Blog Author: Mrs Dowson

Mrs Winder our resident Cheerleader talked to us today about the history of Cheerleading. She showed us some of the medals her and her team had won and we watched some experts show us how it was done. Mrs Winder then took us outside and taught us some of the basic moves.

Today Peter Nutsford came to talk to us about Endangered Animals of East Africa. He is a wildlife photographer and shared his photos, videos and experiences of mountain gorillas, rhinos and warthogs. Peter was amazing and the children enjoyed the presentation. At the end of the session Peter…

Today we used the plans we had created to make our final bread pieces in DT. 
Once the pieces were kneaded, shaped and baked we decorated them. 
Mrs Walsh was the judge. She chose 3 winners. 

Bread that was the most creative - Teddy D

Bread that was most like the plan - Amy L

Bread that…

Today in Year 5 we have been training to be Scientists. Dr Rigby came from Lancaster University to teach us about bacteria in the digestive system. We used microscopes to look at the intestine of a mouse and found out about good and bad bacteria and why we need both of these in our gut. 
Luke and…

We have been working on giving advice to help someone make a decision. We used the conscience alley technique. 
We took turns to be Alex (the main character from our new novel). Listening to the whispered advice from our friends, we had to decide whether to be a spy or not. 
In the book, Alex is…

We visited our buddies and had lots of fun decorating biscuits together.

In Science we have been learning about pollination and fertilisation in a flowering plant. We carefully dissected 2 different flowers to see if we could identify all the main parts of the flower. 
 

We visited the woods and Greg showed up how to build a fire. We collected twigs and sticks and then used cotton wool covered in Vaseline as our fuel. We used a fire starter tool to create a spark. Once the spark had ignited the fuel it was our job to keep the fire burning in a controlled and safe…

Today we went outside to work in small groups. We took turns to be the Sun, Earth or Moon and orbited and spun to show how the 3 spherical bodies work together. This was a great introduction to our new science topic, even if it did leave us feeling a little dizzy. 

Today in Year 5 we have been finding out how a string telephone works. We tried different lengths of string and tried leaving the string loose and pulling it taut. 
Outside we tried 4 and 6 way conversations with our friends.

Today in Science we looked at the digestive system of a Human. Some of us had lots of fun. Some of us were horrified. Take a look at our faces. 

We have been investigating which materials are magnetic and which materials are non-magnetic. 
We found out that materials that are magnetic are made from metal BUT not all metals are magnetic.