On World Book Day we all looked fantastic dressed as adjectives. The children impressed with their creativity and in particular Amelia's 'rich' and Yousaf's 'injured' won the prizes for Year 5. We all made a new bookmark for use in class highlighting our adjective and...

Key Stage 1 and 2 met in the hall this morning to parade in our costumes. We all came dressed as adjectives. There were some fantastic costumes and some brilliant vocabulary shared. Thank you everyone for all your effort.

As part of our work on the life cycles of plants and animals, we had a look at the male and female parts of a flower. To help us understand and learn our new vocabulary, we dissected daffodils and lilies to identify the different parts within them.

As part of our Earth and Space topic we have been learning about shadows. Unfortunately the poor weather in January and February meant that we had to wait to complete our investigation to make a shadow clock. When we finally got a sunny day we investigated how the...

Our science topic this term is Earth and Space. We used the interactive room to take a journey into space to investigate the planets. We also did an investigation into the moon phases by sitting in a circle around the model of a moon to see what it looked like at...

On the last day of term we held our annual Christingle service. Thank you for the beautiful Christingles that were made at home and brought in.

We used the triple printing technique to make our Christmas cards. We made our designs on a polystyrene tile. We first did a print in green and cut out the tree. Then we did a print in red and cut out the pot. Finally we did a print on white.

As part of our DT work in Here's One I Made Earlier we made cross stitch gift cards. We chose which design to do either a santa hat, Christmas tree or holly and berries. Once we got the hang of it, we produced some lovely pieces. However, some of us did pull the...

As part of our DT work in Here's One I Made Earlier, we made a pop-up toy using a cam mechanism. Firstly we investigated different toys and their mechanisms and identified the differences between a cam and a wheel. Then we needed to use the drills and the saws to make...

Year 5 invited our family members to come in for a come and learn session linked to our work on maths. We looked at some of the models and images that we use in our work. Then we completed some challenges around multiples and factors. Thanks to all that attended.

We used clay to make a Greek lekanis pot. We started by making a pinch pot, then we made a lip and attached a base and handles by using a scoring technique. After they were dry we painted a Greek design on the lip.