We've been daubing our Tudor structure.

To make our daub we mixed soil, sand,
hay and clay which we dug out of
the ground.

It was really hard work !

Its hard to believe that Tudor labourers
would do work like this for 12 hours
a day. They only got paid 3p a day !

To make Poor Knights Pudding
To make Poor knights Pudding. Cut two penny loaves in round slices, dip them in half a pint of Cream or faire water, then lay them abroad in a dish, and beat three Eggs and grated Nutmegs and sugar, beat them with the Cream then melt some butter in a frying pan, and wet the sides of the toasts and lay them in on the wet side, then pour in the rest upon them, and so fry them.

We have an art teacher called Mr Sentance who teaches us every Friday morning.

We learn lots of different styles and about different artists and their work. We also go on visits which help us work in school.

These photos show us at Broomhill Sculpture Garden. We went their to learn about different types of modern sculpture.
We sketched them and tried to work out what they were about.

 

One of the projects we looked at was microbiology.
Microbiology is all about viruses and bacteria. They’re objects that you can’t
see with the naked eye. Bacteria is found everywhere, without bacteria you wouldn’t be alive, it is very essential. Microbiology is a close up of viruses and bacteria.

In our experiment we looked at different types of bacteria and discovered that not all of them are harmful. We also discovered that bacteria are so small that in just one normal sized full stop there are 15,000 bacteria. Bacteria are actually a good thing, although people think that it’s disgusting. We learnt that lots other types of bacteria make people ill, and we looked at how they are passed around.

Viruses are infections that only grow in something living.
Viruses can only produce if they can get into a blood cell.
If they get to one person then they can spread very quickly to other people.

By: Sam, Megan, Lauren and Matthew.

This session was about solids, liquids and gases.
We looked at how water exists as ice, water and steam.
When we were in the session we got a cube of ice, and
Put it in a glass container of boiling water and it only took a couple of seconds to melt.
After that we had a discussion. We learned that if you put your hand in a container of liquid nitrogen your fingers would freeze and snap off and for a moment no blood supply would get through but eventually it would start pouring with blood and it would hurt…..a lot!
Then the scientist demonstrated the effect of liquid nitrogen.
He picked a flower and put it in the liquid nitrogen as the flower went in the liquid it let this smoke stuff out, then it stopped. The scientist took the flowers out and they were covered in frost. He smashed the flowers in his hands like pieces of glass.
Later on he showed us how carbon dioxide which is normally a gas can be made a solid in a special box and tank which keep them cold. He pumped lots of the liquid into the box and it turned into a solid block. Then he showed us that it was not as strong as ice by throwing it onto the floor where it broke up like powder.

We learnt about soils that absorbed water quickly, the different types of soils included were; Sandy soil, Silty soil and peat soil.

We looked at a variety of soils, and learnt about their different properties. We used a branching database to identify the different types of soil we had.

One of the experiments was that we had 3 different soils, sandy soil, silty soil and peat. We added water to each tube of soil, and saw what water goes through the soils quicker. Peat was the one which held the water the longest. The one which let the water out the quickest was sandy soil.

On Thursday 13th March class 5 went to IGER, we leant lots of things and one of the sessions was to do with Biodiversity.

Biodiversity is about the study of ‘variety of life’ meaning birds, bat’s mammals, amphibians, insects and plants.
All life forms relate to each other, for example plants give oxygen for us to breathe, we breathe out carbon dioxide which the plants then breathe in.
We looked at the different ways that the scientists find out which animals live in different places. We had to try and use the information and plants on the sheets to find out which animals we were looking at.

By Jess, Abbie and Ashlea.

