Christian Values
Random Act of Kindness
This afternoon Pine have been to the park to litter pick as their ‘random act of kindness’. Well done everyone!
Art & Design
Artist Research – Cai Guo-Qiang
Year 5 have had an explosive end to our installation artwork unit by creating artist research pages about the artist Cai Guo-Qiang. We modelled our backgrounds on the explosive style used by Cai and his love of creating artwork using fireworks and gunpowder. The children used paint and straws to Read more
Computing
Internet safety
This week was internet safety week. In Year 5 we discussed social media and the positive and negative impacts it can have on us.
Art & Design
Year 5 Pine Trash-ion show
Today was the final lesson of our sculpture and 3d interactive installation unit. We have built on our previous lessons and designs to bring our art work and ideas to life. We learnt about the career and skills of a fashion designer, and for our final piece, the children worked Read more
Geography
Shared learning and lunch
A big thank you to all of the parents and guardians who joined us for today’s shared learning and lunch. Year 5 Pine had a brilliant morning teaching their adults all about the brilliant work we have been doing in Geography this half term. The children worked hard, along with Read more
Careers Related Learning
Staying Positive and Creativity
This afternoon we have looked at 2 new skills builders for this half term. We’ve had some great discussions around how we can stay positive and be creative. The children have given many examples of how they have achieved these things both in and out of school. See some of Read more
Mathematics
Fractions of amounts
Wow, what a great maths lesson today!!! The children used their prior knowledge of times and division tables to work out fractions of amounts. There was some fantastic mental maths happening and application of prior learning to help them to master the skill of calculating fractions of amounts. Well done Read more
Careers Related Learning
Educational Environment Recycling programme
This afternoon Year 5 have enjoyed a visit from the Educational Environment Recycling programme. This involved a fun and informative recycling lesson. The children learnt about the importance of recycling with practical examples of how to recycle well at home and the session included fun, interactive games and materials. Each Read more
Art & Design
Trashion
This week Year 5 Pine had the task of designing installation art work to convey a message. As a class we decided that we wanted to focus on fast fashion and it’s environmental impact. We came up with the idea of designing clothes made from recycled materials as a way Read more
Mathematics
Multiplying non unit fractions by an integer
This morning Pine have been applying their knowledge from our previous unit on fractions to help them multiply non unit fractions by an integer. We worked using unit fraction cards to see what was happening when we had multiple non unit fractions. The children were able to calculate answers, then Read more