Newsletter: 20th June 2014

Year 6 Leavers

There are some children who still haven’t handed in their favourite photograph of themselves when they were younger. We would love to show a photograph of each child in year 6 in the assembly on our show reel. Please hand in your favourite picture to Mr Malley with your name written on the back. Thank you. 

School Captain Election:

The School Captain election for the current Year 5 pupils is looming. The election will be held Thursday July 10^th. The children will be asked to give a short 2 minute presentation to the rest of the phase and phase teachers, which should explain why they should get the job and what they can bring to the role. There will be six School Captain places, two per term, which will enable more children to experience the position. We cannot wait!

Growing and Changing

On Monday, June 30^th, the children will be learning about growing and changing, in accordance with the National Curriculum and the school’s PHSCE policy. The children will learn about changes that humans experience in their lifetime in a sensitive environment and there will be plenty of opportunity for children to ask questions anonymously throughout. A separate letter with regards to this was sent out last week, however, we would like to remind you, at this stage that parents/carers are very welcome to attend a meeting on Wednesday, June 25^th at 4:00pm in the blue year 5/6 classroom, to discuss the session and preview any clips that will be shown.

Numeracy:

In numeracy this week, the children have been working really hard with their end of term assessments; we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the children on their super effort with their assessments! In addition to this, the children have entered the Leeds Junior Maths Challenge. The four highest scoring children will be invited to attend Leeds Grammar School in July, for a fun morning of maths competition in the Leeds Junior Maths Challenge semi-final. Names to be announced soon! Next week, the children will be learning all about sequences in numbers; including the Fibonacci sequence, Pascal’s triangle, square and triangular numbers.

Literacy

In literacy this week, pupils have been recapping on important spelling, grammar and punctuation rules. These have included; irregular plurals, commas and spelling patterns such as; words ending in ‘ant’ and ‘ent.’ Next week pupils will be reflecting on their experiences and challenges in year 5/6 in their report front cover. This is a wonderful chance for children to display their creative writing skills, as well as impress with their beautiful handwriting. The spellings for next week are; who’s, whose, peace, piece, ascent, assent, morning, mourning, steel, steal. Your child has received a copy of these spellings and will be tested on the 27^th June.

Topic

The children have continued their learning on the Tour de France this week, creating posters in relation to the statement ‘The Tour de France: The most demanding and dangerous sporting event.’ Working in teams of 3, each child took responsibility for a different aspect. These included the physical demands of the tour, the different stages and finally, the dangers involved for the riders. The children have begun to create some truly sensational pieces!

Science

We have continued our Living Things unit this week by looking at the different life cycles of living things. By exploring the similarities and differences of these, the children have been able to present their research to the class.

ICT

The children have been editing and refining their pictures this week- using iPhoto. The children have explored the editing features on the software and exported their pictures. Some of the editing skills have been amazing. We would not be surprised if some of the images appear on our own school walls very soon! Next week the children will continue to develop these editing skills and create their own slideshow with their final edits.

space food

Recently we have been learning about life in space and the eatwell plate. We have been planning a meal for british astronaut Tim Peeke to take up to space in December 2015. Our meal had to be balanced with : carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, protien, fats and dairy. Three groups of children a day would go up to friendly faces and practice cooking their meals for Tim. The reason for this is that we are entering a competition, the winner will get their meal taken up to space and will get to facetime or skype Tim Peeke when he is in space in 2015.

by Molly and Tara

The UK Space Agency Challenge ( Maddison E )

The UK Space Agency Challenge

The Year 6's have been given a chance to create a meal for an astronaut called Tim Peake . Tim will be going up into space in 2015. For the last couple of days Year 6's have been creating  meals ( in groups ) for when Tim Peake goes up into space. We have been learning about the Eat-Well Plate and the 8 healthy eating tips , as it is important we include Dairy, Protein , Carbohydrates, Fruit and Veg and Sugars in our meals so when Tim is in space he can keep healthy. My group , who includes Niamh , Emily , Lily , Abi and myself, have created dinner , pudding and a fruit smoothie.To help back up our meal we are going to create a paragraph , which will help explain what we have made. If you win you get to video chat Tim Peake in space.

                Maddison 5/6M       

Space Food Competition

These past couple of weeks we have been designing food for astronaut Tim Peake. Our meal consists of three courses, for a starter white soup, for the main spicy tuna pasta and for the dessert fruity yoghurt salad. I am working with Evan, Meg, Caison and Bethan. On Wednesday next week we are making our food to take a photo of to send into the competition.

One small step for man, one giant leap for mealtime.

Year six have been entered in an exciting competition, asking to create a three course meal to be eaten in space by a British astronaut, Tim Peake! At first we took a look at the 'Eatwell Plate', a pie chart showing the five different food groups and how much of them you need. Next we were investigating what the ISS (international space station) was and what it is like living in a non gravity zone for over four months ; we were amazed at how many normal everyday activities, such as sleeping, can change so much! Obviosly, we needed to get started preparing the meal, so my group ( Meg, Beth, Caison, Izzy and Evan) began making sheets full of the information on how to make White Soup, Spicy Tuna Pasta and Fruit Salad in Yoghurt. A research-full week later, we went up to Friendly Faces and cooked our courses! Surprisingly, they actually tasted exceptionally tasty!

                                                                   By Bethan, Y6

#CookingForTim

          #CookingForTim!

