Blog Author: Ian Morris

Y5 had a great day at Edge Hill University as part of our Aspirations Days and National Fieldwork Fortnight. We conducted virtual fieldwork using the university's computer suite, then headed off for a tour of the campus. We then got involved in some maths reasoning and problem solving. 

#enjoy…

Year Five conducted a fieldwork study of locations within our local area. We used compasses, maps with symbols and estimated distances from each location on our map. We orientated our maps to magnetic north, then came back into class to establish accurate compass bearings using the eight…

Year Five have had such a brilliant time experiencing what life is like for indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest. We carried water from a well to our settlement, held a council meeting, made water filters, made makeshift shelters and held a courtroom case against a logging corporation.…

Year Five had a great time designing a protective nest for an egg. We discussed the materials we could use to protect our egg from a fall, and discussed the properties of the materials. We then teamed up into 4 teams and designed a suitable cocoon to place our egg in. Some groups decided to use a…

Y5 have been learning about the Amazon rainforest, this week, by studying some of the physical geographical features which make the Amazon what it is - including grasslands, floodplains, the Andes and the Amazon River itself. #embrace #wemakethedifference

Year Five located the Amazon Rainforest within South America and used tracing paper to overlay the Amazon Basin, which we found sprawls across no fewer than 9 countries. We then named the countries and discussed 6 of the major cities to be found within the Amazon Basin. We talked about the…

Year Five had a brilliant time at the UCLAN Science Festival. We watched an aqmazing show by WUNDERSTRUCK with explosions galore, followed by a Comic-Con style festival with dosens of stalls to interact with - including building a DaVinci bridge. Finally, we took part in a lecture about the…

Year Five been enjoying their independent writing, based on Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. We've been writing about a youngster who fools people into thinking he's a real-life pilot! #enjoy #wemakethedifference

Year Five had a great time learning about the many inventions, from the Islamic Golden Age, which have since shaped the world. We studied Hasan Ibn al-Haytham, who studied optics and created the first concept for the camera obscurer. We then created our own working camera obscurers using boxes,…

Year Five have been investigating how air resistance can work as an opposing force to gravity. We also found that air resistance is influenced by the surface area of an object as it falls to Earth. To investigate this, we dropped parachutes of three differing sizes, with 3 specific surface areas.…

Year Five have made huge progress in maths, this week. We have been studying decimals and how to represent equivalent decimals and fractions using base 10, tenth and hundredth discs, and place value charts. Great work, Year Five.