Photosynthesis is a plant process. It is the process that enables a plant to produce food for survival. We carried out an investigation/experiment to prove that photosynthesis produces oxygen and carbon-dioxide. We first got a measuring jug filled with bicarbonate of soda and some water (about one third.) Then we filled up a vial with the bicarbonate of soda merged with water. After that we inserted some pond weed into the vial full of the liquid. We then got a test-tube full of the bicarbonate soda and water combined and put our thumb over the top of the test-tube to contain the liquid in the tube. We put the tube over the vial to let no air, nor oxygen escape from the tube. The plant emitted oxygen to make bubbles (very, very small ones) and they collected in the tube.
At the last moment the lady in charge (the head scientist in the subject of photosynthesis) gathered oxygen from the plants into a tube. She then used a technique to prove that the air that was contained in the jar was pure oxygen, she got a matchstick or also known as a splint and a lit candle. She then got another splint and shared the warmth of the flame with the bottle/tube of oxygen with the flame. She quickly blew the flame out and the splint was left with a glow of warmth on the very tip. She un-corked the test-tube and stuck the splint into the pure oxygen filled container (test-tube.) The splint suddenly sprang to life again and was lit again with a blast of blaze. The oxygen re-lit the splint.
That concluded the lesson we had experienced in the IGER greenhouse. The other group walked in and they had no idea what they were about to learn. Oh yeah, and before we leave I think you’re wondering what IGER means. Its abbreviation is………

Institute of grassland and environmental research. Wow, its good I got that out.
By Matt, Rhiannon, Jake and Jack.

Herons Success in the Bradworthy School Christmas Fayre.

On Friday 30th November Heron's House Team and the other three school Houses (Robins, Puffins and Magpies) were tasked to organise the Christmas Fayre. We had been given £25 and we had to try and make the biggest profit by sellling the craft things other Classes made and by asking people to do our games and competitions. The stalls ran fairly smoothly and in the end Herons won with a profit of £203.

On the morning of Friday 30th November none of us Herons were expecting our sales and activities to be so popular. We started the morning with barely any stalls set up and by the end of the morning everything was set up. We think that our teamwork was brilliant. Everyone was co-operative and helped with everything.
As soon as the fayre started swarms of people flooded towards our games and stalls. As soon as this happened our profits rocketed up giving us an excellent early start on everything.
The games we made went really well because everyone came over to do them, you could tell they were really having a good time. The lucky dip, teddy bear competition, Santa's Grotto and guess the sweets game made lots of money and everyone enjoyed them.
The prices were just right and we didn't need to change them. The people on the stalls did a pretty good job of encouraging people to buy things and do the games. We got the prizes right because there was no stock left at the end but we didn't run out too soon.

We didn't really need to improve anything because the profit was already gigantic and our teams day ran really smoothly. Everything was just right except that some people got a bit board, to make that better we swopped jobs.

By the end of the day our team was extremely happy, especially with our profit of £203.67. This huge profit got us to the winning spot and hopefully we can another go some-time soon.

By Sam and Duncan (Year 6)

On Friday the 14th of September Class 5 went on a trip to the river Torridge at the bottom of Ash Hill.

We went on this trip to see how fast the current flows and to look at depth and erosion.
Class5 split into two groups so that one group could draw pictures of the river with Mr Sentance and the other half could observe the river and run some experiments.

We also measured the depth of the river every metre as we crossed it in different places.
We did this so that we could lokk at how deep it was and how fast the river was moving.
Finally we look at the way the water was flowing and where there was erosion, transportation and deposition.

The other group went with our art teacher Mr. Sentence to draw. They drew any creatures, plants… and most of all, the River Torridge and how it flowed. They really enjoyed this because it was a bright, sunny day and they could see a clear sky with no clouds… it was a beautiful scene.

Class 5 really enjoyed this trip because they got to draw, watch, estimate…and just have fun!

By Matt Smart and Megan Winfield

We've been doing lots of creative writing in our local environment.
We've been to lots of differnt places including Hawker's Hut on the cliffs near Morwenstow
and
Marsland Mouth which is where part of Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley is set.

Galloping white horses rushed on to shore then tumbled on to the jagged rocks that lay beneath them.
Watching, staring with her huge white eyes, gazing from above, her white dress blown out behind her, her black curles blown out to one side. Her face was as white as snow, her lips as red as ruby. The white which watched from the cliff tops, her laugh echoed all around.

