The Phases of the Moon!

The Phases of the Moon!

Year 5 have been investigating the phases of the Moon.  One of the things we did was a little activity which helped us to see the different phases – we had to do it while standing in a cupboard, because the classroom was so bright!  Check it out below…...
Happiness week

Happiness week

We have been thinking and talking about what makes us happy this week as well as undertaking activities that make us happy. We have enjoyed activities like den building, working as a team, making music as part of a band singing a happiness song, mindfulness colouring,...
If…Then…Else… in Scratch

If…Then…Else… in Scratch

In our programming work, we have been using Scratch to think about selection in quizzes.  It’s been quite tough but we’ve dome a great job of thinking about ‘conditions’ and ‘outcomes’.  This week we’ve been using the...
What is an orbit?

What is an orbit?

We’ve been studying and researching the planets and also the Moon, and one of the ideas we talked about was how planets and the Moon orbit.  To get an idea of how a planet (or the Moon) can’t escape it’s orbit and just fly off, we did a very simple...
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