Year 5 Juniper had their forest school session yesterday with Miss Brown. They explored the forest and carried out different exercises. These included a trust exercise where they had to form groups of 6 and work together creating an assault course. They had to walk through the course to get Read more
Year 5 enjoyed their end of the year Christmas party today. The children had lots of fun enjoying playing games in the hall with Pine class – we played heads shoulders knees and cups, musical statues, best dancer, pass the parcel. After the activities in the hall, Juniper had a Read more
In our science topic this half term, Year 5 have been looking at the properties of materials. In our final lesson of the topic today, we carried out an experiment to see if we could create an irreversible change and create a new material. We filled plastic bottles with different Read more
Throughout the day today, the children have taken on a challenge! They have to create a new society on a different moon – Operation Moonbase. The children were able to use all of the skills from our skills builder program to get to their end result. Session 1: Lift off Read more
In our science topic, we have been looking at properties and changes. Year 5 carried out an experiment to test thermal conductivity. The children had 4 cups per group and wrapped each one in a different material – aluminium foil, bubble wrap and newspaper. The children’s cups were then filled Read more
Following on in our design and technology unit, this week Year 5 Juniper designed and created their own doodlers! They were able to create their design in their books and decide what components they needed to use, where to place them, and what pattern they would like to put on Read more
KS2 took part in an online virtual escape room, where they were challenged to collaborate, problem-solve, and think creatively to progress through each stage. Working together to overcome a series of themed challenges, the groups used their “wizardry” skills to successfully complete the escape room experience.
Our music topic this half term is looking at Blues music. In our first lesson last week, we discovered blues music and were able to listen to a few different examples, learn where blues music originated from and the instruments used. Today, in lesson 2, we were able to begin Read more
In our DT lesson this week, Juniper met the doodlers for the first time! The doodlers are an electrical system involving a paper cup, felt tip pens, batteries, a motor crocodile wires, tape and a hot glue gun stick. The children were able to see the doodlers in action, before Read more
Today during our assembly time, Year 5 have looked at Inter Faith Week 2025. The children were made aware of Inter Faith Week being from Sunday 9th – Sunday 16th November 2025 and that the theme of this week is ‘Community: Together We Serve’. Inter Faith Week is is a Read more