Blog by Tag: Year 5

This morning, the children headed into the woods to practice their den building skills. They worked in teams to ensure that all of their group would be able to fit in.

After, we watched how to build a fire and then used it to create some delicious s’mores.

Following a trip to the gift shop,…

After our busy morning, the children took part in abseiling and archery.

After that, we came back together to complete some pieces of pottery inspired by CHET.

Following dinner, the children enjoyed a bench ball tournament.

It has been an incredibly busy day in which the children have had…

It was a morning full of smiles and enjoyment for 5A.

The children enjoyed taking on the low ropes course testing their balance and footwork.

Also, they enjoyed the night line which involved making their way through a range of obstacles all whilst blindfolded.

They also tackled the…

It has been a busy first day for 5A.

Arriving just after lunchtime, the children went straight into their first activity taking on the different obstacles in the woods including the zip line.

After that, we went inside to have a go at curling. It was great to see how quickly the children…

Today we analysed different characters in traditional tales and looked at the themes involved.

We then predicted which characters might appear in our new class story, ‘The Lost Happy Endings.’

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network has released their Autumn 2 programme, offering support to parents on a wide variety of subjects eg. Organisational skills, Masking, Theory of Mind, Preparing for Christmas and more.  The courses are held in a variety of locations, at different times of the…

Today, we were lucky enough to have visitors from Liverpool Hope University.

They worked alongside the children in small groups exploring a range of questions surrounding Earth and space.

In DT, the children enjoyed making flatbreads.

They worked in small groups to mix their ingredients together and used rolling pins to shape their flatbreads.

The children have been learning about how search engines work.

In groups, they explored the playground in order to gather information about a range of books and work in a similar way to a search engine. 

Nikita Prothero, who plays for Sale Sharks Rugby, visited the school to work with Y3-Y6 girls and promote rugby in schools.

The girls had an excellent time being introduced to rugby through a range of different games and it was amazing how quickly they picked it up.

The children created their own graphic novels. They decided their characters and where it would take place. The children enjoyed being creative and having the opportunity to create their own original story.