include a cam mechanism. The children worked tenaciously, overcoming many challenges and each persevering to complete a working model. The results were out of this world!
Last week of half term - What a busy first few weeks we have had!
Art - The children took part in a competition for NASA where we had to create a piece of artwork that depicted what we thought may be below the icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. We used graphite pencils with a watercolour wash overlay to create the illusion of icy water.
Black History month - Over the course of the month, Rudhall class learnt about some inspiring people from all around the world who have contributed in different ways to making our world a better place. We had some great discussions around the importance of black history month and why we should learn about the oppression and segregation that has been faced by many. We also explored inspirational black men and women that have contributed to our knowledge of Space, including scientists, astronauts and mathematicians
Whole school reward - For collectively earning 5,000 house points, the children were treated to a round of mini golf. The children thoroughly loved getting to grips with putting and it was lovely to see them all encouraging each other.
English - Our published leaflets taking pride of place in our library. Don’t they look professional?
Science - Moon phases. The children worked hard in science to learn about the 8 different phases of the lunar cycle, we learnt that a full cycle is called a lunation and understood why we see the moon as different shapes throughout the month. We then got to recreate the moon phases using Oreo biscuits - yummy!
Visit from JKHS - We were excited to receive a visit from Mr Salway, he spoke to us about our Year 5 visit next year and got us thinking about some of the subjects we would like to take part in. The children also had the opportunity to ask questions and they put Mr Salway to the test! We can’t wait to go and visit the school next summer.
RE - Walking the Bible. We were sad to say goodbye to Mrs Newton after our last session of walking through the Bible. The children have all really enjoyed taking part, dressing up and joining in the retelling of some of the Bible stories.
PE - Gymnastics. Rudhall have really enjoyed their gymnastics sessions, practising their jumps and landings using the apparatus was a particular highlight!
English - We put our IT skills to the test by typing up our finished persuasive leaflets. Look out for our leaflets coming to the Gorsley Goffs library very soon! Which planet will you choose to visit first?
Black History Month - After reminding ourselves about the importance of Black History Month and the history behind it, Rudhall class spent time researching influential scientists. To coincide with our topic, we focused on those who had contributed to Space exploration. We then worked in pairs to create a poster to share the amazing work and legacies that these men and women have left behind
Science - We carried out an investigation to find out which planet orbits the Sun the fastest. We found that there was lots of scope for human error as it involved counting, spinning and timing. Accuracy, consistency and cooperation were critical for us to ensure fair and reliable results.
Science - To learn about the distances between the planets and the size of our solar system, Rudhall class initially drew where they thought each component of the solar system was starting with the Sun and ending at the Kuiper Belt. Through the use of a few clever folds, we then used our purple polisher pens to draw where the planets should be (on a much smaller scale!). We were really surprised to find out how close together the inner planets are to each other.
Art - Rudhall class entered NASA’s Art competition this week by creating a picture of what they thought might be lurking beneath the icy depth of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. We first practiced using watercolours over graphite and then sketched our pictures before adding a watercolour wash to mimic the icy water.
DT - After being introduced to our design brief, we began our unit on Cam mechanisms by conducting some product research.
Science - We ventured outside to demonstrate the heliocentric model of our solar system. We learnt the order of the planets in relation to the Sun and created some of our own mnemonics to help us remember their order.
English - This week Rudhall have been working extremely diligently on publishing their non-chronological reports based on one of the planets within our solar system. We can’t wait to share our finished book!
PE - This half term our indoor PE sessions are focusing on Gymnastics. After 3 weeks, we are already noticing a difference in our stretching ability. So far we have learnt stretches, balances and jumps.
Oliver Twist - Rudhall Class absolutely loved the performance of Oliver Twist by the talented M and M Productions. Please Sir, we want some more!
Science - Rudhall explored different evidence for and against Earth being flat. We then created informative videos to explain why Earth is a spherical body.
Is Earth flat?
Spherical Earth
Spherical or flat?
Earth is not flat!
RE - Walk through the Bible with Mrs Newton. This half term Mrs Newton is bringing the Bible to life for Rudhall class, we have loved our interactive sessions received so far!
The Planet in a Pickle Jar - Rudhall class have all settled into their new classroom well, the first week back went by so quickly! We used the fabulous book, 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar' by Martin Stanev as inspiration for our writing and artwork. We spent time reconnecting as a class by completing tasks in small groups and pairs, as well as some independently. We were all really proud of our own pickle jars, we hope you like them too!
