Staying safe online has never been so important, with ever more sophisticated scams out there. During Financial Awareness Week, year 5 have been discussing how to spot the signs of fraud and what to do if they are scammed. We have investigated how to spot if something is a scam Read more
This afternoon was our final forest school session. We had a brilliant afternoon making s’mores, building dens and making medallion necklaces. Well done Year 5 for your excellent behaviour and your whole class dojo!
Pine and Juniper have been using the program 2design and make to create some of their own 3D models. We have investigated all the different functions of the program, planned a package to make for a chosen target audience and made our 3D models.
Year 5 have been continuing our art topic by creating our own self portraits. The children spent the afternoon experimenting with different materials and techniques. They applied the knowledge and skills that they have worked on throughout the unit to create a mixed media self-portrait. The children used oil pastels, Read more
Today, Year 5 were able to take part in a workshop about road safety. The children were able to go outside with two visitors working with Greater Manchester Police to talk about road safety and how we can stay safe near the roads. The children were fantastic at asking questions Read more
In Geography this half term, Year 5 have been focusing on slums – particularly Dharavi in Mumbai, India and Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Today, we working in groups to figure out what were the biggest challenges faced by people living in slums – sanitation, education, crime, jobs, health Read more
We had a great afternoon today taking part in a live lesson all about space. We met a real life inventor who had the opportunity to meet Tim Peake. We learnt all about life as an astronaut and what they do up in space. We went onto the international space Read more
This afternoon Year 5 Pine enjoyed our first forest school session. We incorporated our skills builder lessons into the session and focused on teamwork and leadership skills. Using the information they have learnt in Geography the children worked together to build slum shelters. We also made Christian value rocks that Read more
What a fun day of languages! We started the morning with some french music, followed by a delicious pain au chocolat. This afternoon we’ve been busy learning how to say we have a pet, as well as competing in a Kahoot quiz about European countries, singing heads, shoulders, knees and Read more
This morning, Year 5 Juniper and Year 5 Pine visited St Luke’s Church to learn all about harvest. We took part in different activities around the church learning about different aspects of harvest. There were 5 activity stations for us to visit: The first one was about the harvest of Read more