Y5 Safer Internet Day
Y5 have been taking part in Safer Internet Day activities - with a focus on artificial intelligence and how it can impact our lives. We then discussed how apps and their algorithms can tailor content which persuades and influences us.
Y5 Mental Health workshop
Year 5 started the week with a mental health workshop, focusing on mindfulness and using yoga as a way of organising our minds. We spent time in a calming environment and thought about ourselves in a lovely morning session. What a great way to start the week.
Year 5 Islamic Inventions
Year 5 had a blast in their first lesson on their new history topic: The Golden Age of Islam - a study of a non-European civilisation.
We studied the inventions and discoveries that were made from around 965AD, and focused on the camera obscurer - the first primitive camera - created by an…
Y5 Faith Week
This week, Year Five have been very lucky and had 2 brilliant visitors who have come to speak about their Sikh and Hindi faith. We learnt an awful lot and asked superb questions to learn about new customs, traditions and religious acts of worship.
Y5 learn about the Solar System
Year 5 really enjoyed learning about the solar system, the eight planets, satellites and the sun in this week’s science lesson. #enjoy #wemakethedifference
Y5 Anglo-Saxon settlements
Y5 have been asking historically relevant questions and investigating Anglo-Saxon settlements, including why settlements were built they way they were.
Year Five and the Festive Four-in-a-rows
Year Five kicked off Santa Dash day with a festive spelling Four-in-a-row sessions, before racing outside to dash in Santa rig-outs!
Y5 get coding in Scratch
Year Five have been coding in Scratch to produce an interactive maze game. We started by coding our inputs so the gamer can control our character. Some of us chose to work on an iPad - using touch-screen inputs - while others wanted to use Chromebooks and code keyboard inputs.
Year Five study the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
We have been learning about how many tribes and peoples invaded Britain in the 5th century, and claimed their own territories. We then studied which territories/ kingdoms were claimed based on the names given to them.
Year Five Anti-Bullying
This week, Year Five have been joining in with Anti-Bullying week and have taken part in 2 live lessons.
We have learnt about the difference between 'banter' and bullying, and how we can recognise when we or our friends cross the line.
Year Five go TOP SECRET at Western Approaches HQ
Year Five had a great time exploring Western Approaches HQ in Liverpool - a TOP SECRET underground headquarters where The Battle of the Atlantic was orchestrated. We visited the radio room, teleprinting room and the war room - where strategic deployment of the Allied forces took place.
Year Five Online Safety
Year Five have been learning about communication online and how it has changed so much - even in the last 10 years. We talked about video chats, voice notes, animated gifs and even meme culture and how these are brilliant ways of communicating - but sometimes it can go wrong like any new…