Blog by Tag: Class of 2024

Year 5 have been working hard on their karate skills and knowledge today. They used their own warm up techniques to get ready for their grading in 3 weeks time. Natalie was working with group to understand the rules and expectations needed to complete their grading and they did a great job with…

We have been learning to do head stands today. 

Today we have been digital mapping to trace the source of a river and where it meets the sea.

We have been using meditation techniques and creating our own stilling exercises in year 5. 
We wrote step by step instructions for our peers to follow and enjoy a range of unique exercises. 

Today we have been learning all about Druids and decided to turn 4 of the class into Druids and pose Iron Age questions to them. 

We have been investigating thermal conductors and insulators. 

Today we have had a really interesting discussion about the Windrush generation and how people were treated when they arrived in this country. We will be writing a diary tomorrow. 

A thoroughly exciting afternoon of investigating irreversible changes. We made a type of plastic and mixed vinegar and bicarbonate of soda to produce carbon dioxide and blow up balloons. 

We have been studying The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. Today we interviewed the three main characters. 

Today we have been investigating the Neolithic village of Skara Brae and built our own versions. We are all wondering what house 7 was used for and why it only locked from the outside ……

Today we took part in an online lesson with the Nekton project where we connected with a team in the Indian Ocean to find out how submarines work. 

Today year 5 decided that life as a Hunter gatherer in the Mesolithic would have been much harder than as a farmer in the Neolithic…..I put that theory to the test and challenged them to make flour from oats using stone age tools.