Yesterday, in Science, we investigated the force Friction. We discussed and spoke about what Friction is and when we might experience it in our lives. We then used our scientific skills to predict what might happen to the speed of cars when they go down ramps that are different surfaces.
This week we have been looking at Kenning Poems. We discussed the history of Kennings and where they originated from! Then, we looked at a few images and words and created our own Kenning Poems. Can you spot the poems that were written about Miss Hollis and Miss Hill?
Good morning, Last week, we finished another big write! It was on instructional writing and Year 5 had to write a set of instructions on how to catch a dragon. Have a look at our instructions.
Last week, we were investigating the features of instructional writing, in preparation for our next ‘big write’ about.. how to catch a dragon! We looked at different examples of instructional writing: lego manuals, cooking books, drawing books, science experiments and more! We then collaborated in our groups to identify the features, so we can understand…
Thanks to the wonderful charity, ‘Into Film’, Year 5 and Year 6 had the chance to see ‘Puss in Boots’ for free! We had a great time!
During this half term, our Science lessons have been about Space and the Universe… This week we have been investigating the different phases of the moon, their names and what those phases look like. To demonstrate these phases we used Oreos to create these phases. Have a look at our Oreo phases of the moon!
On Wednesday, a group of year 5 children visited Perryfields High School to attend a Football Mastery Workshop. They had a fantastic afternoon learning and practising skills, such as passing, dribbling, catching and of course scoring goals! Well done to all who attended, you were amazing role models of our school and also showed off…
In Religious Education, last week, we had an oracy based lesson where we discussed religious guidelines and non-religious guidelines. We then came up with our own set of guidelines for different topics. Have a look!
This term in French, we have been learning numbers to 60 and the days of the week. Today, we created some posters!
For the last few weeks, Denim and Sapphire have been creating their own dragons and writing an informative text about them using lots of skills: expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and paragraphs! Have a look at some of our work! If you were to create a dragon… what would yours be like?