Blog Author: Mr Griffiths

This afternoon, Years 5 and 6 were treated from a visit by some members of the Cheshire Phoenix basketball team.
Children had the chance to try some dribbling and passing with Cameron Christon, looked at the importance of eating healthy with Aaryn Rai and finally looked at why we shouldn't…

Year 5 students had an exciting and educational day as the local fire service paid a visit to emphasise the importance of fire safety. The firefighters engaged the students with a presentation on fire prevention, discussing common causes of fires and the need for a proactive approach to…

In literacy this week, Year 5 has been working hard to expand our vocabulary with words that are linked to our story this term. 

We sorted the words into,

- words we knew and could explain,
- words we could somewhat explain
- words that we did not know the meaning

To help us find the…

This first week back in school, Year 5 has been exploring the deserts that are located around the world. We've learned that every continent has a desert and how their biomes differ.

Currently, we are studying the Mojave Desert which is located across 4 states (California, Nevada, Utah, and…

Year 5 students embarked on a captivating journey through time last term, uncovering the changing lives of children from the Tudor period to the modern day.

The exploration began with the Tudor era, delving into the stark differences in education and daily life. Transitioning to the Victorian…

Year 5 students recently explored the classic reaction between baking soda and vinegar, aiming for the anticipated fizzy eruption. However, a small hole in the bag used to contain the reaction led to an unexpected twist. The carbon dioxide gas escaped, preventing the bag from expanding and…

Year 5 completed their Reindeer Run this afternoon. Sporting their fabulous handmade reindeer face paints and hats, they all looked fabulous as they were dashing around the playground!  Thanks for raising money for school funds!

Well done Year 5!

This morning, Year 5 spent their literacy lesson creating a timeline of key events from the book we've been reading this term, The Lost Happy Endings. 

The Lost Happy Endings is a fantastic and magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime…

In our computing session this afternoon, Year 5 delved into the world of coding.

We reacquainted ourselves with coding simple commands to our sprites. We also looked ar debugging our work to fix any errors in the code.

Well done year 5!

In Year 5 this afternoon, we looked at how we should cite websites in our work.

We learned about plagiarism, sources, and bibliographies.  We learned why it's important to cite where we have got our information from and when.

Well done Year 5!

This morning, Year 5 had Martin from URENCO visit us. Martin gave the class a separating materials workshop.

Pupils took part in various activities. Pupils were comparing different substances and seeing how they themselves could separate materials using centrifugal force.

The class…

In art today, Year 5 explored everyday objects to create an installation. They considered how ordinary spaces can be transformed and tried alternative solutions as they constructed their artwork.

Fantastic Year 5!