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
This week the children really enjoyed the return of our forest school sessions. They had a fun, and very muddy, afternoon exploring the forest school area. They created their own artwork and found the biggest worm we have ever seen 😄
In todays RE lesson we investigated the betrayal of Jesus in the Easter story. We discussed what betrayal means, how it might make us feel and examples of betrayals that we might have experienced. The children discussed the role of Judas and how he wasn’t a good friend to Jesus. Read more
This week for careers week we have linked our English lessons with our history topic of ‘Changing Britain’. We have investigated the life of a local hero, Emmeline Pankhurst. The children have had brilliant discussions about the impact Emmeline’s actions have had on Britain and future generations of women and Read more
This half term we’re learning about installation art. During todays lesson we investigated the explosive artwork of Cai Guo-Qiang. We looked at the techniques used to create the explosive effects he used and created our own scaled down version of an art installation. We used mixed media such as paint, Read more
Today Year 5 completed our stuffed toys. The children have worked ready hard during this unit and and created some brilliant toys. Lots of the children initially found the sewing aspect difficult but persevered and should be very proud of themselves. Well done Year 5!
This half term we are designing and creating our own stuffed toys. The children have been working really hard on deciding the theme and shapes they will need and choosing and cutting the right fabrics pieces. This week we have practised using a blanket stitch. Next week we will be Read more