We competed an investigation to see how we change a solid to a liquid by melting. We were challenged to find a place outside that we could keep our ice cube to stop it melting quickly. We found that by keeping it in our hands it melted quickly due to Read more…
We had a fantastic morning taking part in Sports Day. We all tried our best and had lots of fun, even though it did start raining! A huge thank you to Mr Tomkins and Mrs Hughes for all of their hard work in organising this event.
Last week, Year 5 made the most of the sun with a trip to Queen’s Park for our geography fieldwork. The children worked in pairs to find a suitable location for a picnic taking a number of factors into consideration, such as safety, suitable grounds, surrounding nature, weather etc. We Read more…
This week we have been learning about different minibeasts. We have been learning to identify them, name them, notice the differences and similarities between them and recognise their microhabitats. On Thursday we went on a bug hunt around the path. We stopped at different locations, such as at Forrest school, Read more…
Today’s final forest school session took us off school grounds and into Queens Park. The children had a great time racing ducks in the stream before continuing our walk into the park. On route we spotted a mother duck with her baby goslings. Then, we walked over to the play Read more…
Today in forest school Mr Tomkins has been teaching us about the different seasons. We discussed the different seasons and we talked about the season we are in now, ‘Spring’. After learning about Spring, we all went on a Spring hunt. We worked with a partner to find different signs Read more…
Last week the whole school carried out science activities based on the topic ‘Growth’ for British Science week. Through assemblies in class, the children discussed, drew and imagined what a scientist looked like. Then we all recognised that anyone, including the children could be a scientist as long as you Read more…
This week, we wrote and send letters off for the children of Ukraine to show our love and support to them during this difficult time. We also planted some sunflowers (the national flower of Ukraine) Here are some pictures of our work
For our English lesson today, we had an experience day where we went for a walk in the deep, dark wood. We used the FANTASTICS to collect vocabulary to use in our writing. We discussed what Little Red Riding Hood might see, hear hear and feel and how she might Read more…
In Year 5, we have been learning about formulations. We have learnt that a formulation is when a specific amount of substances are mixed together to create a product such as foods and fuels. We created used formulation to create a chocolate cake mixture. We then filled oranges with this Read more…