Year 5

KS2 took part in the NSPCC Times Table Rock Star challenge today. They all tried very hard to be the winning class with the highest number of correct answers per pupil. The speed and recall of some of the pupils was very impressive! A huge well done to everyone. 
 

In PE Year 5 have been putting together their own dance routines with a Bollywood theme. They learnt 3 hand movements and 3 different steps which they combined in their own way to create a unique dance. They enjoyed watching each other’s routines and commenting on strengths and areas for…

Year 5 enjoyed recreating freeze frame scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. We  then tried to guess which scene it was. 
 

Year 5 took part in a x- country event at St. Benedict’s today. We all ran 2km and our average time was worked out. In June we will return to St. Benedict’s to run the same course and we will see if we can improve our time. We hope to get lots of training in before then so we can knock some time…

Congratulations to all our footballers who represented the school in a tournament against other local schools. They all had a great time and enjoyed putting the skills they have been learning in PE  into practice.

Year 5 visited the Beacon today to view the painting Saskia Van Uylenburgh by Rembrandt. The master piece is on loan from the National Art Gallery and we felt very privileged to be able to see it. We learnt that it is a painting of Rembrandt’s wife and that it is over 400 years old. We were asked…

Year 5 have enjoyed making flatbread and Smorrebrod in design and technology. They learnt that Smorrebrod is a type of Danish open sandwich made on rye bread with a variety of toppings in order to provide you with lots of nutrients. 
 

In maths we have been finding factors of numbers. We made arrays with counters to help understand this. We learnt that numbers that only have 2 factors , 1 and the number itself, are called Prime Numbers. 

Year 5 visited Egremont library to choose a book. They read the blurb to find out what the book was about to help them decide whether to choose it or not. If they were putting a book back they learnt the importance of placing it back with the spine facing out. They checked their books out then…

Year 5 braved the wet weather this week to either walk the whole or part of the way to school in order to take part in Active Feet First. They were all rewarded with a high viz slap band.

Year 5 have been learning lots of different ways to balance during their gymnastics lessons. They have been practicing the tripod balance in preparation for completing a full headstand.

A huge well done to all our Y5 and 6’s who ran a mile with Gary McKee in the torrential rain! Gary aka Marathon Man is running a marathon every single day for a whole year to raise money for Hospice at home and McMillan Cancer Support. The children were blown away by the resilience and stamina…