This week art club was on the same day as National Sea Turtle Day so we thought it would be a good idea to bring out the watercolours. The children carefully followed a draw along then used watercolours to paint their turtles. The children practised using different techniques such as Read more
This half term Year 5 will be learning about cooking and nutrition. In last week’s lesson we learnt all about the farm to fork process and how meat products, specifically beef, are produced. In today’s lesson the children had to adapt a recipe. We started by taste testing and comparing Read more
This weeks Art Club was inspired by artist Jeff Koon’s iconic balloon dog series. The children created their own brightly coloured balloons dogs using ovals and paint to create the illusion of a round shiny form. They added dimension to their artwork by drawing a cityscape and trees in the Read more
Year 5 have finished our architecture art unit by designing our own monuments. The children looked at famous monument examples and thought about how they would like to be represented. We then brought our ideas to life, annotating them to show what our monument means. We have also studied a Read more
This week our computing lesson turned into a physical exercise activity. This half term we’re learning all about concept maps and the importance of recording information. We demonstrated the idea of a physical concept map using string. We then discussed how difficult it was to remember everybody’s ideas and why Read more
Year 5 Pine had their first forest school session of the half term today. We had the perfect weather for a fun afternoon of shelter building and den building. We worked on our team building skills and reintroduced the rules of the forest.
This half term we will be looking at architecture as part of our art topic. Today the children learnt about observational drawing and effective ways to draw the size of an object accurately. We used pencils and rulers as visual markers for the size of a house. We spent time Read more
This half term Year 5 have worked very hard to create their own stuffed toys. They children designed the toys and thought about the materials they would need. We have practised using a blanket stitch to create the toys. Well done Year 5!
Today Year 5 were lucky enough to attended the Easter experience at St Luke’s Church. We took part in different activities that represented the Easter story. The children had a great time and all behaved brilliantly. Well done Year 5.
Today in Year 5 we completed an NSPCC PANTS lesson. The children discussed the PANTS rules and had some brilliant discussions about how they would respond to different scenarios. Well done Year 5.