Blog by Mr Griffiths

This afternoon, Year 5 explored the world of coding where they had to program a car to move at different speeds after pressing go.

We did come across bugs which meant we had to debug it.

Well done Year 5!

In art today, Year 5 turned everyday classroom objects into pieces of installation art. 

Well done Year 5!

This afternoon, Year 5 explored the monarchs of the Tudor period in greater depth. We organised the monarchs in the order of their reigns and then researched their birth and death dates, as well as the years they held the throne as King or Queen.

This morning, Year 5 had Sarah from URENCO visit us. Sarah gave the class a separating materials workshop.

Pupils took part in various activities. Pupils were comparing different substances and seeing how they themselves could separate materials using centrifugal force.

The class thoroughly…

Today, Year 5 had an exciting Art Day that was both educational and fun! The day began with a focus on observational drawing, where students were tasked with drawing a house. Using their keen eyes and attention to detail, they captured the essence of the structures in front of them, honing their…

In Year 5, students learned about the importance of recognizing and avoiding online spam. They discovered that spam often includes unsolicited emails with too-good-to-be-true offers, which can be scams designed to steal personal information. To stay safe, students were taught to never click on…

In French today, Year 5 were learning more about the days of the week. Tres Bien Year 5!

Today Year 5's maths lesson was something a bit different. We all had fun writing, on the tables, factors of numbers.

Well done Year 5!

Building on yesterday's knowledge of electrical circuits, Year 5 created their own doodlers. 

The creating of the doodlers created several issues where the class had to use their problem solving skills to make sure the doodler moved across the paper.

Fantastic team work Year…

In Design and Technology today, Year 5 explored the world of electrical circuits. We built our own circuits with a motor. We will use our knowledge from today for our next D&T session where we will create our own doodlers.

This morning, Year 5's literacy lesson involved looking at a diary entry from the fearless Annie Edson Taylor.

The class had to assess the work, looking for any mistakes and then correcting them.

Well done Year 5!

Year 5 had an exciting science lesson today! They created model alloys using Play-Doh as the base material. By adding different additives like sand and salt, they explored how these changes affected the properties of their “alloys.” It was a hands-on experiment that helped them understand the…