Thank you to all of the parents, guardians and family members that came to join Year 5 Juniper on Wednesday 5th February. The children really enjoyed sharing all the information with their adults about our current Geography topic on Biomes. They were able to work together to create their own Read more
Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been working on creating their own games in computing and today became game designers! They have been able to create mazes with golden coins to collect, all whilst avoiding the monsters that will make them lose lives! The children have had to Read more
Year 5 Juniper have started a new topic in Art – Sculptures and 3D. For lesson 3 this week they have learnt about Cai Guo-Qiang, who is a Chinese pyrotechnical artist known for his dramatic installations and for using gunpowder as a medium. They also expanded on this by looking at different Read more
Last week, Year 5 Juniper started their new topic in science on magnetism. Today we learnt all about magnets, when they were discovered and how they work. We even learnt that magnets were first found as objects called lodestones! We took part in an experiment to test how magnets attract Read more
In class today, Year 5 Juniper took part in the NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe assembly and workshop. We were able to discuss the different types of abuse, know that it is never the child’s fault, understand that we have the right to be kept safe, and who to speak Read more
In class today we discussed the “What Would Jesus Do?” (WWJD?) movement. We looked into what the movement is and its abbreviation. We were able to learn about different ways in which a Christian may confess their sins to God if they were to give in to temptation, have a Read more
In Computing today, Juniper and Pine took part in a coding session for ‘Hour of Code’, which is where millions of students all over the globe celebrate Computer Science Education. The children put their coding skills to the test as they were able to input their codes to create different Read more
Today, Year 5 took part in a Santa Dash to raise money for a charity called Save the Children. The children all took part in a one mile dash around our playground by either walking, running or a mixture of the two. We had our Christmassy songs playing to keep Read more
In our R.E. lesson this week, Year 5 Juniper have been learning about forgiveness. We looked at some of Jesus’ parables (Jesus and the Sinful Woman and The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant) to see how Jesus showed forgiveness towards people and the lessons Jesus wished to teach to people. Read more
This week across school we have been taking part in Anti-Bullying Week. Juniper, along with other year groups, were able to attend a special assembly put together by the anti-bullying ambassadors at St Luke’s all around the focus for this year – choose respect. In class, we discussed respect and Read more