This week we have been celebrating Black History Month. We learned about the incredible women of Gee’s Bend, who created quilts from old clothes to keep warm. These quilts are …
Year 5 – Volcano experiment
‘Can we make a volcano on the school playground? We used our research skills to find a recipe for volcanoes using baking soda and vinegar. We had a slightly smaller …
Year 5 Geography
Our new Geography topic is about our ‘Extreme Earth’. This time we are looking at volcanoes. We are exploring how they form, where in the world they can be found …
Year 5 – Geography Topic
We’ve been studying the works of Jave Yoshimoto, a Japanese-American artist who specialises in ultra-colourful paintings of natural disasters. This links to our new Geography topic, where we will be …
Year 5 – decorating our classrooms
As we have restarted the year so well, even in these unusual circumstances, we decided it was time to start decorating our classroom. Then, even better, we decided to use …
Year 5 – Electrical Circuits
Our first topic of the new term is DT: Electrical Circuits In DT, we are learning how to create working circuits, how to use electricity safely and design products for …
Year 5 – DT Topic Work
Our DT topic has been to design and make a wand which lights up so we can act out spells from the story. We looked at existing wands on sale …
Year 5 – Creating Circuits
As part of our DT topic Year Five have been creating circuits. We learnt how to safely use electricity; design devices that use power and fix issues when these circuits …
Year 5 Professor Brainwave
Year 5 were privileged to have a special visit from Professor Brainwave. He was an amazing maths specialist who got us to think about reasoning in a brand new way. …
Year 5 Geography – Pompeii
Year 5 Geography – Pompeii – How can a whole city just disappear? In our Extreme Earth Geography topic, we used Google Earth to find the ruins of Pompeii. We …