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This week the children have continued learning about bears across the curriculum. Did you know a Polar Bear is the largest species of bear!

We have learnt the story, We are Going on a Bear Hunt and performed it during assembly as part of national storytelling week. Have a look at the amazing…

This week in Beech we celebrated National Story Telling Week.

Using the text ‘I am Nefertiti,’ by Annemarie Anyang, we wrote our own poems, a diary entry and non-fiction fact sheet. 

We performed some of our work in assembly. 
Well done Beech Class! 
 

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…

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.

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…

What a wonderful week we have had exploring the warmer climates of Africa and Australia and the animals they have. We learnt what it is like to be a safari ranger and what the job entails. We heard about endangered animals and thought how maybe we could help them. We loved hearing about the cheeky…

Year 5 Blog: Growing Confident Orators!

Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been developing their oracy skills—and what a difference…

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…

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. 

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…

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…

What a busy week we have had in Beech Class!  On Monday our PCSOs came to talk to us all about road safety.  We discussed crossing over safely wearing seat belts and making sure our grown ups are also driving vehicles safely.

In music, we looked at the minim.  We heard the crotchet and…