STEM Challenge in Y5!
Today we had a special assembly where Mr Lindley set us the challenge of building a boat that could carry a 250g weight. Sounds easy right? Wrong! We could only […]
Tag Archives: Y5/6AM
Martin Luther King Jr portraits
As part of our learning about Martin Luther King Jr for Black History Month, Y5/6AM used ICT to create a portrait using words that represented Martin Luther King Jr as […]
Y5 Poetry
This week, Y5AM explored the features of poetry as part of their work in literacy. Together, we unpicked the language features used, finding examples of figurative language including personification, similes […]
Y5 Water Resistance
This week in science, Year 5 used their knowledge of forces to investigate the effects of water resistance, a slowing-down force. The children took part in a range of experiments, […]
Y6 Away from the desk maths
In our maths sessions this week, Y6 have been learning about equivalent fractions. Today, we built.on this learning by comparing and ordering fractions with the same/related denominators. Miss Alexander’s group […]
Celebrating Diwali!
In Y5 this morning we have been celebrating Diwali. We learned all about the Hindu festival of light and compared it with Christianity. Both religions believe that if you open […]
Place value practise
Y5/6AM have started the year with practising and furthering their place value knowledge. We have been using resources to read, write, partition and represent numbers all the way up to […]
Making improvements in Y5/6AM
Today, the children worked together in pairs to read through their Norse Myths they had written this week and help each other edit and improve their writing. They read each […]
Perimeter treasure hunt
In Y56AM, we worked in teams to answer the orienteering questions about perimeter. We had to show how we worked out the perimeter, and find the answer to the joke.
Using fronted adverbials in instructions
In Y56AM we practised giving and following instructions in pairs. One person drew a picture, then had to instruct the other person on how to draw this picture. We used […]
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