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The Year 6 visit to Hall Green Secondary School
– Grease –
On Wednesday 8th February, Year 6 went to Hall Green School to watch a performance of the well known musical Grease. After lunch year 6 had to line up and get ready for the 20 minute walk to Hall Green Secondary School. When we arrived we found that we were the only school watching the practice play. The lady told us to get comfortable because the play was 1hr30minutes.
The play was brilliant and I saw one of my friends on stage. In the middle of the play there was an intermission which they called an interval. This is where we could use the toilet and chat to our friends.
When the play finished I really didn’t want it to end. Mr Mullan hopes that our performance at the end of year six will be just as good.
By Aaliyah Sundi (Y6AM)
Below are two accounts from Year 5 children about their visit from Professor McGinty on the 25th January 2012
On Wednesday 25th January 2012 Professor McGinty came to Yorkmead School. Y5HB went to see him after play time. When we went in it was designed like a time machine and I was amazed by how it looked.
When we came in we sat on the carpet and Professor McGinty introduced himself. He also told us about his owl Dr Hoot and how they went back in time. He was really funny because when we laughed at his owl’s name he said, “don’t laugh, that’s his name” and everyone laughed even more.
So, when we were there he said that he and Dr Hoot had been in their house and Eastenders was about to come on and Professor McGinty didn’t like Eastenders and Dr Hoot adored it so he said he decided to take him to Ancient Greece. He said he got in his time machine and set the time to Ancient Greece. He said he did it in slow motion and some music came on.
Then they were in Ancient Greece so they came out and they were by a newly built building called the Parthenon. Then he heard some people coming and was about to run back to his time machine. When the people spotted him they started shouting Athena which was one of the Greek Goddesses. They thought he was Athena because she is wise and he had an owl with him and owls are wise. Then he started to join in saying Athena but he said it in a funny way
He also showed us some old Greek money and some of them were really small and it was always like that it hadn’t even got smaller over the years it was always like that. We saw lots of other interesting artefacts and three people had to dress up as Ancient Greeks.
By Karen – Year 5
On wednesday we had a visit from PROFESSOR MCGINTY. We learnt about the gods and about the shops. The Ancient Greeks have more than 10 gods, here are some of their names; Athena, Hades and Hera, there are lots more. PROFESSER MCGINTY made Faiza and Hadir dress up as Ancient Greeks.
The shops in Ancient Greece sell everything, even shoes, clothes and toys. We got to feel the toys – they were made from wood. PROFESSER MCGINTY had to go through a time machine to get to Ancient Greece and the people kept calling him ATHENA. He had a small TV with lots of buttons on it and he had an owl called Doctor Hoot who loved Eastenders.
After he showed us the TV, he showed us the basket of doom which had a sword and a shield in it.
By Shanice – Year 5
On Wednesday 25th January 2012, Year 1 went to the Votanical Gardens in Edgbaston. Mr Herbert met us at the study centre and he was our teacher for the day. We wanted to see plants and flowers from all over the world. We will be learning about how plants grow in science.
Year 4’s Spring Topic is Kenya and Fairtrade. To begin our topic in style the whole of Year 4 took part in an exciting Drumming Workshop on Tuesday 17th January, led by Sarah Westwood from Drum Voice.
Each class started with a short introduction to the drums – where they are from, what they are made of, and their cultural importance. There were different types of drums which all had wonderful African names like the djembe (pronounced jem-bay), the djun djun (bass drums) and the talking drums, which were played with a stick. The rest of the time was a fully hands-on experience where the children learnt the techniques of playing the various instruments, basic conducting signals, a traditional rhythm, call and response sequences and how to work together as a band.
After rehearsing, the classes then performed in front of the rest of Key Stage 2. All of the children were introduced to the fun of songs from across Africa, in languages such as Zulu and Congolese. It was great fun to sing together.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience, both in terms of what we discovered about African drumming, as well as the enjoyment of playing as part of a band.
Here’s a taste of what we felt about the day…
“It was fun learning the different African rhythms.”
“I enjoyed playing the instruments because I’d never played them before.”
“It was a fun experience because it was like a little part of Africa coming to visit us.”
“We played the instruments in turn so that it sounded like a wave of sound going around the hall.”
The pictures show the culmination of the Year 5 project “My Charming World”. Many thanks to the children and parents who gave up the first day of the holidays to help sell the jewellery at the IKON gallery in Brindley Place. There is still merchandise that can be purchased. The sale raised £220, well done everybody!
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