Netball skills
A big thank you to Mrs Hatfield, an experienced England coach, for offering her time to coach Years 5 and 6 in Netball every Friday. Glorious weather graced our first session last Friday and the Class excelled! [...]
A big thank you to Mrs Hatfield, an experienced England coach, for offering her time to coach Years 5 and 6 in Netball every Friday. Glorious weather graced our first session last Friday and the Class excelled! [...]
Year 5 are already in the 'zone' this half term! We have immersed ourselves in all things Royal. The class have shown incredible focus and determination with their observational drawings of the Crown Jewels - what's not to love about the Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign Orb or the Sovereign Scepter set with a [...]
Class 5 have attacked algorithms with vigor this term. They have thoroughly enjoyed making their own maze and collecting games on Scratch, coding and debugging where needed. It has been brilliant to see both their ideas and their teamworking skills. They have really excelled themselves. I am proud of them and they should be [...]
This term we have embraced all things STEM and we were lucky enough to have Mr Hands to help Class 5 build some robots. There were 3 different robots with plenty of bits and detailed instructions. Some [...]
The past few weeks Class 5 has been getting in the Christmas mood. We have been busy making decorations and practising our carol singing. In their Christmas jumpers, the class looked so fabulous altogether and the money raised is going to such a good cause too. We have finished The Lion, the Witch and [...]
As part of Anti-Bullying Week 2021, we spent some time this week in Class 5 talking about kindness. I have heard some lovely, mature ideas and seen a very thoughtful side to the class. It was really heart warming to hear and see ways children are kind to each other (and sometimes even to [...]
Class 5 had a long-awaited trip to visit and learn about the stunning Lincoln Cathedral. Mrs Ballard was also keen to take advantage of this opportunity to steep ourselves in British history. We went to see one of the first sites William the Conqueror deemed important to build a Norman Cathedral. Our guide for [...]
Another installment of Design and Technology in Class 5 and this time we were getting serious and technical with their prototypes. [...]
What does a boiled egg, some ice water, a candle and some chocolate all have in common? They are all part of Year 5's Science lesson on irreversible and reversible changes! Sounds like a good excuse to make some chocolate dipped biscuits to me! [...]
A class of super scientists continued their investigation into the properties of materials. The groups were tasked with separating different mixtures of materials. We had already successfully [...]