Blog Author: Mr Buckton

To celebrate the final men’s game at Goodison Park, the children created fact files about the stadiums of Liverpool.

They completed their own research as well as describe some of their own personal experiences of going to each ground.

To consolidate our learning of properties of different shapes, the pupils played in small groups a game of ‘What shape?’

By asking yes or no questions, the children had to solve which shape the other person had selected.

After playing the game, we discussed which were the best kind of…

This week in Mathematics, Year 5 have been learning about coordinates.

To show our understanding, the children played a game of Battleships against one another.

Grace 5B ‘Battleships was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed playing against my friend Erin.’

Today we looked at First Aid knowledge such as the recovery position and DR ABC.

The children role played to practise DR ABC. 

D anger

R esponse

A irway

B reathing

C irculation 

Year 5 has been investigating 3-D shapes.

We were tasked with finding out how many faces, edges and vertices each 3-D shape had.

The children enjoyed working in pairs and handling the different shapes.

Today we explored how night and day happens.

We explained how the Earth’s rotation results in night and day.

We also investigated shadow lengths and how they are impacted by the height of the sun.

Finally, we hypothesised what would happen if the Earth started spinning faster, slower or…

Today we have been investigating the effects that can be achieved by adding salt to a surface painted with watercolour.

Today we explored the movement of the Moon.

We looked at the terms waxing and waning to explain how our view of the Moon changes.

Then we used the Lunar Calendar to predict the dates of the next full moon. 

In P.E this week, we continued to work on our vault techniques.

The children practiced using a range of different apparatus. 

As part of our gymnastics lesson, the children developed their vaulting and rolling techniques.

They focused on the position of their hands and feet and finishes when landing.

We have been discussing the use of plastic.

In pairs, we ordered using a diamond 9 the most important and least important uses of plastic. 

We then justified our choices.

Today we explored burning reactions and discussed whether the changes are reversible or irreversible. We looked at the impact of placing a glass over a candle and what happens. We discussed the fire triangle and what is required for a fire to take place. We then created presentations explaining…