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 [...]
Class 5 had a lot of fun creating their Christmas cards but they also put a LOT of care into making them! They really wanted to make something they, and [...]
I was delighted to see Class 5 took their design brief, to meticulously design a reinforced cuboid, very seriously. They want to achieve and they now realise that good planning and good [...]
Class 5 have had to get their design 'hat' on this term! Here, we started to look at how we can reinforce a structure. An additional skill was looking at 2D 'nets' of [...]
I have been delighted to discover Class 5 is full of scientists ! We have been conducting experiment after experiment this term, to determine the properties of different materials, and they have shown themselves to make excellent predictions and conclusions. [...]
