Year 5 was visited by Iain, a photographer of nature, who came to show us his photos and share some of his knowledge of nature and capturing it on film. Iain explained that to catch the right picture, you have to be very patient. He also explained some of the features of cameras which we read more »
As part of our topic on Egyptology, we are learning about Emily Sands. She was an amateur Egyptologist who, in 1926 (four years after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb), led a group of Egyptologists across Egypt searching for the tomb of Osiris. After several progress reports from their expedition, Emily and her companions disappeared in read more »
5T start work on calendars for 2019 to take home – perhaps as a creative Christmas gift! Mixing paint colours, children worked well to produce an interesting background. Once the paint has been given a chance to dry, the children will cut silhouette images out of black card to stick onto their colourful backgrounds and read more »
As part of our Victorian topic, we visited Scaplen’s Court in Poole. Year 5 dressed as Victorians and we took the coach to Poole. We experienced life as Victorians – it was scary, especially Mrs Jelly (who showed us around) when she was playing the role of a Victorian! We played Victorian games such as read more »
We had a visit from Lucy who works for 2Simple. 2Simple create software for schools called ‘Purple Mash’, which we use in our school. This software includes lots of educational games. Firstly Lucy talked to us about the 3D printer which she had brought in to show us. She said that 3D printers are used read more »
Art We have been learning how to use different mediums in art. Mediums are different styles of artwork, using various utensils, for example watercolour paint, felt tip pens, coloured pencils, pastels, coloured chalk and wax crayons. We experimented with each medium, rotating to a different table in our classroom and worked on a booklet to read more »
A national scheme called The Daily Mile promotes the benefits of exercise at school. Miss Heightley has encouraged our class to participate in The Daily Mile. At the start of the school day, around 9am, our class goes onto the bottom field for approximately fifteen minutes. We can walk, jog or sprint 8 laps of the field, read more »
Our topic this term is Ancient Egypt. We have been learning about Pharaoh Tutankhamun who was a famous Egyptian King. Miss Heightley gave each of us a small piece of paper on which was printed a section of Tutankhamun’s death mask. We sketched the design onto a plain piece of paper and then coloured it read more »
All Saints visit A group of 20 Year 5 children visited All Saints School for a variety of activities; PE, Food Tech and Media Studies. In PE we learnt to play basketball. We were split into teams of 4 and played a small play-off match. In Food Tech we made calzone, which is a folded read more »
Our topic this term is the Victorians. We have been learning about workhouses. We have researched online and from books the conditions of Victorian workhouses. Poor people who were living on the streets often ended up in workhouses. The conditions were very bad; baths were taken with freezing cold water, the food was bread and read more »