This was written by me at Marsland Mouth beach and was inspired by the boo Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley.
Jess (Year 5)

I listen to the white waves, crash against the rocks.
I listen to the birds fly, in their flowing flocks.
I listen to the smooth pebbles, rumbling against eachother.
I listen to the ghostly cries, pleading altogether.
I weep,
I cry for those poor things.
Sometimes I listen to the church bells ring.
I don't know who they were,
I don't know what they did.
I don't know who killed them .....
who, who, who?

Meg (Year 5)

The gentle summer breeze,
the swaying summer trees.
The birds are singing their lovely song,
I wish that I could sing along.

The sun shines bright, it shines so clear.
Its warm and calming, free from fear.
The grass is green, the flowers bloom,
The only problem, it will end soon.

So make the most of your summer time,
it gives you the change to shine.

Lianne (Year 5)

Cookworthy Forest
Bradworthy primary school went to Cookworthy Forest. We looked at the different habitats and creatures that lived there. The ranger had gone out a few days before and set some traps to see what lived in the woods. We caught bank voles and wood mice. After we looked at them we released them back into the woods.
We also looked at the grassland and wild flowers that grew in the meadow.
we had our packed lunches in the centre at Cookworthy Forest.
In the afternoon we went pond dipping for creatures. We played some games in the woods. It was good fun.
Lee (Year 6)

These children are sitting on a sofa which they built with our art teacher Mr Sentance.

We visited some local beaches where we collected driftwood.

We brought the wood back to school and used it to make furniture.

As well as this sofa we made a table and a chair.

This is a picture of a river valley. The river is meandering its way through and eroding as it goes. The river would erode the mudstone first and very slowly the sandstone. It erodes the mudstone first because it is a lot softer than sandstone.
The river is a river valley because it has very steep sides and a river flows through it. Near the end of the river it flows over the sedimentary rock and flows off a hanging valley into the sea. A hanging valley is a cliff that hangs over the sea.

This is St Catherine’s Tor we went there to look at the way it had been eroded by the sea. There used to be valley sides on both sides but the sea has eroded one side now.
Be fore it got eroded a little chuirch was on the top. When the sea eventually eroded the Tor the building fell into the ocean. The sandstone and mudstone have compressed together to make the rock inside the Tor and you can see it just like at Hartland Quay. St Catherine Tor is now a very good example of erosion.

Ruth and Meg said”We had a great day out and we learnt a lot of new and interesting things”
The whole class enjoyed and learnt new and intelligent things we also went on a very long walk.
About 5 miles along the cliffs!

By Meg and Ruth ( Year 6 )

Before we went out we had to do a lot of preparation
work in school.

This included:

Practicing our navigation skills in school.
Planning a route using OS Maps.
Using ICT equipment to produce detailed route cards.

Its just as well we practiced because when we got
there the conditions were absolutely
terrible !!!

Is that Highwillhays in the mist?

Lunch under cover ( thank God for the shelter!!! )

Lints Tor, 10 seconds before the rain started.

Typical Dartmoor weather on Sourton Tor - Gale Force Fog!

The pictures show us on each of the five Tors.

Starting at the top we walked to Yes Tor, High Willhays, Black Tor,
Shelston Tor, and Sourton Tor.

The report has been written by Meg Furse who is in Year 5.

FAB FIVE
Year 5s Complete 5 Tors on Dartmoor.

On Thursday 13th July Bradworthy School's Year 5s walked on 5 of Dartmoor's Tors.
The group was Mr Stephenson, Mrs Brown, Jonny Furse, Elliot Lewis, Meg Furse, Tom Vallence, Becky Andrew, Daniella Stevens, Jade Gifford, Ruth Payne and Hannah Petherick.

We started at Meldon Reservoir and from there we walked to:
Yes Tor, High Willhays, Black Tor, Shelston Tor and finally Sourton Tor.

