Years 5 and 6

Yesterday, Year 5 had a fantastic afternoon at our Winter Olympics. They had a go at curling, and the paired ski. We then braved the wind to run the obstacle race. They worked incredibly hard in their houses and cheered each other on every single race. Well done Year 5. You were brilliant!

Today year 6 had a fantastic afternoon during Winter Olympics! They all worked really hard! We had a great competition this year! Well done everyone!

As part of our science topic, we have been learning about the classification system, first devised by the scientist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. We have learnt that living things are sorted into categories according to their similarities and differences.

Using what they had learnt and what…

Last week, Year 5 had a gymnastics lesson with Miss Green looking at rolls, jumps and bridges. They had a fantastic time setting up their own circuits and then racing against the other teams using the gymnastics skills they had been taught at the beginning of the lesson. 

In Year 5, we have been looking at balanced arguments. To start this unit off, the children were given a point of view on a piece of paper and had to find their matching group. This lead to them deciding if they were for or against fireworks, the royal family or homework. Once they had sorted…

At the start of our Science topic on classification, the children were given a selection of Liquorice Allsorts and asked to sort them into groups. They then had to think about what questions they could ask to distinguish them from each other. Once they had done this, they were asked to present…

During our coding lesson this week, 6EN deconstructed code on the Kodu coding studio. They continued with their understanding of the when do loop and they even debugged written code and the code they then created for themselves. Well done everyone, you will be building a game in no…

This week Year 5 had a Gymnastics session with Miss Green. They worked on different types of rolls and jumps in pairs. They then had to create a circuit as teams and only travel using the different jumps, rolls, steps and balances. 

This week in English, Year 5 have started looking at Balanced Arguments. The children were given a point of view on a slip of paper from 1 of 3 debates. They then had to find their group, decide if they were for or against the debate and add suitable sentence openers. They then presented their…

In Year 5 we have been looking at Classification in Science. The children were given a selection of Liquorice Allsorts and had to work in groups to create a classification key to identify them. They then presented their key using the sweets they were given.

This week the year 6 children have worked super hard to improve their passing, catching and teamwork skills for their handball session. You all worked super hard and you made great teams!

Yesterday, year 5 and 6 visited Cloverfields to experience the freezing polar region in the Immersive Space. The children enjoyed seeing the animals close up and personal, as well as experiencing the freezing temperatures.