1 Nov

Bible Explorers Y5

Today we started our Bible Explorer sessions with Sutty and Ruth from ‘Sports Reach’ and ‘Walk Through the Bible’. As part of our Bible topic in RE, they are teaching us some of the key stories from the Old Testament. Today we learnt about the story of creation, Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden,…

18 Oct

Jonny from NISCU visits us (and not a onesie in sight!)

Today Jonny (having lead a great lunchtime club for Year 5 and 6!) joined us so we could ask him some questions about the Bible. We asked lots of interesting questions such as “How often do you read the Bible?”, “How long has it been so important to you?”, “Are there any bits you don’t like?”, “Do…

12 Oct

Investigating ordnance survey maps (and towels!) in Y4

Today we looked at Ordnance Survey maps.  Mrs Redmayne showed us her towel which had a picture of part of a Lake District Ordnance Survey map. We found Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England, on it. We also used it to find grid references for different places. We then found symbols of…

6 Sep

Rock Kidz on Tour

Today we were visited by the brilliant Rock Kidz in tour.

We had a fantastic time and all enjoyed shouting,  “YASBA” - You’re awesome so BE awesome! It was a great start to term - reminding us how wonderfully different and special each one of us is.

14 Jun

Storytelling in Year 5

In literacy we have been reading traditional stories from around the world, mainly about how different animals got their distinguishing features. We have all planned and written our own versions of these.  We have also been looking at effective story telling techniques such as using gestures,…

8 Jun

Trip to Castle and Maritime Museum

Today we had a jampacked, exciting and busy day of learning at Lancaster Castle and the Maritime Museum.  We  listened to stories about the castle's history (some of them a bit gory!), visited the Roman remains, became archaeological detectives, enjoyed Viking legends, dressed up as Norse…

17 May

Wheelchair Basketball in Y5

We had a very competitive (and noisy!) time playing wheelchair basketball with John from Lancaster Bulldogs today. I think you can see how much we all (including Mrs Redmayne) enjoyed it.

16 May

Goodbye to our butterflies!

The big day had finally arrived! After weeks of watching our caterpillars grow larger, build their cocoons and finally metamorphose into beautiful and amazing butterflies, it was time to set them free. To be honest, they weren’t in a great hurry to leave but by the end of the day all had flown…

10 May

Enjoying Sequences in Gym

Today we were joined by Mrs Muckalt to learn more about using effective sequences in gym. We used counter balances and counter tension balances as well as including jumps and different ways of travelling. We had great fun!

 

19 Apr

Decimal Jewellery Making in Year 5!

Today we started our new maths topic (Decimals, Fractions and Percentages) by making jewellery. We each cut up a whole straw (worth one) into ten equal pieces (worth a tenth) and made this into a tenths necklace. Then we took a tenth piece of straw and cut this up into ten equal pieces (worth a…

19 Apr

Ordering the Easter Story

Today we came back after our Easter holidays and looked again at the events of the first Easter. We had to order images from the story. It was quite tricky and we had to look carefully at clues (such as a cockerel, dice and a kiss) to work out what was happening in each story. We then read the…

30 Mar

Year 5 Viking Dance

This term our dance has been linked to our history topic of the Vikings.  We have practised and performed a battle dance.  Here are some short video clips of our rehearsals.