Year 5 had a fantastic time at Forest School today! We showed off our knowledge of the area by playing a game where we had to name the flora in the area. We also learnt about a Ghillie kettle and how they can be used to heat water using fire. Read more…
In Year 5, we have been learning about what happens to our body as we get older. Last week we learnt about how we change from childhood to early adulthood through puberty, and how puberty occurs in animals too. This week we looked at changes from early adulthood to old Read more…
Year 5 enjoyed their forest school sessions today, despite the wet weather. We started the session by discussing the flora and fauna in the area. Everybody was given a piece of flora and kept it hidden. We then used our language skills to describe the piece of flora to try Read more…
Year 5 had a fantastic time in the forest today. First we used our imaginations and found ‘not sticks’. We had magic pens, broomsticks, bow and arrows, wands, teleportation sticks and many more. The children then made up some fantastic stories to go with their ‘not sticks’. We then found Read more…
This week in Science, Year 5 have been investigating ‘Can you clean dirty water?’ We began the week by learning the processes of separating mixtures. This included sieving, filtering and evaporating. We then worked in groups to complete a pre-investigation, in which we used our new knowledge to try to Read more…
Year 5 had a fantastic time on their first forest school session today. We explored the area and discussed the flora and fauna in the area and completed a scavenger hunt. After this, our skill activity this week was using a bow saw and drill to create a forest school Read more…
Due to a fantastic return to school this half-term, Year 5 were treated to a fun day. Easter colouring, making cards, an Easter egg hunt and a special visitor called Roxy (Mrs Steele’s dog) We finished the day with some party food and a film for all those children who Read more…
Today was World Book Day at St Luke’s. From Cindy Lou to Aliens where underpants to King Henry VIII (a perfect fit for our theme ‘Off With Her Head’), the children all looked fantastic. Year 5 have taken part in lots of Book Day activities including online workshops with authors Read more…
Wow what a fantastic, fun week we have had in Juniper! We have made Christmas cards and calendars, took part in Christmas grammar and maths challenges, took part in a spelling bee with the other year 5 class and year 6, learnt how to draw the grinch, made s’mores and Read more…
Year 5 have made some fantastic calendars during art lessons this week. First we thought about warm and cool colours and which colours we associate with different seasons. We then used watercolour paints to create the backgrounds. After this we used lines and patterns to draw symbols of the seasons.