We had an amazing time for our final forest school session in year 5 today! Quotes from the children included: “That was the best day ever!” and “Can we do it all again?” We started off the session completing a teamwork task. Everyone had to work as a team to Read more
In computing this half-term, Year 5 have been creating their own games. They have analysed other games, designed settings and themes, designed characters, changed animations and sounds that their character makes, written instructions and evaluated their peers’ games to help future designs. We are really impressed with their completed games! Read more
Year 5 had their 5th forest school session today! The children explored the area and found and identified a range of minibeasts. We found snails, worms, centipedes and millipedes. We then discussed how we can improve the area for the fauna and for ourselves. The children then used the skills Read more
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