Blog Author: Mrs Newby

Year 5 has a great time at Forest School today. They enjoyed lying in the hammocks, climbing trees and sawing wood in preparation for making a Christmas tree!

A huge well done to all the children who ran in the XC Challenge at St. Benedict’s School today. It was a very muddy and wet 2k course but they all persevered and carried on despite the conditions. Congratulations to Jonah who got a course record of 8 .41 and to Faith for being the first girl…

Year 5 enjoyed meeting all the animals from Pet Encounters. They held Java and Noodle the snakes and learnt that they aren’t actually slimy! Henry the parrot was a huge hit with his hilarious repertoire of noises and words. We all had a look at the tarantula and tried to spot the chameleon…

In science Year 5 have been making a solution using water and salt. They learnt the terms solute, solvent and solution. They looked at the water when they first added the salt then stirred it and compared how it had changed. They realised that the salt had combined with the water to make a…

Today was Youth Mental Health Day and the theme for this year was #BeBrave. We talked about how focusing on what it takes to be brave can give you courage and confidence to achieve your goals and ambitions and be the best version of yourself. We were all able to give examples of when we were brave…

Today the Y5 children voted for who they wanted to represent them as a class on the School Council. The children who wanted to be considered all prepared speeches explaining why they would be good for the job. The two children elected are excited to start their new role. 

A huge congratulations to Faith who came 2nd place in a competition run by the Harbour Commission. She painted this amazing picture of Stella the seal. We are very impressed and so proud of her!

Year 5 and 6 had a fantastic time at Walby Farm Park to mark the end of term.They thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Play Barn and challenging themselves to go down the steep red slide. They had so much fun playing hide and seek in the Roman fort. The day was rounded off with an icecream to help…

Year 5 used recycled jeans to make their own bag. They chose denim as it is durable and will last a long time. They used a running stitch and back stitch to sew it up. 
 

Year 5 have been learning how to play tennis this half term. They have learnt how to hit the ball underarm, overarm and back hand. They have also been practising serving the ball and finished off the sessions with some mini doubles matches against each other.

A huge well done to all of Year 5 who tried so hard in all of their races on Sports Day. Congratulations to the Green Team who won this year! 
 

We had a fantastic time this morning completing a sports circuit with Jonathan Paterson team GB Paralympic Footballer. Afterwards we learnt all about how he achieved his dream of becoming an Olympic athlete. He certainly inspired us to work hard, believe in ourselves and to always do our best.