by Mrs Gaukrodger | Nov 29, 2023 | DT, Year 5
In DT we have been learning all about bridges. We learned the names of the different parts of a bridge and ways to make them more stable. We went on to design and make bridges to meet given design criteria. When finished, we were able to test our bridges to see how...
by Mrs Gaukrodger | Nov 29, 2023 | News, Science, Year 3
In year 3 we have been learning how branching keys help to classify objects. To begin with, we learned that branching keys ask questions that can be answered either yes or no. We looked at the contents of a bag of Liquorice Allsorts and thought of questions we could...
by Mrs Gaukrodger | Nov 13, 2023 | Events and Visits, PSHE, Year 5
In year 5, we kicked off anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks to school on Monday. We joined in with the BBC Teach Live Lesson for anti-bullying week called Make a Noise. This started off by identifying bullying behaviour and spotting the signs of bullying...
by Mrs Gaukrodger | Nov 5, 2023 | Music, Year 5
Year 5 have really enjoyed our music lessons with Miss Christie this half term. We have carried out a range of exciting activities including creating our own, improvised pieces of music and notating them using hieroglyphs, learning songs about the Egyptians and...
by Mrs Gaukrodger | Nov 5, 2023 | PSHE, Year 5
In PSHE, we have been talking about the importance of self-respect. To help us recognise our positive attributes, we asked our friends to write good things about us on a piece of paper we’d taped to our backs. It was wonderful to learn the positive things our...