Physical Computing with Crumbles - final design. Our final lesson in Physical Computing with Crumbles was to use all of the skills we have learned to create a moving Carousel. We connected our crumble and created an algorithm, which allowed the motor to spin the...
Year 5 have been working hard on their balanced arguments in English. We are currently reading 'Holes' and have debated whether or not children and adult criminals should receive the same punishment. Here is a sample of our writing...
Over the past weeks, we have been looking at the first Easter and how Jesus took the bread and wine from the Seder meal he was celebrating, and reinterpretated the meaning of these items for his followers. He told his followers to remember him when they take the...
In Year 5 History we have been learning about the Ancient Greeks. One of our lessons was to look at ‘What were the ancient Greek philosophers famous for?’ We made sure we understood the vocabulary of philosopher, philosophy and debate before we had our own class...
Last week, our girls football team took part in their first ever tournament. Some of the girls have experience playing football outside of school but the majority of the team have started from scratch! They have all worked super hard throughout the year and were so...
Year 5 had lots of fun taking part in the fitness festival at Thorp Academy. They took part in a variety of activities which included different components of fitness such as: running, jumping, leaping, throwing and catching. It was brilliantly ran by Thorps' year 8...
Book Fair - Monday 13th to Thursday 16th March This year we will be holding our Book Fair in the Main Entrance from 8.30am - 9.00am and 3.15pm - 3.45pm. You will be able to browse the books and arrange to buy or order at the fair. You will also be able to make use of...
We have had a fantastic WBD in year 5! We have taken part in a range of activities such as drama, art and design, poetry and writing all linked to 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell. We also got pretty competitive in our 100 word challenge. Isla even managed the full...
This year the children in Year 5 have been learning to play the steel pans with help from a great teacher, Lizzie. It has been a fabulous opportunity to look at a different musical instrument and play some great tunes. The steel pan originated in Tobago and...
Year 5 and 6 have been enjoying their tennis unit in PE, learning and practising lots of ball and racket skills. Over the past couple of weeks children have developed their ability to hit the ball with increasing accuracy and change of direction and speed, as well as...
