This afternoon, Year 5 Juniper have started their new Design and Technology unit – Electrical Systems: Doodlers. For today’s lesson, the children looked at the different components that create a simple circuit. They were able to identify crocodile wires, batteries, bulbs and motors. They were able to create their own Read more
During our science lesson today, Year 5 have started their new topic on materials and their properties. Today’s focus was hardness. The children were given a selection of items made from different types of material that they had to organise into groups depending on whether they thought they were a Read more
Throughout the Autumn term, Year 5 Juniper and Pine have been working on a topic in Science called ‘Separating Mixtures’. The children have learnt about what a pure substance is and what a mixture is. They have learnt lots of different ways in which mixtures can be separated, such Read more
Today, Year 5 were able to take part in a workshop about road safety. The children were able to go outside with two visitors working with Greater Manchester Police to talk about road safety and how we can stay safe near the roads. The children were fantastic at asking questions Read more
In Geography this half term, Year 5 have been focusing on slums – particularly Dharavi in Mumbai, India and Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Today, we working in groups to figure out what were the biggest challenges faced by people living in slums – sanitation, education, crime, jobs, health Read more
This morning, Year 5 Juniper and Year 5 Pine visited St Luke’s Church to learn all about harvest. We took part in different activities around the church learning about different aspects of harvest. There were 5 activity stations for us to visit: The first one was about the harvest of Read more
For our R.E. lesson this afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine went outside exploring to find reasons that people may believe in God and reasons people may not. The children came up with some fantastic explanations and reasoning for their discoveries. The children were looking closely at the wildlife, plants Read more
This afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine carried out an experiment in their Science lesson. We have been carrying out a topic called ‘Separating Mixtures’ and have most recently learnt about what formulations are, how they are made and how they can be useful. We carried out an experiment with Read more
Today, Year 5 Juniper learnt about an artist called Chila Kumari Singh Burman. We learnt a lot about her style of art and her inspirations to create her artwork. An example would be her father being an ice cream man, so a lot of her art work has ice creams Read more
