This half term Year 5 are going to be creating ‘doodlers’ using a motorised circuit. We have identified the different components and investigated how to create a simple series circuit. The children had lots of fun when they were able to power their fans.
Year 5 Pine have been learning about retrofuturism this half term. We have studied different space imagery and learnt about the impact the space race had on different design elements. We have looked at, and taken inspiration from, Teis Albers ‘Moonwalk’, creating our own space drawings of how we think Read more…
Today in Year 5 Pine we had a live computing lesson in which we had to follow along from the screen to create a conkers game using coding. We had some technical difficulties with our firewall, however our children demonstrated great resilience as well as excellent listening skills to get Read more…
Year 5 Pine have been learning all about mixed media and the different ways in which an artist may create a self portrait. Today we have been experimenting with different materials and techniques to create our own self portraits. The results are amazing! Next week the children will evaluate their Read more…
This week is Art week at St Luke’s and one of our tasks in Year 5 was digital mark making. The children looked at the different careers that digital mark making can lead to and discussed what they would like to be in the future. We watched an example of Read more…
This afternoon Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Heywood library. We had fun exploring the books and taking time out to enjoy some reading for pleasure. The children have each checked out a book that they are able to enjoy in school. Well done Year 5 for setting such a Read more…
This weeks forest school session was made even more fun with the addition of s’mores made on the fire. The children really enjoyed creating flower bombs using soil, clay and seeds. We played lots of team games and hunted for different insects. Year 5 had a great afternoon! Thank you Read more…
This week in English we have been using the laptops to help us research our chosen animals ready to write a non chronological report. We have a wide range of animals chosen, from mudskippers to gorillas. The children have spent lots of time finding out interesting facts ready to create Read more…
This half term Year 5 will be studying architecture. This week our focus was was observational drawing. We used our observational skills to sketch basic house shapes. We had to look closely at the details and we learnt how to use our pencils to help as a guide for size Read more…
