We got all 20 marbles so we picked a class reward- Forest school! It was also Miss Jone’s last day 😢 so we had an extra long golden time. For forest school we went on a mini beast hunt and made pictures of mini beasts using twigs, leaves, acorns and Read more…
This afternoon we have tasted a range of foods and organised them into fruits and vegetables. We tried things such as Mango, Strawberries, Sugar Snap Peas, Spinach, Carrots, Banana, Tomatoes, Cucumber and Grapes. We learnt that a fruit comes from a flowering plant and usually contain seeds, whereas vegetables can Read more…
Today year 5 enjoyed finding out about the theory of evolution as part of their new science topic. First we found the definitions of some new vocabulary hidden outside and we now know the meanings of species, variation, adaptation and evolution. After this we carried out a ‘Battle of the Read more…
This week we have been reading the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’, we found out that the little pigs made houses from straw, sticks and bricks. The big bad wolf 🐺 came and tried to blow down the houses but the brick house would not budge. We completed writing based around Read more…
We have had lots of fun learning about Minibeasts in our English and topic lessons. We then used this knowledge to help to design and make a minibeast. On our designs we had to make sure they had the correct number of legs and antennas. Once we finished painting them Read more…
What a busy week!! This week we have been reading the story of Jack and the beanstalk, we have decided to do an experiment where we grow 2 beanstalks, one in a pot with soil and one in a bag with just a wet cotton wool ball, we then voted Read more…
In Year 5, we have been learning about what happens to our body as we get older. Last week we learnt about how we change from childhood to early adulthood through puberty, and how puberty occurs in animals too. This week we looked at changes from early adulthood to old Read more…
We visited Kaden’s Garden last week and tidied up our planter! We had lots of fun digging in the mud, making sure the weeds were pulled out and put in the compost heap for recycling. After we prepped out planter, we then got some TINY carrot seeds and planted them, Read more…
This week we have been learning about, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. At the beginning of the week, we listened to the story and practised retelling it in our own way. We then went outside and created our own gingerbread person. We asked a friend to draw around our bodies and then Read more…
We started our new topic this week Wriggle and crawl. We completed a geography lesson by walking around the school grounds looking at human and physical features. Then in class we created a birds eye view of the school grounds and added a key. In science we went on Read more…