Yesterday, Year 6 had a great time working on five different STEM challenges for the Great Science Share. The Great Science Share allowed the children to develop their own scientific questions, carry out their own enquiries and to gather evidence to answer their questions. The children had five challenges: balloon Read more…
This afternoon, Year 5 had a great time working on an egg drop challenge. The children were given the challenge of creating a parachute to a protect an egg. The children thought about which materials would be best to protect the egg. We then discussed which variables would need to Read more…
This morning was very exciting as we had a visit from a Rochdale Council Recycling truck. This truck was special because Nomin’s artwork won a borough-wide art competition and her work has been printed onto the truck. We were all very proud of Nomin and her work looks fantastic and Read more…
This week was World Environment Day. We discussed what is happening in the world and what we can do to protect it. We also talked about what the bible says on this topic. In the bible it says that earth has been given to mankind as gift. We talked about Read more…
In RE this half term, we have been studying the religion of Islam. We have discussed the five pillars of Islam and why the month of Ramadan is important. We also found out about the celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitr. We compared this to Christian celebrations such as Christmas. We found that Read more…
In science, year 5 have been learning about evolution. The children researched Charles Darwin and the work he did. To help reinforce our learning, we played a game outside which demonstrated the evolution of finches and their different shaped beaks using pegs, tweezers and chopsticks. We found the children with Read more…
Year 5 have spent the morning bonding as a team in forest school. First we recapped the Easter story but we had to work as a team because all the parts of the story were mixed up and hidden around the forest school area. After this, the children used clay Read more…
Today Ethos did a fantastic job retelling the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours. The children spoke clearly and confidently during collective worship. They retold the story with a modern twist. We spoke about how Joseph showed forgiveness towards his brothers even though they were unkind to Read more…
At Forest School today, Year 5 read the Easter story around the fire circle. We discussed the emotions that were felt at different points in the story. The children went on a scavenger hunt around the area and found 18 different flash cards showing different emotions. The children then got Read more…
As part of our learning for British Science Week, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about electrical connections this afternoon. First we used our post it note planning to plan our investigation. We deciding to investigate which materials are electrical conductors and which are electrical insulators. We thought about which variables Read more…