Today in Rowan we had a lovely visit from a lady called Sarah who works at the British Library. The children had a fun afternoon learning about the Library in London and understanding all the different types of books, news papers and many more items that the Library holds. In this workshop Sarah spoke to the children about poetry and what they thought about it. The children learnt different ways when it comes to write poetry and they all had  a go at writing there own poems about something meaningful to them. Some of the children even got read them out in class. 

Rowan had a very fun filled morning getting active with the fantastic people from Great Athletes. All the children did lots of different exercises from star-jumps to burpees. The children did so well and tried their best with every  exercise. Keep moving and stay active!

This week has been poetry week at Westwood Primary and Rowan have been working with a fantastic poet Chris, to put together a poem with all there amazing ideas based on The Yorkshire Dales. Rowan had a fun afternoon working with Chris who got them to write down what they can see, hear and smell around there neighbourhood and city, to what they can see, hear and smell in the Yorkshire Dales. Rowan did so well in there performance in front of the school and really showed enthusiasm.

In Geography we have been looking at OS maps and learning how to read four and six- figure grid references. Rowan have been learning about the different industries in The Yorkshire Dales and Leeds and have worked in groups to find out if there is any similarities between them both. In our final lesson of Geography we looked at the tourism in The Yorkshire Dales and how this impact can be a positive and negative. We watched some videos to help us understand how important it is to look after The Yorkshire Dales and what solutions we discussed as a class. 

Today at Westwood Primary the year 5 had a lovely visitor from Cockburn Academy School called Miss Southwell. She talked all about their fantastic Performing Arts department and the different opportunities they have within the school such trips to go to the London theatres. The children really enjoyed the work shop and worked well in their groups doing freeze frames based on all different sports.