During PE this week, we enjoyed looking at how and why our pulse rate changes. We looked at resting heart rates and discussed what these might tell us about our fitness levels. We wrote a hypothesis about the link between the two. We decided to test the hypothesis by completing Read more
Year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon with professional dancers from the Northern Ballet School. It was the first of our dance workshops, which is leading to performances at the Bridgewater Hall and the Hallé St Peter’s. The children grew in confidence during the session, used their growth mindsets and Read more
Today we had our last session with Link for Life for FRESH. We looked at the healthy plate again and talked about a balanced diet. William was awarded the winner of the best healthy plate and Imogen won a prize for the best listener: After our discussion with Emma Read more
In our topic lessons we have been looking at food groups and healthy eating. To support us in our learning we have had visitors in for the last two Fridays. We spent the first half of the session outside doing sports games for exercise and the second half inside learning Read more
Bluebells have been going to the dough disco since half term! We have a dough disco monitor who has the important job of being in charge of the dough. They need to hand them out one at a time and make sure everyone is doing good listening. We take it Read more
Today in Snowdrops we have been doing yoga. We have been practising different poses and stretches alongside the story of the very hungry caterpillar.
This morning, we have been very busy in PE. It was our first PE lesson and we were all very good. Firstly, we had to get changed. We all tried our best to get ready by ourselves but Miss Longmire and Miss Robinson did help us if we got stuck! Read more
Year 5 would like to say a massive thank you to the bike ability team who have helped us earn either our level 1 or 2 cycling certificate. The children really enjoyed themselves. Here are some pictures from the past two days.
Over the last few weeks we have been very lucky to have Erik Hultgren in teaching Lacrosse in our P.E lessons. We have thoroughly enjoyed these lessons and have learnt many new skills besides teaming up to play matches. Unfortunately, it was Erik’s last session with us today as he Read more
As part of our topic we have discovered that the Olympics began in Olympia, Greece in 776BC to honour Zeus the king of gods. We looked at what events took place and compared it to our modern day olympics. We then split into teams and took part in a mini Read more