Blog Author: Mr Buckton

We explored when friction is useful. The children investigated which surface is best to place on the floor to prevent people from slipping.

Year 5 had a brilliant time celebrating Halloween Crazy Hair.

Have a look at some of the incredible and creative ways the children showed off their hair. 

This term, we have been focusing on, ‘Creation and Covenant.’

On Monday, we gathered together with Year 6 for our End of Branch celebration.

The children read beautifully and it was lovely to share what we have been learning about.

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Today we listened to the story, Rose Blanche, and examined the actions of the main character.

We imagined what Rose may have wrote to a friend upon her discovery and how she would justify her actions.

The children were engaged with the story and moved by the events.

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As part of World Space Week, we explored the race to land on the Moon. 

We then discussed what items we would take to space and why. 

Finally, we created artwork imagining what we would see if we looked out of a rocket window.

Today, Year 5 were visited by Sophie from, ‘Send my friend to school.’ We discussed the sustainable development goals, focusing on goal 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.’ 

The children discussed a range of questions as well as justify their choices.

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Today in class we discussed whether Annie should or shouldn’t go over the falls in a barrel.

The children had to justify why they made their choice.

Today the children have been using viewfinders to recreate parts of Hundertwasser’s artwork.

They looked at a range of his paintings and selected parts of each to copy into their sketchbooks.

Today the children built on their skills using Scratch. We started by discussing different genres and the type of music associated with them. We then created our own soundtracks, adjusting the tempo and the notes used.

This afternoon, the children continued their music topic on composition inspired by nature. Today we created our own melodies inspired by Dark and stormy clouds. 

 

Today we have been exploring subtractive drawing. A technique where something is taken away from the surface of a painting to reveal marks.

We have used Scratch to explore the capabilities of different musical elements.

The children tinkered with different sprites to create different sounds.