
Cheerleading in Year 5
Mrs Winder our resident Cheerleader talked to us today about the history of Cheerleading. She showed us some of the medals her and her team had won and we watched some experts show us how it was done. Mrs Winder then took us outside and taught us some of the basic moves.

African Wildlife
Today Peter Nutsford came to talk to us about Endangered Animals of East Africa. He is a wildlife photographer and shared his photos, videos and experiences of mountain gorillas, rhinos and warthogs. Peter was amazing and the children enjoyed the presentation. At the end of the session Peter…

Cricket Tournament 2025
A mixture of Y4s, 5s and 6s had a great day out today at the Lancaster cricket tournament at Westgate and Torrisholme Cricket Club. Although we didn’t win the tournament, we learnt a lot and had a fantastic team spirit. And the sun shone all day long!

Cricket taster session
Today we were lucky enough to have a taster cricket session. We practiced our batting skills as well as our fielding skills.

Viking Day 2025!
Today we held Year 5’s Viking Day.
We started off by learning about how the Vikings travelled and what was so special about their Longboats. We then had a go at creating our own, decorating them with sails and shields.
We then found out about the Nordic Paganism. We learnt about the…

The Great Scotforth Bread Bake Off 2025
Today we used the plans we had created to make our final bread pieces in DT.
Once the pieces were kneaded, shaped and baked we decorated them.
Mrs Walsh was the judge. She chose 3 winners.
Bread that was the most creative - Teddy D
Bread that was most like the plan - Amy L
Bread that…

Being Scientists
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…

Conscience Alley in Year 5
We have been working on giving advice to help someone make a decision. We used the conscience alley technique.
We took turns to be Alex (the main character from our new novel). Listening to the whispered advice from our friends, we had to decide whether to be a spy or not.
In the book, Alex is…

Decorating biscuits with our buddies
We visited our buddies and had lots of fun decorating biscuits together.

Year 5 Flower Dissection
In Science we have been learning about pollination and fertilisation in a flowering plant. We carefully dissected 2 different flowers to see if we could identify all the main parts of the flower.

Girls Football tournament
Some girls from Year 6 and Year 5 enjoyed an afternoon of sunshine at Lancaster and Morecambe College, taking part in the Girls Football tournament. Our team did really well, winning their pool then progressing to the semi-finals. We ended up in 4th place overall, out of 15 teams. An amazing…

Fire Making
We visited the woods and Greg showed up how to build a fire. We collected twigs and sticks and then used cotton wool covered in Vaseline as our fuel. We used a fire starter tool to create a spark. Once the spark had ignited the fuel it was our job to keep the fire burning in a controlled and safe…