Blog by Year 5

Year 3 went to Blackpool 6th form to take part I the Change for Life Dance festival. We all enjoyed creating and performing a dance to 'Uptown funk'

In our science lessons we are learning about magnets.  We investigated whether we could move different objects using only a magnet.

In Year 3 we have started reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.  We are enjoying it so much that it inspired us to create our own chalk pictures of the Iron Man.

In Mathematics we are currently investigating factors and multiples. We know there are quick ways to check if a number is divisible by 2, 5 or 10. Do you know any quick ways of checking whether a number is divisible by 3, 6 or 9?

For example I know that the number 8334 is divisible by 3, 6 and…

3SK have created a snowy winter wonderland in the area outside the classroom - We wrote a description about the Snow Queen's palace, used Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to draw and paint our own versions renamed 'Snowy Night' and put our craft skills to use making snowflakes from different…

In Year 5 we are reading "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by CS Lewis. We took inspiration from the magical land of Narnia that Lucy discovers when she stumbles into a mysterious wardrobe to create our Winter display.

In Year 5 we are reading "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by CS Lewis. We took inspiration from the magical land of Narnia that Lucy discovers when she stumbles into a mysterious wardrobe to create our Winter display.

We investigated how much fat, salt and sugar was in some of the foods we eat.  The results amazed us! 

We have had lots of fun this half term learning to sing and play the song Let Your Spirit Fly.  

As part of our topic on Bones and Bodies we have been learning about nutrition and healthy eating.  We used our designing and making skills to create a healthy meal for an astronaut. It was great fun! 

This half term we will be developing our gymnastics skills in PE. 

Today we had great fun pretending to be astronauts in training.  We had to use our senses to taste, describe and identify the mysterious foods, and then select which foods we think would taste good in space.  We tried a wide variety of foods including apple sauce, tortilla wraps, lemon juice and…