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Following the fascinating find of a sheep's skull during the Easter holidays, some children from Year 5 shared this amazing example with Year 3 to support their learning on teeth The Year 5 Learning Leaders asked questions to their younger school friends who were able to inspect (first hand) a real example of molars that belonged to this plant eating herbivore. Great job! Mrs Blomeley
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A mysterious parcel arrived containing, amongst other things, a faded football, a variety of shells and pebbles, a cryptic message in a bottle and a letter from “Michael” asking for advice. Year 5 have already discovered that the story is none other than Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom and they are waiting for the story to unfold to identify the contents of the box ..... Mrs Blomeley
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What a fantastic time everybody had at our family activity this week! Staff and children are still talking about the fun they had in their attempts to make the most creative marble run. Quotes fom the childen included "It was a lot of trial and error but worth it in the end!" "My favourite part was building the different components!" "I thought today was awesome because everyone worked as a team with a smile." Mrs Anson, our expert scientist, reported "My group showed great determination and ingenuity.
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We had a fantastic time reading yesterday to celebrate World Book Day! As always, a great effort was made by the children to dress up as their favourite book characters. These included Where's Wally?, The Demon Dentist, Gangsta Granny and Horrid Henry together with Alex Rider, Mr Stink and The Astounding Broccoli Boy! Year 5 loved the opportunity of reading in our transformed, cosy hall with the parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles and lunchtime supervisors who volunteered their time to join us. The Readathon was a great success! Thank you everyone! Mrs Blomeley
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Year 5 have excelled themselves with their latest homework project - to build a model Anglo-Saxon house. Using the knowledge they have learnt so far about this period in history, every child has recreated a typical dwelling for an ordinary Anglo-Saxon using natural materials. The results are fantastic; the children (with a little help from their parents!) have clearly enjoyed this task. Their next step is to create Anglo-Saxon settlements where the houses will be displayed. Mrs Blomeley.
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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
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Using resources loaned from the NHS Foundation Trust (Be Well Tameside), Mrs Anson delivered an important lesson to Year 5 on nutrition and how to look after your teeth. Following the lesson the class visited Year 3 to share their knowledge. Both classes enjoyed the activity and some fantastic learning took place. It sees we have some budding health advisors and dentists in our school! Well done everyone! Mrs Blomeley
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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.
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Year 5's new Science Topic is Earth and the Solar System and they are learning ways to remember all of the planets. Their task today was to create chalk pictures of the planets on the playground, making sure they were drawn to scale and placed in their position in relation to the Sun. Most children helped to create the Sun and each group put a great deal of effort into making the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Well done Year 5! Mrs Blomeley
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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
