Author: Miss Alexandra
The distance between planets
To show a more realistic distance between planets, we took:
2 steps from the sun for Mercury
4 steps from the sun for Venus
5 steps from the sun for Earth
8 steps from the sun for Mars
26 steps from the sun for Jupiter
48 steps from the sun for Saturn
98 steps from the sun for…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 1 October 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Place Value Poker Faces
Today we played with packs of number cards. The children created the largest number they could from their cards and whoever had the largest number won a point.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 30 September 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Rainforest Art
Class 5 have practised their art techniques by creating a rainforest scene. We looked at artist Henri Rousseau and his focus on drawing plants larger than they are.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 26 September 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Silly Expanded Noun Phrases
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 16 September 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Welcome to Year 5!
Year 5 have had a great start to the year! They are a lovely set of children, who are all very kind and helpful to others. We have launched our topic on our world: learning about Pangaea, continental drift and tectonic plates. The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about and creating…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 6 September 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Herd Farm Residential!
Herd Farm Residential was an amazing two days, where everyone pushed themselves to their limits and managed to overcome their fears - our favourite thing to say since getting back has been, "I didn't want to do it because I was scared, but then I did and I loved it!"
We all had such an…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 July 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Coding in computing
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Posted by Miss Alexandra on 7 May 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Amazing angles work
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Year 5 have made huge progress with their skills in investigating different angles.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 May 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Marvellous Maps
Class 5's launch on map work began with matching all the unusual OS symbols to their meanings.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 22 April 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Life cycles of plants launch
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Year 5 have loved their launch of life cycles. We are beginning our topic with a focus on plants. Today we dissected lillies to learn about their different parts. Can you remember all the parts Year 5?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 15 April 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Greek Sandals in SITE
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Year 5 finished their SITE focus on properties and materials by creating Greek sandals. They created sandals, with consideration of materials, to ensure the sandals had 'properties' of comfort, durability, flexibility and cool - for the heat of Greece.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 15 April 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Angles
Today we had a taster of our maths topic for after half term: angles.
We recapped everything we had learnt in year four about the different names for different types of angles and after half term we will start using protractors to continue our learning.
Using a protractor is vital to…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 28 March 2019
Category: Class of 2014