Image of Year Five Protect the Egg
20 June 2023

Year Five Protect the Egg

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…

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Image of Year Five discover physical features of the Amazon
14 June 2023

Year Five discover physical features of the Amazon

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

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Image of Year Five find the Amazon Rainforest
7 June 2023

Year Five find the Amazon Rainforest

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…

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Image of Year Five enjoying the Science Festival
21 May 2023

Year Five enjoying the Science Festival

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…

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Image of Year 5 - Art - Cogs and Gears
19 May 2023

Year 5 - Art - Cogs and Gears

Loving the colours that Year 5 have chosen for their final pieces this half term! Yesterday, we #enjoyed working on our composition and layering skills! ⚙️

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4 May 2023

Year Five independent writing

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

 

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Image of Year Five create camera obscurers
2 May 2023

Year Five create camera obscurers

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,…

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2 May 2023

Year Five investigate air resistance

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.…

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28 April 2023

Year Five smash decimals in Maths

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.

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Image of Year 5 - Art - Using Stencils
27 April 2023

Year 5 - Art - Using Stencils

Year 5 #enjoyed exploring stencils today, looking at cogs, gears and chains. Today we explored tone by layering outlines creating an explorative page in our sketchbooks. 
 

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25 April 2023

Year 5 - DT - Stuffed Toys

Year 5's Aliens and Monsters are now on display in The Studio! Year 5 #enjoyed working on their textiles project to create stuffed toys for children!

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