Week beginning 9th May

We had a fantastic time learning how to mix and combine ingredients and knead dough. 

Week beginning 25th April

This week in RE, we worked in groups to map out the journey of life. 

Week beginning 28th March

This week in DT, we made bridges using triangulation to strengthen the structure.

Week beginning 21st March

We had so much fun learning some Indian dance moves. 

Week Beginning 14th March

In English this week, we created character maps to understand the relationship between the characters in the Tempest.

Monday 7.3.22

We worked collaboratively in RE and science. In RE, we explored morality and in science we dissected flowers in order to identify their parts. 

Monday 28th February

World Book Day fun with Stella Speller, Writeman and book sharing with Year 2!

Friday 18th February 2022

As part of their geography topic, we took a tour around Heywood to look at how the town has changed over the years. We also took part in a workshop led by Touchstones where we look at a range of historical photos and maps to identify the geographical changes of Heywood. 

Week beginning 7th February

We enjoyed making a matching RE card game.

Week beginning 24th January

Our first double Golden Write winner!

Week beginning 17th January

Today in Class 11 we listened to 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' and created a graphic score using symbols. We also thought about the colours we used and what feelings they represented. 

Week beginning 10th January

This week saw one of our pupils tell you about his favourite book The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. Check out social media and Friday News for his star appearance.

Week Beginning 3rd January 2022

This week in art, we learned about Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting the Mona Lisa. We tried to use his hatching and sketching techniques to recreate his sketches of the Mona Lisa. 

Week beginning 13.12.21

Christmas Party Fun!

Week beginning 6.12.21

In RE, we took part in a group activity where we looked at a range of statements relating to the creation of the world. After writing post it responses to the statements, we created a poster to reflect people’s thoughts and presented them to the class.  

Week beginning 22nd November

This week we visited the Gaia exhibition, to view a huge piece of art depicting the earth.  

Week beginning 15th November

This week in maths we investigated cube numbers using the unifix cubed. We had to find all cube numbers within 40 and found that 1, 8 and 27 were the only cube numbers we could make. 

Week beginning 8th November

We enjoyed our visit to the Jewish Museum. We took part in a scavenger hunt around the synagogue and studied a range of Jewish artefacts. 

Week beginning 1st November

We are very proud of our Diwali Day patterns!

Week beginning 11th October

What a week! We enjoyed a DT STEM workshop with Mrs Mee making electronic cars and we made the phases of the moon in science with biscuits.

Week Beginning 4th October 2021

For National Poetry Day, we performed ' Boneyard Rap' by Wes McGee. 

Week Beginning 27th September 2021

We made a card game in RE, in order to help memorise key facts. 

Week Beginning 20th September 2021

We enjoyed acting out parts of our class book, in preparation for writing. 

Week Beginning 13th September 2021

In PE, we have been working on our ball skills in netball. 

Week Beginning 6th September 2021

This week we recapped multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. We used place value crowns to visually see what happens to each digit get ten times larger or smaller. 

Autumn 1

To begin our learning in Year 5,  we will be finding out about the Anglo- Saxons in history.
What time period was this? What are the key historical fats associated with this time period? 
In Science, we will be learning about space.
What is the solar system? Which is the biggest planet? What is the sun? How do you stay alive in space?