Adam Bushnell Visits Class 5

Adam Bushnell Visits Class 5

We were lucky to have Adam Bushnell visit our class to inspire us to write about the Vikings.  He came armed with a variety of Viking weapons and items, including a horn, which, when blown, produced a huge sound.  The class made notes about Viking life and then used...
River Walk

River Walk

On Monday, Class 5 ventured out into Wolsingham to explore the streams and river in the area.  We started following the Waskerley Beck upstream where we saw a series of waterfalls.  We identified some features of erosion in the stream, including the formation of new...
Protractor Work

Protractor Work

We have been working on angles this term.  To help develop our accuracy in measuring, Miss Coote used masking tape to create a range of acute and obtuse angles on the desks.  We then went around the classroom writing our own answers on them and compared our findings. ...
Habitat Exploration

Habitat Exploration

In Science, we have been classifying animals.  We investigated which animals might live in habitats around our school grounds to help classify our animals in a different way.  We went out and explored different areas to see if our predictions were correct.  We also...
VE Day

VE Day

VE Day! We enjoyed a lovely afternoon for VE Day.  We sang Vera Lynn’s song ‘We’ll meet again’, had a picnic as a whole school and then spent the afternoon listening to the stories of those who were around during the World War to keep their stories alive.  Some of us...