Y5 moon phases animations
In Year 5 we have been learning about the phases of the moon and created animations to show this. We used paper first and then created an animation using a […]
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Y5 pen and ink astronauts
Phenomenal artwork in Mrs Miller’s Year 5 bubble today! It took the children a lot of patience and resilience but the results are outstanding.
Year 5 solar system pastel artwork
Year 5 created some stunning pastel artwork based on the solar system.
Year 5 colour wheels
We learnt about primary, secondary and tertiary colours and practised our colour mixing skills
Y5 problem solving in maths
We converted 2 metres into centimetres and millimetres, and then investigate how many straws we would need. We then used that to work out how many we’d need for 4m, […]
Year 5 colour wheels
Class 7 and 8 produced some fantastic colour wheels at home to show their understanding of primary, secondary and tertiary colours
Y5/6 Space Buggies
Class 7 and 8 once again wowed their teachers with their effort and creativity, and created some space buggies! They had to research them, create a plan and then find […]
Year 5M Earth Collages
It was back to distance learning on Monday and WOW! Class 7 were certainly ready and raring to go. Look at these outstanding collages they produced at home – the […]
Dragon poems from Y5M
Just before Easter, Class 7 researched and wrote dragon and Viking poems in a variety of styles, such as haikus and cinquains. Have a look at their research, fabulous writing […]
Distance learning in class 7
Fabulous distance learning from class 7 this week. Here are some fantastic examples of creative, good quality learning, children working hard and even doing some extra bingo tasks!
Antonym practise
In Class 7, we have been learning about antonyms, which are opposites. We have been practising together and then today we have tried some on our own. We are learning […]
Vegetative propagation Part 1
Class 7 have been learning about sexual and asexual reproduction in plants, and about vegetative propagation – artificially regrowing plants. Today we set up our own investigation to regrow spring […]
Internet Safety in Year 5/6
A fantastic session with Ann Foxley-Johnson about staying safe on the apps we use. We have now created our own posters about using these apps.
Courage – Mental Health Week
In Y5, we looked at some statements and decided which ones were brave and which ones weren’t. We decided on different ways to categorise them; some of us ranked them […]
Dragon pencil artwork in Class 7
We have been learning how to use our pencils to create effective artwork, using shade and tone.
Terrific thaumatropes
As part of our learning about animation, we made our own examples of thaumatropes to understand how animation was created many years ago. Watch our videos at the end to […]
Creating a PowerPoint quiz in Y5
We have been researching Dreamworks Animation, linking to our class text of How to Train Your Dragon. We are now creating our own quizzes and learning how to add effects […]
Festive singing in Year 5/6
Class 7 and 8 learnt some festive songs (and an Imagine Dragons song!) complete with Makaton actions.
Improving Spelling in Class 7
We have been trying to learn our tricky year 5/6 words! We are collaborating and challenging each other to learn a few every week and have been doing different activities […]
Creating our Remembrance wreath in Class 7
We worked together to create our wreath, which is now proudly on display in our classroom.
Attendance Breakfast and Golden Table for Class 7
Class 7 were super lucky and won both the Attendance Breakfast AND the Golden Table this week! Superstars!
Negative numbers
In SUMMs, Class 7 have been counting through zero into negative numbers. We then practised by playing “tug of war”.
Dissolving experiment Y5M
We are learning about materials and their properties, and have recently focused on the difference between dissolving and melting – dissolving is when a solid mixes with a liquid to […]
P4C in Y5M
In class 7 we looked at “Words and our heart”. Our question was – “Should you think before you speak?” We thought of lots of other interesting questions we could […]
“I’m only one call away…”
Year 5/6 have been having sessions with Ms Roberts from Wingfield and have finished learning One Call Away.
Year 5/6 family learning session
Thank you to all families that attended the sessions with Rotherham CLC, who kindly came to do a “structures and materials” session with children and families from classes 7 and […]
Tudor pastel art
In Year 5 we have started our large pastel pictures, looking at Tudor patterns. We have only just started these but, as I’m sure you will agree, Class 7 have […]
Investigating materials and their properties
Year 5’s science topic this half term is materials and their properties. We have started the topic by looking at a variety of materials, thinking of ways we can describe […]
Place Value in Year 5
We have started the Autumn term by looking at place value. Today we have completed some practical collaborative activities to consolidate our learning this week.