Year 5 Missions | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Spring term - Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Communication mission

Year 5’s mission today was to transport and drop off materials for Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ mission. They had to work in teams to transport the materials around the whole playground and successfully drop them off.

Year 5 did find this task particularly tricky and had to really work on the element of communication to ensure they were working well in teams ⭐️

Teamwork mission

In our mission, we journeyed to the Sahara Desert - a large and hot environment. Our mission took place with sand storms raging and Year 5 were faced with a serious challenge! Due to high winds, some explorers’ vehicles became stuck in the sweeping sand blizzards, and the temperature continued to rise. In order to prevent remaining vehicles from being eaten up by the sand storm and overheating, the teams had to fill the vehicles with water and cool them down. Teams had to use their communication and teamwork skills to ensure people were listened to and that ideas were valued in order to complete the mission successfully.

Autumn Term - Nellie Bly and The Victorians

Self - Awareness Mission

Today’s Commando Joe’s session focused on self awareness, communication and teamwork. Year 5 had to cross the obstacles to collect cones for their team without being caught. They created distraction noises to help their team members. For the children who were blindfolded, they had to listen for any movements to catch people out. After the mission, the children reflected on how much easier it is to work without background noise, which then helps with their concentration in class.

Resilience Mission

During Y5’s mission, they built a pyramid as Nellie Bly visited Egypt on her journey around the world in 72 days. Year 5 had to use their communication and teamwork skills, but most of all they had to be resilient in order to keep their pyramids upright.