Learning for Life
Breaking Barriers
Some children from Year 5 Pine and Juniper have had the opportunity to work with Breaking Barriers, a Rochdale-based, multidisciplinary production company this morning. The children worked with the company to raise their awareness about Violence Against Women and Girls. We started by watching a monologue and then discussing in Read more
Computing
Computing – concept maps and online safety
This week our computing lesson turned into a physical exercise activity. This half term we’re learning all about concept maps and the importance of recording information. We demonstrated the idea of a physical concept map using string. We then discussed how difficult it was to remember everybody’s ideas and why Read more
Forest school
Forest school fun
Year 5 Pine had their first forest school session of the half term today. We had the perfect weather for a fun afternoon of shelter building and den building. We worked on our team building skills and reintroduced the rules of the forest.
English
Linking Paragraphs
Pine have been learning how to link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time, place, number and tense choices. We read through a number of texts and identified the adverbials used, then we tried to order a story by identifying the adverbials.
Art & Design
Craft and design: Architecture
This half term we will be looking at architecture as part of our art topic. Today the children learnt about observational drawing and effective ways to draw the size of an object accurately. We used pencils and rulers as visual markers for the size of a house. We spent time Read more
Religious Education
Judas’ Betrayal
Pine have been learning all about the Easter story this week and Judas’ betrayal this week. They have created some beautiful artwork.
Design and Technology
Stuffed toys
This half term Year 5 have worked very hard to create their own stuffed toys. They children designed the toys and thought about the materials they would need. We have practised using a blanket stitch to create the toys. Well done Year 5!
Religious Education
Easter experience at St Luke’s Church
Today Year 5 were lucky enough to attended the Easter experience at St Luke’s Church. We took part in different activities that represented the Easter story. The children had a great time and all behaved brilliantly. Well done Year 5.