The path to the first Tor very steep in places. It took us about an hour to reach the summit. We walked so fast we nearly killed the adults walking with us!!!!
Then we walked across to High Willhays, the highest moutain in the South West. We all sat on the Tor and ate lunch together. After lunch we walked down hill, it was quite marshy in places, then we reached Black Tor. We didn't stay here long.
Form here we walked down very wet and uneven ground until we got to a river. We had to use stepping stones to get to the other side. Mr Stephenson and Jonny went across first to help us. No one fell in a part from one. Mr Stephenson!!!! There's always one!!!
Then we walked up a very steep hill towards Shelstone Tor. The views were amazing towards the end but earlier on it was misty so you couldn't see too far in to the distance. As we walked on the weather cleared and we had brilliant sunshine.
Then we got to Sourton Tor, this was our fifth and final Tor. It was a long walk back to the car but we all made it.
We really enjoyed ourselves but were really tired by the end.

These photos show final rehearsals in school the day before the Music Mix.

Class 5 performed the official school song, Star Child, at the Devon Music Mix at the Westpoint Arena near Exeter on July 28th 2006.
The school has been performing at these events for several years, so it’s now become a tradition.
We have been practising since March and in that time Daniella has learnt how to play the tune on the piano.

The day was great especially the beat boxing and break dancing, everyone in the class loved it. There was a samba band that was great. Bradley, Becky and Douglas thought that was the best. The other great thing was Chinese dancing with ribbons.

The best part of the day was our performance and we will always remember the moment when we played and the audience cheered.
The performance was really good and we didn’t make any mistakes. Afterwards we felt amazed that we had done this, all the hard work was worth it!

Shane, Elliot and Robert learned to play a rhythm and the whole class learnt the music on the ocarina.
I learnt how to play the xylophone while Jessie, Freya and Amy learnt how to play the glockenspiel.
Ben played the kazoo and Debbie played the electric guitar.
Bradley played the swami whistle and
Jessie, Amy and Freya sang solos.
Ruth, Jade, Hannah, Becky and Meg played the drums and Amy played the thumb piano for the first time ever.
“I think it’s a good song and our performance was great, Mr Dawson is such a brilliant music teacher, and it’s great that we went and performed on stage!” quoted Bradley Howells.
Mr Stephenson said he was very proud of us all.

By David Fairbrother

The Sculpture Park

On Tuesday 15th may, class 5 from Bradworthy school went to a sculpture park. Afterwards we went to Northam Borrows to make sculptures of our own.

Class 5 had a great time when we went to Broomhill Sculpture park on Tuesday 15th May. We spent about two hours looking around the amazing statues by lots of different artists. Some were very small and some were very big. But my favourite sculpture was an enormous dragon made out of wood, it was painted silver so it looked as if it was made of metal.
After lunch we went to Northam Borrows to make our own sculptures in the sand. We used stones, sticks and all sorts of things washed up by the tide. Some of our sculptures dug into the ground and others raised up into the air.

Everyone enjoyed their day out, Bradley. From our class, said "I liked looking
at the sculptures, they are all weird and wacky. The best thing of all was
when we were at the beach."

By Thomas Vallance

The children have been working with Mr Sentance to produce pottery tiles and mugs in a traditional North Devon style.

This type of pottery was exported from Bideford to places like North America during the 17th centuary.

Unfortunately one of the children's mugs broke when they were making it so we are going to fire and bury it in the hope of confusing future historians who might find it.

In science we have been studying solids, liquids and gases.
We've been thinking about their properties and this has included
measuring mass and volume by displacement, so that we can calculate
density.

We have been thinking about how molecules are joined in each state
and how adding, or taking away, energy can cause materials
to change.

In these pictures we are setting up investigations so that we can
find out what effects evaporation.
Investigation is a very important part of science. We are thinking about
fair tests, making predictions and taking measurements which are
as accurate as possible.

Our work on evaporation and condensation will help us
to understand the water cycle and will link in
to our geography work on rivers.

Has anyone got any ideas about what we are going to call our new head ?

 

This is Mr Sentance. He's been our art teacher all year and we've done loads of fantastic things with him.

In the summer we worked on the school grounds, building sculptures, quiet areas and making the shed look nice again.

We got the idea for these poles when we visited the sculpture garden at Broomhill on the other side of Barnstaple.