Dragon Eyes!
Sapphire Class have done a fantastic job of sculpting a dragon eye out of clay. Next week, we will decorate them with paint.
International Day of Peace
Thank you to all the children who completed their homework for International Day of Peace. We had some wonderful contributions and explanations of what children believe peace is and how it can be achieved across the world. Here are a few examples: Many more pieces of work have been shared in classrooms across…
Dogs Trust
Today, we had a visit from the Dogs Trust. We found out all about what the Dogs Trust do and how they help dogs in our area. We spoke about the dogs we have in our lives and how we look after them with care and love. We found out about dogs senses and how…
E safety
We have been talking about e-safety and recapping the SMART rules. Here are some of our posters to remind us what each letter represents. S – safe M – meeting A -accepting R – reliable T – tell We know how to keep ourselves safe online and what we can if we come across…
Vikings
As part of our history lessons, we have been discussing chronology. One of our tasks this week was to put events in chronological order. It is important to understand when important events in history happened and if they were before or after other events. We will be exploring different aspects of Viking life and comparing…
We are going paperless!
In order to reduce the amount of paper usage in school, we are moving towards a completely paperless system for communicating with parents/carers. Information regarding clubs, trips, events etc will now be sent exclusively via ParentMail with no letters sent home with pupils. For this reason, it is imperative that the school hold a valid…
Barnabus Project
We have been reading the Barnabus project in year 5. The children have been involved in discussions and debates about what acceptance, freedom, tolerance and failure mean to them. Here are some of their responses. We also made links to our British Values and why these are so important to follow.
Flight Day
Last week, Year 5 went over to Perryfields Academy for their Flight week. This is to show how Year 5 will soon be ‘flying’ to Highschool. We learnt about lots of birds of prey and had the opportunity to make paper aeroplanes in mathematics and understand they link to aspects such as symmetry. We also had…
Pablo Picasso, Line Drawings
This week is Sports Week are we are taking part in many sports and Olympic Themed subjects. In Art, we were given a continent and an artist from that Continent. Yesterday, we looked at Pablo Picasso, Europe: learning about his background, childhood, cubism and line drawings. We then had a go at recreating some of…
Plant Dissecting
Yesterday, Year 5 dissected some plants to use our scientific skills of observing closely and asking questions effectively. We then planted our basil and chive seeds and hopefully as they grow in class, at the end of term we can take them home!