In English, we are writing a narrative story about ‘The Present’. We have practised and learnt many new writing skills. This morning we have been writing some complex sentences. We started with a main clause and added subordinate clauses to it, thinking about our punctuation and use of verb tenses. Read more…
Juniper have enjoyed a lovely first week back in school. Both myself and Mrs Jones are very proud of the children. They’ve come back to school ready to learn, with big smiles on their faces. We’ve learnt some new maths, written some lovely narrative pieces, found out about pure and Read more…
Welcome back!! This week as part of PSHE we have been discussing how the decisions we make can help or hurt our hearts. We linked this idea to our thought of the week ‘Believe you can and you’re halfway there’. The children talked about the importance of being kind to Read more…
Year 5 had a fantastic day at St Annes beach yesterday. We had some time enjoying the beach and having fun. The children created mermaid art, built amazing sandcastles, played frisbee, played catching games and persevered with kite flying. We also had some time working with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust Read more…
On Monday morning, Year 5 visited New House Academy. We spent the morning in the Design and Technology department where we learnt about the various aspects taught there and were able to see some of the creations made. We then got the chance to create our own work. Pine created Read more…
Last week, Year 5 made the most of the sun with a trip to Queen’s Park for our geography fieldwork. The children worked in pairs to find a suitable location for a picnic taking a number of factors into consideration, such as safety, suitable grounds, surrounding nature, weather etc. We Read more…
The Great Science Share is an annual event, aimed at inspiring children to share scientific questions with new audiences. Harwood Park hosted the event and 6 schools’ including ours attended. Each school had a group of 8 pupils’ conducting a range of different Science experiments. There was also a neuroscience Read more…
This half-term Year 5 are doing yoga as part of their PE lesson. So far Michelle has taught us about having a positive mindset, balancing and creating yoga poses. We are really enjoying the sessions.
Year 5 started their new science topic today: Reproductive Cycles! We were introduced to some new life in our classroom. We have baby caterpillars and giant triops eggs. We are looking forward to seeing how they grow and develop. We are very curious to find out more about them. We Read more…
Yesterday Year 5 were very excited to be back at forest school! We had an opportunity to show off all the skills we have learnt in forest school to some special visitors that were coming to find out more about forest school. We started by thinking about the flora and Read more…