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10 November 2023

Fencing in Year 5

Year 5 had a fantastic time learning how to fence during our workshop. They learnt how to travel forwards and backwards, how to defend themselves and how to attack their opponent. All the children said they enjoyed this new experience.

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8 November 2023

Lowry Art Workshop in Year 5

This morning Y5 took part in a Lowry Art Workshop. They learnt about the artist Lowry and how he liked to paint industrial scenes of towns in the north of England including his home town Manchester. The children have made a diorama of the painting ‘Going to Work - 1943’. This will be on display in…

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3 November 2023

Year 5 Investigate Square and Cube Numbers

Year 5 have been investigating square and cube numbers. Using counters to investigate square numbers they found which numbers it was possible to make a complete square with. They found that 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,36,49 are square numbers up to 50. They soon realised that if you multiply a whole number by…

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20 October 2023

Making Mezze Bowls In Year 5

As part of our D&T on Foods Around The World, Year 5 made Mezze Bowls. They used lots of different vegetables prepared by dicing, slicing, grating and ribboning. They were very sensible using the knives in a safe way. They all enjoyed eating their food.

 

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12 October 2023

Forest School Year 5

A lovely day for Forest School today. All the children had a great time exploring the forest, chilling out in the hammocks and learning how to whittle wood safely. 
 

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12 October 2023

Year 5 Working Scientifically

Year 5 were faced with the problem of separating a mixture of flour, raisins and sugar. They had to use their knowledge of separating mixtures to work out the best strategy. They soon realised it was easy to separate the raisins by sieving the mixture, but the flour and sugar were much more…

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6 October 2023

Year 5 Make Flat Bread

Year 5 have been learning about different types of bread from around the world. Today we measured out ingredients to make flat bread and then enjoyed eating it with butter. We were all able to say what was different about this bread and why it didn’t rise. 

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5 October 2023

Year 5 Forest School

Year 5 had a wet and muddy afternoon at Forest School today. They still had a great time chilling in the hammocks and sawing wood in preparation for the Christmas tree they are making.

 

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28 September 2023

Year 5 Forest School.

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!

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26 September 2023

Year 5 XC Country Challenge 2023

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…

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26 September 2023

Year 5 Pet Encounters

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…

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22 September 2023

Science in Year 5

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…

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