Author: Miss Alexandra
How can you use forces to help your egg survive a two-storey drop?
Year 5 used their knowledge on forces to create a parachute that would help their egg survive a drop from a two-storey building. They were fantastic! They considered surface area, weight and gravity, air resistance and protection for the egg; all while working efficiently and working out the costs…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 15 December 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Science
Merry Christmas!
Year 5 have been very creative decorating wooden Christmas trees, which were made using a laser cutter from Wetherby High School. Click read more for more photos...
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 15 December 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Art
Christmas Christingle
Year 5 have made their own Christingles - Year 5 can you remember what each part represents?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 4 December 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: RE
HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE MAYAN DAY!
The children have had LOADS of fun today learning about Mayan food. We tried a traditional chocolate recipe, including chilli and cinnamon - it was disgusting!! We then had the task to be innovative and create, brand and make our own (much tastier) recipes.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 December 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: History
Investigating upthrust
Year 5 have loved their first day back in school. We learnt about upthrust in SITE: the difference surface area can have, and if weight changes in water. Year 5, what was the result of our experiment, and why?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 30 November 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Remembrance Artwork
Year 5 were asked to create remembrance artwork by Bramham Church and they are fantastic! They worked incredibly hard and wanted to create an eerie look in order to make their audience feel sorrow, sympathy and gratitude. Click read more to see them all...
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 3 November 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Forces Launch
Today we launched our new SITE focus on FORCES! The children had loads of fun learning about how all forces are either push or pull and are balanced or unbalanced. This included seeing who had the greater force in tug of war and if they can make their forces balanced!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 November 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Buggies and Rovers in Space!
Class 5 have LOVED their SITE day today. After a half term of exciting learning about our solar system, they put their learning into action by designing a buggy or rover suitable for their chosen planet. Their ideas were fantastic!
Some of their ideas were to include protective shields as…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 22 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Science
Moon Cycle Learning Logs
Well done Class 5 - I am incredibly proud of your learning logs! You have found very interesting facts and presented them in innovative ways.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 21 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
The Vastness Of Our Solar System
We used the field today to plot out the distance between our solar system's planets. Each step we took was approximately 27 million km! We noticed that the first four planets were closer together compared to the others - in fact we ran out of field for Neptune!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 8 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Orbiting and rotating in Space!
Year 5 have learnt about how the Earth orbits our Sun and how our moon orbits the Earth! We made models to show our learning. Year 5, how long does it take for the Earth to rotate, and how long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 29 September 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Science
Creating Our Solar System!
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We had lots of fun in Class 5 creating the planets of our solar system! The children's imaginations were superb! We began by discussing the features of each planet and then the children discussed how we could create each planet. For example for Mars, they used clay, red sand and a textured paper…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 14 September 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Art Science