17 May

Lune Aqueduct Trip

This week, Year 5 went to Lune aqueduct. We learnt more about its history and also went pond dipping. We finished the trip with a McFlurry (a highlight for some of us!).

 

 

7 May

Lancaster Canal history

This morning, Katie, from Canal and River Trust, came into Year 5 to teach us about how and why Lancaster Canal was built. We helped to make a model version of Lancaster Canal. Jessica was the engineer who designed the canal. Bobby, Daniel P and Sophie were the navvies that dug out the canal. Meme…

5 Feb

Online Safety Day

Today was National Internet Safety Day and Year 5 worked on a special project this year. We split into groups to plan and deliver a lesson to other classes in school about different aspects of Online Safety that were appropriate for the year group. The children took it very seriously and worked…

18 Jan

Dance Dance Dance

This week, Coach Louise came into school to teach us a hip hop dance. Watch how good we were below.

 

19 Oct

Year 5 and 6 Book Cafe

On Friday 18th October Year 5 and 6 held a Book Cafe.  Over a cup of hot chocolate and a croissant, we shared books that we had enjoyed over this half-term and read book reviews that we had written.  Some of us even read aloud passages to give a sense of what the books were like.  We gave…

17 Oct

Year 4 and 5 Music Workshops

On Wednesday 17th October we were visited by three musicians from the Lancashire Music Service. They played some fantastic music on the clarinet, trumpet and violin. They then lead workshops giving us the opportunity to try out the three instruments. Have a look at how we got on! We had a great…

6 Oct

Great Scotforth Bake Off Year 5

On Friday 5th October, Scotforth held its very own Bake Off!  We had loads of entries and the standards were AMAZING!  In Year 5 , we had a great time tasting and judging the different entries.  Have a look at some of our creations.  Thanks so much to FOSSY for arranging the…

29 Sep

Science Hunters and Minecraft Year 5

On Friday 28th September, Jackie, Tom and Sophie from Science Hunters at Lancaster University came to lead science workshops with Years 5 and 6 about pollination.  We were all very excited as we were learning through "playing" Minecraft! First of all we learnt about the life-cycle of  plants and…

28 Jun

Parachute fun

We have been having fun with the parachute today, playing lots of fun games. It has been so hot! 

28 Jun

Leighton Moss Y4 Trip

We had a super day at Leighton Moss Nature Reserve. We completed an orienteering course around the reserve to find out about the wildlife that live there. We made our own food chains and also searched for mini beasts. 

17 May

Year 3 and 4 Netball Tournament

On Tuesday 15th May, we entered three teams of Year 3 and 4 children in the inter-schools netball tournament at Moorside School. We played really enthusiastically and with a great sporting attitude. In the girls' competition we played really well and came a creditable 4th. In the boys' competition…

9 May

Cats Performance Poetry

Year 4 dressed up as cats ready to perform to songs from the musical Cats.