In year 5 we have been learning how to use different types of equipment to help with our maths skills. We found out that Base 10 and Cuisenaire rods are excellent resources when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.
In Science Year 5 are looking at materials and their properties. The children had to work in groups to independently investigate which material would be best for mopping up spills. All materials, equipment and recording methods were chosen by the children and they had to ensure that they carried out fair testing – not an easy thing to do!
We were lucky enough to have Bjarni the Viking come to Year 5 to introduce us to our topic of The Vikings. He was able to tell us about Viking warriors and Scandinavian farming, trade and life. When he demonstrated how the weapons were used and why they were designed in the way they were, we were all on the edge of our seats; Mrs Rennie nearly had several heart attacks.
This got us all really enthused about the Vikings and we were excited to find out more in our KSUW lessons.
We wore red to school to ‘Show Racism the Red Card’! We also paid £1 for this worthy cause!
In DT we made these Viking boats to link with our KSUW topic. We worked in small groups to research, design, plan make the structure. To challenge us, we had specific design criteria: to make a sail that moves up and down and for the dragon head to be detachable. We are so proud of our end products and the 4 hours hard work was worth it!
During Multicultural week Year 3 have studied the country India. They spent a wonderful afternoon learning a Bollywood dance.
Year 3 had a great time re-enacting the story of Rama and Sita to help us to understand why the festival of Diwali is so important to the Hindu faith.
As part of our Stone Age topic Year 3 enjoyed a half day session with a visitor. We painted cave paintings, played a game to understand the food eaten during the period and studied artefacts from a typical Stone Age house.
After a successful celebration of Harvest at All Saints Church, some children from year 6 took the food which had been donated to local bungalows. All of the people we spoke to were delighted with their gift!
In our English lessons, we have been writing and performing poetry. We had great fun performing some raps which we had written about ourselves, thinking about rhythm and rhyme.
