Blog Author: Ian Morris

Year Five have enjoyed dissecting flowers to understand its parts and how flowers reproduce.

Year Five have been learning about outlets we can use if we feel upset about things that happen online. We discussed the Diana Award and Childline as ways of accessing support, and discussed how we would help others in a range of scenarios online. #embrace #wemakethedifference

Look at Year Five go! We've come so far with our ukulele learning, and have now learnt the first 8 notes of the Harry Potter theme tune! Next week, we learn the first full bar. Year Five are trying incredibly hard, even when those pesky strings poke our fingers - keep it up dudes! #evolve #…

Year Five discussed the top 10 aspects of internet usage that frustrates them, worries them and excites them - as well as issues needing the most attention. We then took a quiz and discussed our responses. Would you give a stranger your phone number online?  Would you share your location…

In Geography, Year Five have been using maps to investigate the importance and rise of the silk road across Asia, Persia and into Europe.

Year Five have been smashing the C chord in music - playing along to A Sailor Went to Sea.

Year Five have been learning about mammals, and how mammals, even though they belong to the same class, may have differing lifecycles and differing stages within them.

Year Five worked super hard today - planning their independent writing on The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Year Five have made huge progress in multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 this week! We really enjoyed our group work and working collaboratively! #enjoy #wemakethedifference

Year Five smashed their first Maths lessons of spring term - focusing on Square and Cube numbers. We got our hands on some multi-link cubes and investigated how cube numbers are formed. Great times tables knowledge came in handy, too! Good work, Year Five.

Despite the winter conditions, Year Five enjoyed their latest workout with Edge Hill University, working on the Move Well Feel Good project. Balancing, aiming, throwing, catching and sprinting skills all on display.

Year Five have enjoyed learning about the Anglo-Saxon and Viking struggle for the Kingdom of Britain, and have learned about The Danelaw Agreement between King Guthrum and King Alfred the Great. Super-interesting history work about our country!