Oracy in Year 5
Year 5 Blog: Growing Confident Orators!
Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been developing their oracy skills—and what a difference…
Who stole the porridge?
The children in Reception Class arrived in school early on Monday morning to a crime scene... Who had stolen all of the porridge? Firstly we practised using a magnifying glass, before investigating the crime. The class created wanted posters, which we shared around school.
On Wednesday a letter…
Storm Chandra
Storm Chandra tried to ruin our plans but we didn't let it. The winds were to strong to go out on Tuesday so we brought the fun inside. The children made amazing binoculars. The children did fantastic fact files, stories and beautiful drawings. The children are excited for next week, although it…
Our shape poetry
On our blog this week we are celebrating the amazing writing the children have done. They have learnt about similes, alliteration and how to use them in a shape poem. Here is a small sample of their work.
Year 5 Gymnastics – Building Balance, Strength and Teamwork!
Over the last couple of weeks, our Year 5 children have been getting stuck into their gymnastics unit, and we’ve been so impressed with the…
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Where have you read a book today?
We have heard lots of stories this week about different places as part of the school activity for the Year of Reading where everyone was asked to take a photo of themselves reading somewhere exciting. We have loved seeing the photos you have sent in and can't wait for you to be able to see all our…
Bird feeders
This week all the children had fun making a bird feeder to take home. If you can keep an eye on your child's feeder and if you could catch a picture of a bird eating it then send it to the office that would be great. We also had fun on a winter hunt seeing what we could find in the forest and some…
Alston Observatory
What an excellent morning we have had at Alston Observatory.
When we arrived, we got the chance to look at the planetarium. We learned all about solar eclipses, planets, stars and galaxies. We were amazed at how huge our Universe is.
It was interesting to see the difference in sizes between…
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Pine Class have been amazing mathematicians this week. We have been learning about multiplication with focus in our 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 times tables. We have used repeated addition, arrays and the grid method to solve multiplication problems. It has been a busy, but great, week and I am very…
Visiting cold places
We have been learning all about the animals in the polar regions. We have had some very cold days where we have been able to think about what it would be like somewhere even colder than England. When looking at signs of winter here in Preston we wondered if it was the same in Antarctica. We…
We Will Rock You!
This week in Music we listened to rock. We discussed that rock music is usually ‘forte’ and can often make us feel strong and powerful.
We loved listening to ‘We Will Rock You’ by Queen. We clapped the rhythm and discussed how the song only had one instrument.
In computing, we are learning…
Year 6 - A week of fantastic learning!
Year 6 Weekly Blog – A Fantastic Week of Learning!
What a busy and exciting week it has been in Year 6! The children have thrown themselves into every lesson and activity with enthusiasm, creativity, and real focus. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to:
Maths – Mastering Fractions
This…
