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Tug of War

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Today, we kick-started our forces topic by learning about balanced and unbalanced forces.

Did you know that all forces have an opposite force acting against them? When they are balanced, an object will either move at a consistent, steady speed or stay stationary. If the forces are unbalanced,…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 2 November 2021

Category: Class of 2016

Tags: Class 5 Science

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Space

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Today, we finished our space topic by plotting out the relative distance of the planets on our school field.

Did you know that to scale down our solar system to this size, the sun would have to be just 3cm in diameter? 

Did you know that the further away from the sun you get, the distance…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 22 October 2021

Category: Class of 2016

Tags: Class 5 Science

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Happy News

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Class 5 have had a wonderful start to the new academic year. They have impressed Miss Cammiss and Mrs Senior with their positive attitudes towards school and learning. We spent the first few days settling in to our new routine and starting Year 5 on a positive note: by looking at some Happy…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 12 September 2021

Category: Class of 2016

Tags: Class 5 English PSHE

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Proud Poets

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Year 5 have finished their poetry unit on a high!

They worked tirelessly to draft, edit, write and illustrate their poems before performing them to the whole class.

We are so proud of them their excellent use of poetic features and their application of their speaking skills when delivering…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 18 July 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 English S&L

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Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers

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What a fun afternoon!

Class 5 were set the STEM challenge of attempting to build the tallest spaghetti & marshmallow tower.

We discussed real life examples of tall buildings across the world and discussed the similarities between these to get some ideas for our own towers.

The children…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 12 July 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 Design Technology

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First Aid Training

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Today, Year 5 learnt some crucial skills: what to do in the event of choking or cardiac arrest.

We discussed the different steps you must take in these emergency situations, including checking the patients vitals, calling for help if there are others around you, and calling the emergency…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 5 July 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5

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Wetherby High School

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Class 5 loved our trip to Wetherby High School!

We were so welcomed by all the staff members we came across, which led to the children really working hard to impress!

We took part in a problem solving maths lesson, an experimental chemistry lesson, an enquiry focused history lesson and ended…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 2 July 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 Science Maths Art History

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Art Day 2021

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Class 5 had a wonderful day taking part in our whole school art day.

We learnt about the different colours that we can observe in the landscapes around us and then practised some watercolour skills to create backgrounds which blended between different colours.

After letting our skylines dry,…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 24 June 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 Art

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Bootroom Bulletin

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A huge thank you to Mr B for organising our Federation World Cup and for writing and publishing our weekly Bootroom Bulletin!

We love catching up each Monday on the highlights of the previous week and getting excited about the matches for the week ahead.

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 14 June 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 PE

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Art work inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe

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This half term, we have experimented with using oil pastels, including learning how to successfully blend using a range of colours from the same colour palette. 

Class 5 showed off their learning by creating art work inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. We studied her work, which is mainly focused…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 6 June 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 Art

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Debate

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This half term, Year 5 have worked tirelessly on their speaking and listening skills whilst also learning about a very important matter: deforestation.

Today, we debated the motion, "Deforestation should be banned," and we had such a great time! 

The children enjoyed the opportunity to share…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 28 May 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 S&L

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Outdoor Fun

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Today, we put our mapping skills to the test by going on a scavenger hunt around the school grounds. 

Once children had found each object, they had to then plot it on their map of the school as accurately as they could. Back in the classroom, we then wrote down the co-ordinates of each point we…

Posted by Miss Cammiss on 18 May 2021

Category: Class of 2015

Tags: Class 5 Geography

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