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.
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Dream, Believe, Achieve!

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Comparing Mass (Using Balance Scales)
Computing- Programming the Beebots
Shaping Clay
Measuring in Science
Working Scientifically Before half term, the children planted seeds. We have been able to observe the changes over time to those seeds/ now plants. We were able to measure the height of the plants and record their changes through close observations. We have also been...
The rhythm of life in 1.2M
The children have been enjoying music lessons and today they were using the musical instruments to keep the rhythm and the pulse of the music as a group.
Keep calm and move a quarter turn to the right
In Computing today, the children have been learning about instructions and sequencing those instructions. They enjoyed giving their robot partners instructions to get to the X on the ground. Then they attempted to make the Beebots move around to make a square. By the...
Robots Have Landed!
We were very excited to begin our Robot Programming unit in computing. We practiced giving instructions to our robot partners to see if they could move around the glue stick without knocking it over. Then, we had a look at the real robots we will be using this half...
What is it like in Cloudland?
Our new text in english is Cloudland, so we went outside to imagine what it might be like there. We spotted Albert's cloud bed and a super cloud to play cloud ball on. We also spotted jagged clouds, which would be great to climb up!
Peas in Year 4!
We've been studying plants in Year 4 and learning all about how they grow and reproduce. As part of our work we have planted peas and are seeing who gets to eat some peas first! Here is a selection of the plants so far!
How have we made our roses blue?!
In Year 4 we have been investigating how water is transported in plants. We used dye to show how the water is transported and it made these beautiful coloured tulips and roses! We also set up fair tests to see if the amount of light or the length of a plant's stem...
Mission Accomplished
This week was the final week of training and the children were taught how to cross the road safely between parked cars. In our busy world it is often difficult to find a space without parked cars so the children were taught what to look for to cross safely between...
Newsletter 27.05.21
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