10th June 2020

Dear Year 5!

A humungous air ‘high five’ to our phenomenally active class! I’ve checked the ‘scores on the doors’

for our Get Set log and we’ve recorded a whopping 490 hours and 50 minutes to date! Y6 are just

edging their noses ahead but we’re pretty much neck and neck. Both classes and the rest of the

school are recording some mightily impressive statistics and more importantly, your physical exercise

is contributing towards a healthy body and mind. A massive ‘Mo-bot’ to us all. Keep it up!

An astronomically-awesome ‘whoop whoop’ for the Y5 blog posts and incredibly entertaining letters.

It really is wonderful to hear from you, find out about your exploits, tomfoolery and see your creative

creations! In alphabetical order: Marina – I practically ‘flippered out’ over your dolphin drawing, was

absolutely flummoxed by your geographical brainteaser of a haiku and immensely enjoyed your

intergalactic flip book video blogs. Your letter and anecdote about your parrot and pigeon-feeding

misadventures were hilarious! Your tale reminded me of a memory I have of walking over Kew

Bridge, on my way to work at Kew Gardens (before I became a teacher). As I strode purposefully

over the bridge, a pigeon relieved themselves from high-above with a precision-guided projectile that

perfectly landed in the breast pocket of my suit jacket. It was a million-to-one shot, hitting a tiny

moving target from afar. I remember feeling quite confused about the whole thing … it was both

impressive and irritating (and although it’s meant to be lucky, I wasn’t so sure at the time). Please

definitely share your maths word problem on the blog – it’s excellent!

Mayar – your Bobby and Albert Einstein artwork is nothing short of genius! They look so similar! I

shared your brilliant baking collages with Sophie, who loved them! She wanted to say a super

sourdough thank you for all your creativity and effort. ‘The Good Einstein’ film cover is AMAZING!

I’m not sure the voice acting and plot will rival Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ but I might, with your

permission and artistic direction, try to develop a storyline and draft script so that we can pitch the

film concept to Hollywood. Milan – bravo on being part of a record-breaking online art class! Plunge

your whale (virtually) onto our Y5 blog! I’d love to see it. I’m sure you’ll continue your literary rat-

run with ‘Ratburger’ and I hope there’s a positive twist! The recent rain will be good for reading time

and even better for your garden fruit cocktail of watermelons and strawberries! I was emotionally

moved by your touching blog. I hope you enjoy my response 😊.

Roman (or should I say ‘Riemann’) – your mathematical blog was more than ‘relativity’ entertaining.

Your visual formula of pictures added with explanations equalled an entertaining and educational

post. Willow – congratulations on soon-to-be acquiring a kitten! A pet is both a wonderful privilege

and responsibility. I know you’ll be both caring and dutiful. I’m so pleased to hear that Noah is

racing around on a bike and I’m sure you’ll master the puzzling pavlova with a little positive

persistence! That’s a lot of ‘Ps’!

I’m rapidly running out of space so, for a quick-fire update – all the usual customary details, activities

and highlights are below. Bobby is now ‘tutu-free’ and had a wonderful time in the park with one of

her best friends … a white cockapoo called Teddy. She’s still trying to eat things she shouldn’t, such

as leaves and sticks, but she’s relishing being able to race like a horizontal, supersonic rocket after a

ball again. Sophie’s baking activity is still booming and I even helped her deliver bread to the

doorsteps of some of her rugby teammates. I’ve signed our class up for an eco-DT design challenge

in collaboration with other schools, led by Queensgate School. Details in the General Learning from

Home pack. There’s a 10-day time limit for the task so get designing!

On a more serious note, many of you may have seen or heard about the anti-racism protests that

have been taking place around the world following the death of George Floyd in America. In school

you have learnt about The Civil Rights Movement, with influential people such as Martin Luther King

Jr. and Rosa Parks, who campaigned to change laws that were unfair. To find out more about anti-

racism please visit BBC Newsround and First News (we post First News in the Learning From Home

section of our website each week). We continue to teach and learn about equality and respecting

other people in our PSHE learning /learning about ourselves, and through our school values of

Friendship, Trust and Peace.

All my thoughts and best wishes,

Mr Tauchert

Year 5 Blog – share what you are up to and support your classmates with encouraging comments

but please avoid blogging about personal details, pictures of yourself/family members or content that

it is not appropriate for general viewing. I will be regularly monitoring and approving what can be

published on the SBSP website, so get blogging! 😊

Instructions for posting an image

First, take a photo of what you’ve done. This could be a piece of learning, artwork or an

activity being done.

Then, save the photo to your computer (unless it was taken on the device you are using

to access the blog).

Next, click on this

Now, click on

Finally, click which should let you find the photo you wish to share.

Instructions to post on USO blog

First, go to USO Login at my.uso.im/SBSP

Once logged in (logins were sent home), click on j2e icon.

Then, click j2e5.

Now, complete your learning and click publish icon (near the top left and looks like a

globe).

Finally, type its title and make sure you've selected blog 55 from the dropdown menu.

Press publish to j2Webby

Instructions to view USO blog

First, go to USO Login at my.uso.im/SBSP

Once logged in, click on j2e icon.

Then, click j2webby (which looks like what you see to the right).

Now, hover over the word Blogs and select 55.

You are now on the blog and can view posts and leave comments!

Instructions for recording your physical activities on the ‘Get-Set’ website

1. First, go to https://www.getset.co.uk/travel-tokyo/log-activity

2. Then, enter school postcode (W8 6EJ) and click on school name.

3. Next, select year 5

4. Finally, click on the category that most closely fits your activity and the details

about your activity. Then just submit! It’s as straight forward as ‘on your

marks, get set, go!’

‘(Super-Ted) Teddy’ ‘I don’t want your cone …’ ‘actually, I do!’

‘Fine, I’ll have your shoe instead’ ‘We’re still best friends’ ‘hhhmmm, stick’

‘dough, a loaf, a sourdough loaf’ ‘Mayar’s Bobby Einstein’ ‘The Good Einstein’‘The Good Dinosaur’

Last week’s answers: 1) There’s an extensive list but some of the key noun groups are as follows –

proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, compound nouns,

countable nouns, non-countable nouns, pronouns, possessive nouns

2) Riddle 1: Mountain, Riddle 2: wind

3) Challenge 1: 4+3+5= 12 Challenge 2: there are several ways but one is: 50 – 1 = 49, 10 + 7= 17, 49

x 17 = 833

4) Kensington Palace, 18 years old (1837)

5) Finding Nemo

Year 5’s ‘Famous Five’ Quiz Questions

1) What is the below type of punctuation and what do you use it for?

;

2) Can you answer the following cryptic riddles between Bilbo and Gollum?

Riddle 1

A box without hinges, key, or lid,

Yet golden treasure inside is hid,

Riddle 2

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins towns,

And beats high mountain down.

3)

4)

5) Movie titles phrased badly: ‘siblings fall out and reunite amidst a brisk climatic event’