Author: year5

The children received a postcard from an author today. Mel Taylor-Bessent sent the children a lovely message and now they are really excited to read the book!

One of our lovely year 5 pupils has made loom band bracelets to sell in order to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity. This is an incredibly kind and thoughtful thing to do and we are incredibly proud of her.

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Maple class enjoyed learning some basic phrases in Italian.  This including various greetings and the numbers up to 10.  We played games and created posters to show off our new language skills.

The children have been experimenting with different painting techniques.  They explored dabbing, stippling, washes of colour, pointillism and many more.  We discussed each technique and why it might be used.

The children used drama to explore the moment that Percy was discovered by Shackleton in our book ‘Ice Trap’.  The children then used their ideas to write a diary entry.

A fireman came to talk to the children about fire safety.  This included preventing fires and what to do in an emergency.

The children had a great time taking part in Captain Wonderweb’s Mental Health awareness pantomime!

They learned how to keep themselves mentally healthy by:

– Being active
– Using less tech
– Getting a healthy amount of sleep
– Eating a well-balanced diet
– Talking to people when we’re worried

We enjoyed our first Tag Rugby session with Kav.  We played lots of team games involving passing the ball correctly.

Maple class have been exploring different types of scientific enquiry.

We had to work out what a survey is, how we classify, carry out fair tests, investigate over time, look for patterns and use secondary sources.

In Science, Willow class investigated friction by measuring how far a car travels on different surfaces! They concluded that a rougher surface means that there will be more friction.