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
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,…
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.…
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.
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.
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!
Year 5 Forest School!
Year 5 #enjoyed their first Forest School session. We created ‘nature bunting’ to brighten up our Forest School area and make it more welcoming.
Year Five head to the runway!
Year Five had an amazing time at Manchester Airport, as we continued our learning of forces. We've studied gravity and air resistance in Science, and saw aircraft overcoming gravity and air resistance as they took off into the sky.
#enjoy #wemakethedifference
Year Five Smash their morning learning!
Year Five have absolutely CRACKED ON with their morning work - spelling, handwriting, arithmetic, maths, then reading!
Very proud of the effort, this week! :)
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Year Five dissect flowers
Year Five have enjoyed dissecting flowers to understand its parts and how flowers reproduce.
Year Five Online Safety
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