Year 5 - Making an Alloy
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…
KS2 Disco
Yesterday after school, KS2 held their Autumn disco. There were lots of fantastic dance moves on show!
We hope you all had fun!
Year 5 - Mapping Annie Edson Taylor's journey down river
Today in literacy, Year 5 plotted the journey of Ms Taylor as she travelled down stream in her balls towards the raging falls of Niagara.
Children showcased their use of fronted adverbials and also wrote down what emotions Annie would have been feeling.
Well done Year 5!
Wax Resist Art
After creating their own wax resist boards, children created abstract art. The children used a range a scratched marks to add contrast and patterns.
Digestion
Children in Year 4 have been using everyday items to explore the human digestive system.
Y5 - Literacy - What kind of person was Annie Edson-Taylor?
This morning in literacy, we were looking at various words that could describe Annie Edson-Taylor the main character, from our class book this half term, Queen of the Falls.
If we were unsure on a word, we used a dictionary to find its definition.
Great work Year 5!
Animation
Children in Year 4 have been using the technique of 'onion' skinning to create their own mini animations.
Y5 - Using Boolean Operators
Today in Year 5's computing session, we explored the use of Boolean Operators when using search engines, such as Google, Yahoo and Bing.
We also looked at how search results differ from Google,Yahoo and Bing.
Y5 - Exploding Bag
Today in science Year 5 explored what would happen when white vinegar and baking soda react to each other.
We noticed that when there was a chemical reaction between the two a gas, carbon dioxide, was created which filled the bag. We hoped for the bags to explode, but as the bags were too…
Year 5 - The Blues
In this afternoon's music lesson, Year 5 delved into the Blues genre of music. We learnt where it originated from and talked about the genre's themes.
We then listened to Moanin' Lisa Blues - YouTube and discussed what was being sang by Lisa Simpson.
Well done Year…
Flexible Partitioning
Children in Year 4 have been using place value counters to explore flexible partitioning of numbers to 10,000.
Y5 - Where are the Alps?
This afternoon, Year 5 used atlases to locate the 8 countries, the mountain range, the Alps are spread across. Great work Year 5!