This term Year 6 have had a fantabulous opportunity to make a meal for future astronaut Tim Peake, who will be the first British astronaut on the ISS since it was first constructed in 1998. The National British Space Agency launched a competition to design a meal for Tim to eat whilst he's aboard the International Space Station. As well as that ther winners also get to cook their meal with a famous chef plus being able to Skype/Facetime Tim as he eats his meal in space...

By John.

Year 6 Space Menu Competition 😊

Year 6 Space Menu Competition!

Throughout the week Year 6 have had the oppertunity to create a meal to take up into space for the first british man to land on the space station. If you win this compotition you get a chance to FaceTime Tim Peakes when he is inside the space station.Year sixes get to make a menu which has to include traditional British recipes. To enter this competition year six has to make this meal take a photograph ,write the ingredients and present the nutritional values ,which links into healthy eating and the eat well plate,to the show judges.This competition is running throughout the country for year sixes in primary schools.                                                                                                    

                                                             Emily&Lewis                   

    

space meal

This week on Tuesday me and other people from my group created a meal for a astronaut who is being sent up to the International Space Station, (the ISS.) The meal we have created is Garlic Mushrooms for the starter, Beef Burger for the main and Strawberries and cream for the desert. At the begining of making the meal we first created the strawberries and cream by getting a bowl of pouring cream and cutting up the strawberries and putting them in the bowl of cream. For the Beef Burger we cooked some minced meat then we  cracked a raw egg into it to help us shape it into a burger, after cracking the raw egg into the burger we then cooked the burger again at a lower temperature in the oven. Whilst the  burger was cooking we started creating a salad to go with the it. When the other people from my group were creating the salad I  began with  the garlic mushrooms.

Space Food

Space Food Menu

I(Kav)am working with Tom, Billy, Charlie and Dan for the Space Food international competition. We are making an exquisite meal for Tim Peake that he will hopefully enjoy on his 2015 space mission to the I.S.S. We have planned to make: fruit kebabs, bangers and mash, pancake surprise and ice tea. 

Snippets of our ingredients

• Fruit kebabs:Pineapple, mango and banana.

• Bangers and mash:Sausages and potatoes.

• Pancake surprise:whipped cream and waffle.

  
  

Space Food

Space Food Competition!!

I am working with Oliver , Oliver, and Billy for the official international competition. On Tuesday (17th June) our team made an out standing meal. Starter: Creamy Garlic Mushrooms! Main: Beef Burger and Salad! Desert: Strawberries and Cream! Hopefully our meal does qualify so Tim Peak eats our meal when he arrives at the Space Station in December 2015. Also our meal does fit in with the eatwell plate! 

Space Menu

 This week year 6's have been finalising their menus to send to Tim Peake, an astronaut going to space. Year 6's are competing with other year 6's around England to try and win the chance to make the meal with Heston blumintile so it is suitable to go into space with Tim. In our group we have Mia, Abi, Steph and Hollie, I'm doing the starter, Hollie and Steph are doing the main and Abi and Mia are making the desert. For the starter we are having Fish Cakes, for the main traditional cottage pie and for the desert strawberry frozen yoghurt with grated dark chocolate. We put lots of thought into making our dishes suitable for space like fish cakes are normally coated in breadcrumbs but breadcrumbs can't go into space as they could go into the machinery or up astronauts noses so we had the idea to put the breadcrumbs in the mixture and fry them so that they are no longer able to float. We have 6 fish cakes two of each type of fish, prawn, salmon and tuna so they are very protein rich. In the main there is four different vegetables, onion, parsnips , carrots and peas which is nearly your 5 a day in one meal. The desert does have fats but they are healthier fats. Instead of using white chocolate which traditionally goes with strawberries we decided use dark chocolate the healthiest type of chocolate we are also using 0% fat greek style yoghurt which is a good source of dairy and also very healthy. Our group is making our meal on Friday (tomorrow)and we are really looking forward to it. We will make it up in friendly faces. Whilst the other groups have been making their dishes we have been making our screens and the video which can only be up to 2 minutes long.

By Georgia

Space Meal 2014

SPACE MEAL 2014


Over the course of the last few weeks,Robin Hood's year 6's have been planning a meal for the aspiring space station astronaut Tim Peake. My group,Billy (Myself), Oliver, Oliver and Lewis have made garlic mushrooms (starter), a beef burger (main),and strawberries and cream (dessert). We hope Tim Peake picks our meal,and we wish him a happy journey up to space! We had great fun cooking, but at the same time,it was hard work,we hope it pays off.

Over the past week the year 6 have been planing on making a meal for an astronort  called Tim Peake, who is going to space in 2015 . If your meal wins your team gets to Skype or Facetime him while he is up in the space station. We have made Tim Peake a 3 course meal , drink which was fruit smoothie , a meal which was roast beef, roast potatoes and onions and last but not least for pudding we made him sticky toffee pudding.

by Lily 5/6m

Space Chef

The past 2 weeks year 6 entered a competition too decide on a meal for British spaceman, Tim Peake. We had to follow the Eat well plate ,which is your Protein, Carbohydrates, Dairy, Fat and Fruit and Veg. In our team we had to cook our dishes. I made the starter while 2 other members of my team did the main course and another 1 of my friends made dessert. It took time but I think our food is divine.

Space meals

                 
This half term yr 6 have been designing a meal for a British astronaut, Tim Peake, who is going to the ISS (international space station)next year.At first for my main we were going to do toad in the hole, however now I'm doing bangers and mash.