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We have been learning about the amazing artist, Barbara Hepworth, who was a sculptor inspired by natural landscapes and materials. We looked at her art work and designed our own sculptures based on her famous work, The Family of Man. We worked really well in groups to shape and attach our boxes.…

Today in Year 5 we have been training to be Scientists. Dr Rigby came from Lancaster University to teach us about bacteria in the digestive system. We used microscopes to look at the intestine of a mouse and found out about good and bad bacteria and why we need both of these in our gut. 
Luke and…

This afternoon, we have been inspired by Pablo Picasso to show feeling in our portraits. We have used warm and cool colours to show happiness or sadness.

In science this term we are looking at classification of living things. To help us think about the questions needed in a classification key we played ‘Who am I?’ with living things we may find on a woodland walk. We were allowed to ask yes or no questions and once we found out who we were we had…

Today year 6 re-enacted a Seder meal to help us remember the significance of this important festival to Jews today. We tried the symbolic food and drink and found some were far more appetising than others! We also set a place for Elijah and opened the door to welcome him in. We enjoyed looking for…

Each week we are going to put on our wellies and go for a walk under the trees. This week we have been exploring. Some children weren’t very keen to walk in the mud. We will be helping each other to make a den next week using our teamwork and super kind hands to share resources.

This year we sprinkled some cake crumbs to attract the birds. We saw two gulls, two crows and one child saw an owl!

We had a lovely visit from a nurse. She told us what nurses do and she even showed us how to put bandages, slings and plasters on. We are now all ready to be nurses in our hospital role play. 

Today, we were set the challenge of creating different rectilinear shapes using 12 matchsticks. We had to make different shapes and then work out the perimeter of each shape.

In Science, we have been learning about electrical conductors and insulators. We carried out an experiment to work out which materials let the electricity flow through them so that the bulb lights up. By the end of the afternoon, we had worked out that metals are good electrical conductors and…

We had a lovely visit from a police lady. She told us about her roll and she let us have a look at some of the equipment the police use. We then got to dress up and try it all out. She also read us a story about all the different types of police and what they do to help us. 

Thank you to Skyler’s Mum who came into our classroom to talk to us about her job. She spoke about how she helped people every day. She is a real life superhero !