YEAR 5/6 (ORANGE)
Mrs J ReadshawWelcome to our Year 5/6 class blog.
Our class teacher is Mrs. Readshaw.
On this page, you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 5/6 over the course of the year.
Check in regularly for photographs of our fantastic learning and achievements.
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Our Class Blog
Science in 5B! Testing air resistance!
Check out our action photos from our recent investigations into understanding air resistance! We tried running with a large sheet of card when it was vertical and wide, when it was horizontal and flat, and also when it was curled into a cone - we made predictions and...
Christmas Fun Day!
Deadline to apply for a place in Reception class – Sept 2022
Apply now! If your child, or you have friends who's children, were born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 they need to apply now for their place in Reception class at school. The deadline for applications is Saturday,15th January 2022. Please contact us if...
Dancing
This half term Year 1 have been learning how to perform dances using simple movement patterns. The class were able to follow instructions and listen to music and found lots of different ways to move to music, as a class and as individuals or in pairs. Year 1 were able...
Working with remainders
Fractions Pizza Party
We have been learning about fractions in our Maths lessons, and what better way to do it than with pizza! In our pizza party lesson, we identified how shapes could be halved into 2 equal parts. We found that the square shaped pizza could be halved in more than one...
Weaving with paper
We have had fun turning a sheet of construction paper into a place mat by weaving. We marked lines, folded and cut slits for weaving. We used a contrast of different coloured paper.
Disgusting science
Animals with different diets delivered some parcels to our classroom. We used our knowledge of carnivores, omnivores and herbivores to identify who the poo belonged to.
Year 5 Proportional Portraits!
In Art, we have been learning about proportion and have learned how to change the size of what we are drawing to make it appear closer or further away!
Nursery go to Forest School
We had a brilliant time at forest school, building a fire and toasting marshmallows over the fire. We also learnt about fire safety to help us stay safe. We played some different games on the field and could choose from lots of activities such as; digging, den...
Do bigger ears affect the volume of the sound?
How can we compare a variety of common animals?
We have been exploring the different animals groups in 1R and finding out why different animals belong in certain groups. Year 1 were able to talk about the specific features certain animals have from different groups using the venn diagram.
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