Juniper have been to church this morning for their Christingle celebration. They were all absolutely amazing! Fantastic singing and actions during our performance and they were all a credit to the school. Well done everyone!
This week in RE Year 5 have been discussing what it means to be generous. We listened to the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus and discussed how Jesus was able to turn Zacchaeus into a generous person. The children discussed how generosity isn’t just amount how much money a person Read more
This afternoon we have been investigating chemical reactions. We observed the effect of changing the amount of vinegar on the reaction with sodium bicarbonate. We discussed our findings and concluded that the more vinegar there is in the mixture that is added to the sodium bicarbonate, the more it fizzed Read more
The children in Juniper have been given the opportunity to run a stall at the Christmas Fair this year and to plan, research, source and make the products that we will sell. The whole class has been involved in deciding what sweet products would sell best, researching Christmas themed sweets, Read more
As part of our learning, in the lead up to Christmas, we have been discussing angels and whether or not we believe in them. Many religions talk about angels. Christians believe that angels are God’s special messengers and in the Christmas story angels bring special messages to various people. Today Read more
Juniper have been working hard to create some spreadsheets this afternoon. We used the letters of the alphabet as our variables. The counting tool helped us to identify which vowel was used the most in our text and the frequency that the consonants were used.
This afternoon, Juniper have been learning about what a physical change is in Science. We now know that a physical change is any change in state such as melting, boiling, condensing or freezing and that the change can be reversed. We have enjoyed seeing some of these physical changes take Read more
This week in design technology we met ‘the Doodlers’. The Doodlers are fun robots powered by an electrical circuit and a motor. The children carried out an investigation in groups to determine the factors that affect the form and function of the Doodler. We changed parts such as the drawing Read more
This week we were fortunate enough to receive a visit from our local police force to teach us some valuable truck safety information. The children were surprised to learn how little a truck driver can see when a person is standing close to the front of the truck. The children Read more
Juniper enjoyed their Prayer Hunt yesterday. We moved around the school to work in different locations, thinking about God and his wonderful creations. The children thought about seeds and their growth into mighty things; important events in our lives and how they shape us; Christians around the World; transforming broken Read more