Blog Author: C Dickinson

As part of this term's science learning, Year 5 have been researching and exploring the life cycles of some rainforest animals. They worked in pairs to show what they have learnt as life cycles diagrams. Well done, Year 5!

Year 5 have done a wonderful job with this term's design technology project. They have designed and made a toy with a moving part which uses a cam mechanism. Look at their end-products below:

What an interesting class of scientists and inventors we had for our dress-up day today. We had Albert Einstein, Archimedes, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and many more. It was wonderful that the children could tell everyone a little bit about the inventor or scientist they had dressed up as. Well…

What a fantastic week Year 5 had at Borwick Hall from 11th - 15th March. We were so proud of how they approached a wide range of activities including climbing, canoeing, caving, walking, archery. The talent show on the Tuesday night confirmed what we already knew - this class have some amazing…

All the children in Year 5 have been given a ukulele on loan until February 2025. We are very lucky to have weekly lessons with Mr Lupton from Lancashire Music Services. Well done to all those children who have already been practising at home - I can see we are going to have some super ukulele…

Year 5 had a lovely walk up to Williamson Park this morning in the Spring sunshine. This was part of our Lent fundraising for CAFOD. Thank you to all parents and carers who sponsored their child £1 or more to complete this walk.

In Year 5, we have linked our learning about Space to our study of Andy Warhol's pop art to create paintings of planets in the style of Andy Warhol. The children explored the qualities of watercolour and poster paints and used a combination of these in their paintings. They created a series of…

Today, some children from Year 5 led a lunchtime Stations of the Cross prayer group for children in Key Stage 2. It was lovely to see so many children give up five minutes of their lunch break for this special time of prayer during Lent.

For Safer Internet Day, Year 5 began by listing all the amazing things the internet can be used for – we all agreed it is a fantastic tool. We then listed the things that make it unsafe and were surprised by the size of the list. The children considered different scenarios and what to do when…

Year 5 enjoyed learning and rehearsing 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes for our school poetry performance. It was wonderful to have a good audience of parents and carers to perform to. There are many budding actors and actresses in Year 5 - I look forward to seeing this grow. Well done, Year…

This afternoon, Year 5 led our whole school Celebration of the Word. They shared with us some of their reflections on 'Mission', including how we can share in the mission of Jesus, by bringing God's love to others through kind words, a smile, a helping hand. They read this extract from a prayer by…

Gosh - what a lot of 'Wealth and Work Week' learning we have done in Year 5 this week! We had wonderful question and answer sessions with parents who do a wide range of jobs. We have learnt about how to spend money carefully and the impact that borrowing money can have. Children now know what tax…