28 Sep

Year 5 - Fact or Opinion

In today's engaging classroom adventure, Year 5 students delved into the fascinating world of facts and opinions, learning how to distinguish between the two. This crucial skill is not only a fundamental aspect of literacy but also an essential life skill that helps children navigate the vast sea…

27 Sep

Year 5 - Save the egg!

The experiment began with a simple question: How can we protect an egg from cracking when dropped from a considerable height?

We learned that air resistance is the force that opposes an object's motion through the air. The larger the surface area of an object, the greater the air resistance it…

26 Sep

Science

Year 3 have been exploring the human skeleton. We have been observing over the past week the effects of water, milk and vinegar on bones. As you can see in the picture calcium is very good for bones, but vinegar (an acid) has made our hard bone go very bendy indeed. 

25 Sep

Year 5's Journey into the Realm of Search Engines

Year 5 students recently dived into the world of search engines, comparing Google, Yahoo, and Bing to find the best results.

Comparing the Titans:
They tested Google, the most popular search engine, Yahoo, and Bing. Each had its strengths, with some overlapping and unique…

25 Sep

Walk Like an Egyptian

In a classroom not so far away, Year 5 students recently embarked on an exciting and educational musical journey through time. As part of their history and creative arts curriculum, they had the unique opportunity to explore the ancient world of Egypt by not only listening to the iconic song "Walk…

22 Sep

Cyber bullying

Year 3 have been learning about cyber bullying . We have learned that like bullying it is not simply being mean, it is the repetitive nature of the action that causes distress that is cyber bullying.. we also learned what we can do about it such as simply leave a site, block someone or tell…

21 Sep

Y6 Church Visit

Y6 spent a lovely afternoon with the Reverend Dutton in St John's Church.

His question and answer session was so very informative. The Y6 children behaved respectfully and asked some really thoughtful questions. Very enlightening! 

 

18 Sep

Online Safety Year 5 - Stay Safe from Spam

Friday afternoon saw Year 5 children look at how we can stay safe online.

We learnt that we can look at the sender and subject to spot a spam email.

We also looked at how we can identify the potential dangers of spam email, know what to do with spam email and how we can take steps to avoid…

18 Sep

Here come the Egyptians!

On Friday afternoon Year 5 started their musical journey by to learning sing with accuracy, fluency, control, and expression. 


As we delve deeper into our music we will look to explore and use different forms of notation and to use hieroglyphs and stave notation to write a piece of…

18 Sep

Year 5 - Friction!

Year 5 had a fantastic scientific afternoon where we looked at friction.

To illustrate the concept of friction, the students observed Mr Griffiths conduct a fun and eye-catching experiment involving a cloth and a mug. He placed a mug on a table, with a cloth partially tucked underneath it.…

15 Sep

Year 1 PE