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.
Well done to all of our 40 Christmas raffle winners! We hope you enjoy the fantastic prizes. A huge thank you to everyone who bought tickets, we have raised an amazing £1133! This money will be put towards the children’s activities.
Today Juniper completed their hour of code for hour of code week. The children had to create a Grinch themed game by creating algorithms. There were various levels to pass which included programming a drone to collect presents to take back to Whoville and riding the Sleigh, with various obstacles Read more…
Tonight, Year 5 had their Christmas movie night. We had lots of fun watching ‘Christmas Chronicles’ whilst eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows 😋