Year 5

Year 5 had a fantastic experience at a science fair today. They did  practical activities in biology, chemistry and physics. These included looking at cells under a microscope, testing chemicals to see what colour they burnt and making their hair stand up with a Van der Graaff generator. They all…

In PSHE Y5 learnt that if they find someone unconscious but breathing they should be placed in the recovery position in order to keep their airway clear and open. It also ensures that any vomit or fluid won't cause them to choke. They all practiced doing this incase of an emergency. They also…

In PSHE Y5 learnt that if they find someone unconscious but breathing they should be placed in the recovery position in order to keep their airway clear and open. It also ensures that any vomit or fluid won't cause them to choke. They all practiced doing this incase of an emergency. They also…

In PSHE Y5 learnt that if they find someone unconscious but breathing they should be placed in the recovery position in order to keep their airway clear and open. It also ensures that any vomit or fluid won't cause them to choke. They all practiced doing this incase of an emergency. They also…

What a busy World Book Day we have had in Year 5! We celebrated the day by dressing up as our favourite book character or by wearing our pyjamas. We joined a BBC live World Book Day lesson and listened to different authors talk about what inspires them to write. We designed new book covers for our…

In Year 5 we have been studying the statutory words we need to be able to spell by the end of Y6. We have looked at the ‘tricky’ parts and tried to think of ways to help us remember how to spell them. When we were confident we knew them we tested each other. Some of us managed to get full marks! 
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Year 5 visited Egremont library today to return their books from a previous visit and choose some new ones. They enjoyed browsing through the various sections to find a book they would enjoy. They read the blurb first to check it was something that would interest them and then checked it out at…

Year 5 were very excited to visit the Beacon this morning to see their work on display. Last term they took part in a workshop in school and created a diorama of  Lowry’s painting ‘The Mill Scene’. This is now part of the exhibition which has Lowry paintings on loan from Salford Art Museum. We…

Congratulations to the children in Year 5 who passed their Cyclewise level 1 and level 2 this week. They have all worked very hard to achieve this and are all keen to practice their new skills on the roads. 

In Year 5 we discussed the importance of keeping ourselves safe online. We enjoyed discussing what we would like our online lives to be like . We thought it should be safe, fun, educational, appropriate, sociable and true to its word. We were all aware that not everything we read online is true…

The theme this year for mental Health Week was ‘Your Voice Matters’. In Year 5 we learnt about the importance of speaking out if anything is troubling us. We made a class guide on ‘Top Tips for Speaking Out’. Our suggestions included being brave, being confident, tell someone you trust or write it…

Year 5 have had a busy week learning how to ride their bikes more safely. They learnt how to get on and off their bike correctly, how to set off safely by looking over their shoulder to check for traffic and how to signal when turning left or right and how to manoeuvre correctly when doing so.…