Science and Spanish in Year 6
Year 6 have had a great first full week back! They have been creating classification trees in Science and getting really stuck in with Spanish! #enjoy #embrace
First Day of Year 6!
Year 6 have had a great first day back! They’re all set for what’s going to be a cracking final year at Delph Side! #enjoy
Year Five's Aspirations Adventure!
What a day Year Five have had! We've met so many excellent people who have shared their stories and given us insights into their careers. We've met an engineer, an IT consultant and former Delphsider, a barrister, paramedics and fire fighters - all with links to our local community.
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Year Five visit Edge Hill University
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.
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Year Five Fieldwork Walk
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 Amazon Simulation
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 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…
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
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…
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…
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! ⚙️