Juniper have been discussing First Aid and its importance this afternoon. All the children were extremely knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency situation. We looked closely at how to help someone who was unresponsive and breathing/not breathing. There were some very sensible suggestions and we all now have Read more
This weeks forest school session was made even more fun with the addition of s’mores made on the fire. The children really enjoyed creating flower bombs using soil, clay and seeds. We played lots of team games and hunted for different insects. Year 5 had a great afternoon! Thank you Read more
This week in English we have been using the laptops to help us research our chosen animals ready to write a non chronological report. We have a wide range of animals chosen, from mudskippers to gorillas. The children have spent lots of time finding out interesting facts ready to create Read more
This week Juniper have put together a performance of our African song, ‘Shosholoza’. They have used their voices and some African dance moves to produce an amazing final piece. All the children have done a great job in keeping in time with each other and being precise with their movements. Read more
Juniper have worked so well today using a 3D modelling programme. They worked with 3D images, nets and templates to design a house and log cabin. Everyone thought carefully about what features would need to be included, and even made some ‘pattern fills’ to make the buildings look more realistic. Read more
Juniper have thoroughly enjoyed our Fun Maths Roadshow today. What excellent use they have made of their maths skills. Everyone worked really hard to complete as many investigations as they could. There was some great application of maths skills and fantastic teamwork, wonderful shows of resilience and all round enjoyment Read more
This half term Year 5 will be studying architecture. This week our focus was was observational drawing. We used our observational skills to sketch basic house shapes. We had to look closely at the details and we learnt how to use our pencils to help as a guide for size Read more
This week the children really enjoyed the return of our forest school sessions. They had a fun, and very muddy, afternoon exploring the forest school area. They created their own artwork and found the biggest worm we have ever seen 😄
In todays RE lesson we investigated the betrayal of Jesus in the Easter story. We discussed what betrayal means, how it might make us feel and examples of betrayals that we might have experienced. The children discussed the role of Judas and how he wasn’t a good friend to Jesus. Read more
Juniper had a visit to their classroom today from Sphere Science. Our visitor spoke to us about the use of uranium to generate electricity. They explained how it needs to be dug from the ground and separated – as there are 2 types of uranium and only one type is Read more