This week we are learning about people who help us. We have been learning about people such as doctors, nurses, fire fighters, vets and police officers. This afternoon, we have carefully planned and thought about a vehicle they might need. For example ambulances, police cars, fire engines etc. Everyone has Read more…
We have been exploring our Christian value of respect. We understand the importance of sustainability (we’ve been learning about that in science) and wanted to use our art / craft skills to create an art piece for a display in the hall that encompasses all of our learning. Here are Read more…
Thank you to all all the parents and grandparents who joined us for our shared learning and lunch today. The children enjoyed sharing what they have been learning in RE about places of worship. Our own place of worship in Kaden’s garden is going to look beautiful with all the Read more…
Thank you to all all the parents and grandparents who joined us for our shared learning and lunch today. The children enjoyed sharing what they have been learning in RE about places of worship. We then spoke about designing our own prayer garden in our school grounds. Children and grown Read more…
This week we have been reading the book ‘Supertato’. The evil pea has been causing havoc in our classroom, trapping vegetables and stealing things! We created super veggies to save the day. The children chose their resources carefully, creating capes and different body parts for their superheroes.
This half term year 5 have been learning about Installation Art and about the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang; considering the display space and scale of an artwork; creating a scaled-down version of an installation similar to Guo-Qiang’s gunpowder drawings. The children have really enjoyed exploring with everyday objects to Read more…
In art this half term Year 5 have been learning about installation art. We have looked at work from artists around the world and how they use unusual methods to create art. Children created their own piece of installation art in a box using stencils and explosive paint techniques. We Read more…
Last week in Art, the children went on a ‘texture hunt’ around school. The children ventured around school with ipads and took pictures of many items that had a variety of textures. Once back in class, we looked at the photos we had taken and created a mind map of Read more…
This week when we arrived at school we found fruit and vegetables trapped by the evil pea! He’d been in our classroom during the night causing mayhem! First, we all had to work together to free the fruit and vegetables and then we discussed what we should do next. We Read more…
Working in pairs, we investigated colour mixing using both primary and secondary colours. We fixed paper into a tray and used a wide brush to coat the paper with a thin layer of water. We then took turns choosing two primary colours, squeezing or pressing the paint onto the damp Read more…