Year 5 enjoyed their end of the year Christmas party today. The children had lots of fun enjoying playing games in the hall with Pine class – we played heads shoulders knees and cups, musical statues, best dancer, pass the parcel. After the activities in the hall, Juniper had a Read more
In our science topic this half term, Year 5 have been looking at the properties of materials. In our final lesson of the topic today, we carried out an experiment to see if we could create an irreversible change and create a new material. We filled plastic bottles with different Read more
Last week we enjoyed making our Christingles in class. Before making them we learnt about their importance and what each part of the Christingle represents.
Yesterday Rowan and Sycamore made some lovely Christingles. They thought about their preparation for the Christingle service in Church this morning and the meaning behind the different parts of the Christingle. Today in church they were absolutely amazing. They sung beautifully and really joined in with the actions for the Read more
Yesterday Pine made some lovely Christingles. They thought about their preparation for the Christingle service in Church this morning and the meaning behind the different parts of the Christingle. Today in church they were absolutely amazing. They sung beautifully and really joined in with the actions for the song while Read more
When we arrived at school this morning, there was a rocket on our school field, which must have landed over night. When we arrived in the classroom we could see on our class screen that we had been sent a special mission. The mission was to plan for building a Read more
Throughout the day today, the children have taken on a challenge! They have to create a new society on a different moon – Operation Moonbase. The children were able to use all of the skills from our skills builder program to get to their end result. Session 1: Lift off Read more
Arts and Craft Club was an extra-curricular opportunity for our Year 5 and 6 pupils that brings together Art and Design Technology! Children had the opportunity to explore their creativity by designing and making a rocket. A key focus of the club was to develop the essential skill of teamwork — working Read more
In our science topic, we have been looking at properties and changes. Year 5 carried out an experiment to test thermal conductivity. The children had 4 cups per group and wrapped each one in a different material – aluminium foil, bubble wrap and newspaper. The children’s cups were then filled Read more
Following on in our design and technology unit, this week Year 5 Juniper designed and created their own doodlers! They were able to create their design in their books and decide what components they needed to use, where to place them, and what pattern they would like to put on Read more