News from Class 5
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10, 2021
Design and Technology – Getting busy with their prototypes!
Another installment of Design and Technology in Class 5 and this time we were getting serious and technical with their prototypes. [...]
14
10, 2021
Making Christmas cards… in October!
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 [...]
12
10, 2021
Looking at the science of melting chocolate!
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! [...]
11
10, 2021
A Bench of Glory Book Fest!
This morning's Bench of Glory celebrated reading! We congratulated 7 young people who have talent, enthusiasm, knowledge and positivity when it comes to books! They were very proud to show their reading record books, all of which shouted their love of words and stories. It is no secret that when there is a great [...]
8
10, 2021
Hands on Science in Year 5
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 [...]
8
10, 2021
A Bumper Harvest!
In this morning's assembly we celebrated harvest. Traditionally the day in the calendar when 'all was safely gathered in' and people gave thanks that there was enough food to feed us all. The day started with Jack arriving on his tractor, bringing with him a whole trailer full of fresh fruit and vegetables. Even [...]
5
10, 2021
Mixed by Arree Chung
This week, Willow Brook is hard at work thinking about Black History Month. In our assembly this morning we read a great little book called Mixed by Arree Chung. It opened up all sorts of thinking and conversations... from Freya in Year 6 who saw that the message echoed the book - 'Return to [...]
5
10, 2021
Two very special books
In the expert hands of Mrs Hallsworth, our lead teacher for R.E., Year 6 have spent the half term learning about sacred texts from different religions. Alongside the modern day bibles that are always included in the study, they had a look at a church bible from 1867 that made its way into school [...]
5
10, 2021
An independent Bench of Glory!
This week's Bench of Glory assembly was all about independence. Packed into this one word (as we discovered as the teachers spoke) are the many qualities you need to do well at school! We knew by the end of assembly that every child who had won an award was a listener... we recognised that [...]
4
10, 2021
Design and Technology – getting serious with our designs.
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 [...]