Year 5 Denim Blog
Flight Day
Year 5 visited Perryfields High School last week for "Flight Day". They watched and learnt about different birds of prey, swooping through the school hall. Following this, they participated in some PE activities on the trampoline. After lunch, they attended Art and DT...
Symphony Hall Performance
On Sunday 29th June, the School Choir performed at Birmingham's Symphony Hall for the SIPS Music Plays Symphony Hall show. The Choir worked so incredibly hard for this amazing opportunity. All their hard work paid off as they sounded amazing, it was clear they have a...
Sir John Everett Millais
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a secret society, formed in John Millais’ house in 1848, who wanted to changeart in Britain. They believed in the idea of 'art for art's sake', meaning art doesn't need to have a purpose. It can just be beautiful. We have been...
Road Safety
Today we have had Louise from Sandwell Road Safety Education Team visit. She has delivered assemblies to KS1 and Year 4 & 5. Then class workshops with Year 3 and 6. The children learnt all about crossing safely, car safety and a catchy little song for a reminder....
William Morris Artwork
We have been looking at William Morris this term, linking with our Theme topic: The Victorians. We have been studying William Morris. He was a poet, artist and manufacturer. His career in designing started when he decorated his own house in London. He made a variety...
African Artist- Esther Mahlangu
As part of diversity day, year 5 studied the artist Esther Mahlangu. They were most fascinated by the fact that she had painted on a BMW and couldn't wait to have a go at recreating her work. The children began with using a black pen to outline the patterns they...
Denim’s Half-Term Reward!
What a positive, fun and enjoyable last day us in Denim class have had today! Due to our positive behaviour choices, actions and attitude towards our learning and school life, we have had received and earnt our half-term reward. We did two science experiments. 1)...
Black Country Living Museum!
Today, Denim and Sapphire went to the Black Country Living Museum to broaden their knowledge on the Victorian Era (their current Theme Topic). We had to investigate three people who lived in this era: their home, their work, what they did for playtime etc... We had...
Pizza Competition!
Last week, some of our lovely Year 5s were invited to Perryfields Academy to take part in a Pizza Competition. Their task was to design a pizza using 5 ingredients (not including the base, cheese and the tomato sauce) and the winners could go over to the High School...
Day Three At Frank Chapman
This morning we all took part in some orienteering in the forest before completing our diaries and packing to come home.
Day Two At Frank Chapman
We have had another fun filled day after a short night's sleep! Different groups have taken part in a high level ropes course, crate stacking, archery, caving (man-made!), team building activities and the blind-line. Mrs Houghton, Miss Francis, Miss Richardson, Mr...
Day One At Frank Chapman
We have had a busy first day at Frank Chapman. The weather has been great so we have really enjoyed the archery, blind-line obstacle course, crate stacking and high level ropes challenge. We enjoyed our tea and evening walk in the woods (deer antler find included!)...
A sample of the Titanic
Yesterday, in DT (Design and Technology) we took part in the making of some 'Titanic' meals: a third class rice soup (broth) and a first class trifle. We used our skills to peel and chop vegetables, whisk the cream and boil the rice. As well as learning about how to...
Year 5 Exhibition – On board the Titanic
We are so proud of all the hard work and skills Year 5 have shown today. They shared monologues, participated in a debate and explained all of their wonderful work from this term. Thank you to parents for providing such appropriate clothes and accessories.
Super Safeside Trip!
Yesterday, Denim and Sapphire had a lovely day visiting Safeside at the West Midlands Fire Station. We had an important but fun-filled day, learning all about safety in different scenarios: on a bus, on a train, in an alleyway, in the car, by a canal, on ice, in the...
NSPCC Numbers Day in Y5
For NSPCC numbers day, Y5 based their activities on Grandma's shopping basket but instead of the supermarket, we shopped around the world. The children drew a world map and researched items and currency from different countries. They then wrote a maths problem to be...
Viking Day!
Last week, we had a visit from an archaeologist and a Viking. In the morning, we learnt all about the Vikings (information we had already learnt about and some that we didn't know): what they ate, how they spoke, what they wore, how they travelled to England and why...
Children in Need Day in Denim.
Denim have had a lovely day discussing Children in Need, as well as 'Choose Respect' for Anti-bullying week.
Remembrance Day
Year 5 completed some art work for remembrance day. First, we chose pictures that represented our thoughts and feelings. Then we cut these into strips and stuck them down with gaps. We finished by completing the spaces in the gaps with our own drawings. Here is some...
Walter Tull
Last week we researched and made posters about Walter Tull, to celebrate Black History Month. We found out lots of interesting facts: he was a soldier, a footballer (he played for Tottenham Hotspur), he grew up in an orphanage and lots more. Have a look at the link...
Year 5 church visit
This morning, year 5 walked to Christ Church as part of our RE lessons. We learnt about different Christian artefacts and parts of the church, such as a lectern, a font, a pulpit an altar, pews and the cross. We looked at the holy bible and different hymns. The...