This half term we are designing and making our own rainforest shelters. This afternoon we have been exploring structures which may be used in the design of our shelters. We discussed and experimented with different ways of joining and combining different materials. The children came up some great ideas for Read more…
What a fantastic day Year 5. You have been an amazing help today, showing how responsible and mature you are. Excellent explanations and help have been given to children in KS1 and 2 about how best to solve mathematical problems. Your own attempts at problem solving have also impressed me. Read more…
Year 5’s shared lunch went really well today. Lots of comments from the adults about how delicious the food was and how nice it was to see their children in their lunchtime environment. A lovely opportunity to eat and chat together. Well done Year 5 😛
This morning Year 5 have been developing themselves in a positive manner, thinking about self discipline and their use of common sense. The two sensei’s were looking for determination, self control, respect, discipline and focus. Everybody listened well and really enjoyed learning some new skills. “
Year 5 have been working on their 7, 8, 9 times table. The challenge was to create a hexagon using the triangles. The triangles had a mixture of questions and answers on their sides which the children had to match up. Great preparation for out next task which was competing Read more…
This afternoon we have been learning about using different scientific processes to separate materials. We used sieving, filtering and evaporation to separate a solution of gravel, sand, water and salt. We worked together in groups to decide which order we would separate the materials and what equipment we would need Read more…
This morning we have been breaking down a problem into simple steps to solve it. A number of people were living in a flat and we had to decide which one was their home from the information given.There was some great examples of perseverance and not giving up from the Read more…
Year 5 have been in the immersive room this morning experiencing what the main character in their new class read was feeling as she heard wolves in the wall of her house! Everyone brought in a teddy to comfort them as they sat in the dark listening to the wolves Read more…
Year 5 have enjoyed a drumming workshop alongside the rest of KS2 with the drummer from rock band Status Quo. Everyone learnt about the different types of drums and where they came from. Aroni and Niall were lucky enough to be chosen to play with Geoff! Year 5 played along Read more…