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Year 5 Learning Blog – This Week’s Adventures in Space!

We’ve had an exciting few weeks in Year 5 as we’ve continued our journey…

This week in Beech has been very busy indeed!

We have been trying out different axles for when we come to design and make our own Moon buggies.  It was lovely to see the children decide on the axle they thought would be the best.

Well done to the children that represented us in the multi…

We have learnt all about bears this half term. We went on a Bear Hunt this afternoon. The children orally retold the story as they followed the map to the cave. What was hiding there?

Have a wonderful half term.

We have had a lovely half term learning all about the animals of the world, different climates and about where some countries are. This week we have been bird watching this week, we didn’t see any flamingos, eagles or parrots but did see lots of other birds. 
We have shared our learning about…

This week in DT, Willow Class have been busy making their own scones as part of our 'Cooking across the UK' topic.

Before baking, we chose which fruit to add to our scones, selecting either sultanas, cherries, or just leaving it plain. We talked about the taste, texture, and look of our designs…

Our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge!

We are inviting YOU to take part in our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge.

You can get active, be creative and show off your learning all from home.

Ask an adult to take a photo of you taking part and email it to school so we can celebrate your…

On this week’s blog we are celebrating the amazing stalls from our ‘Raise it to Read it’ event in school. It was the first time that these children had to design, create and run their own stalls. They worked as a team to run the stalls and calculate change. It was a very busy but fun afternoon. 
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This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day.  This year’s theme was ‘Smart tech, safe choices- Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.’

We took part in an assembly all about AI and how to use it safely and responsibly but also how to have fun with it.

In class, we completed different…

Year 5 Science Blog: Making Our Own Earth & Sun Models! 

In Year 5, we got hands‑on with our Space topic and recreated models of the…

This week we have continued with our animal studies learning about how we care for our pets and other people who care for animals. We heard from the safari ranger about how he looks after the animals and created different animal prints from animals he saw through his binoculars. The vet told us…

FIRE WEEK. The children were so excited. Safety first though so we all learned the rules about coming into the fire pit to toast our marshmallows. Whilst the children took turns toasting their marshmallows the rest of the group made a bird hide to look for birds in. Some children made some bird…