Year 5 Blog

To complete their science topic on the Earth and the Solar System,  Year 5 were treated to an informative and exciting presentation from a visitor to the school last week.  Mr Graham Schofield, who is an astronomy expert and enthusiast,  brought along his telescopes for the class to look at.  He also hosted a question and answer session about the mysteries of our Solar System and beyond!  Mr Schofield was extremely impressed by Year 5's knowledge and their sensible enquiries.  They discussed whether there is life on other planets and, if so, what these aliens might look like!  As you will s

Miss Laitl from Key Stage 1 gave a presentation to Year 5 this week about her homeland, Poland.  We found out about the population, the different districts within the country and that the diverse landscapes in Poland include mountains, beaches and even a desert!  We discovered that Polish buildings are colourful and there are lots of beautiful churches there.

Year 5 have enjoyed a variety of activites during RE Week.  They were introduced to a new way of telling the Nativity story from our Holy Trinity Church visitors, as well as watching a traditional Nativity play in school, performed by our very talented Nursery and Reception children.  In class,  Year 5 learnt about various religious symbols and looked at examples of stained glass windows.  They went on to design some of their own and had the opportunity to see some beautiful real stained glass windows when they visited The Old Chapel in Dukinfield.  Our visitor Imran taught us the Muslim ri

Year 5 travelled back in time to the Victorian age when they visited Quarry Bank Mill in Styal on 20th October.  Dressed in clothes of the Victorian period, the children arrived at Apprentice House and stepped right into a school lesson!   Handwriting on chalkboards, calling the very strict Mistress "Maam" and learning about some scary medical procedures of the time (such as bloodsucking leeches!) made Year 5 realise just how lucky they are to live in 2017!