Image of Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen
12 Dec

Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen

Year 5 were lucky enough to have the opportunity to read our persuasive writing to a Brand Director at Merlin Attractions this week! We based our writing on some adverts for Legoland and Thorpe Park, and Nick from Merlin was really impressed with our understanding of how advertising works and was persuaded to visit Darwen by our fabulous emotive writing and our offers to book now!

Image of Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen
12 Dec

Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen

Year 5 were lucky enough to have the opportunity to read our persuasive writing to a Brand Director at Merlin Attractions this week! We based our writing on some adverts for Legoland and Thorpe Park, and Nick from Merlin was really impressed with our understanding of how advertising works and was persuaded to visit Darwen by our fabulous emotive writing and our offers to book now!

Image of Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen
12 Dec

Year 5 English - Persuasive Texts: Adverts to visit Darwen

Year 5 were lucky enough to have the opportunity to read our persuasive writing to a Brand Director at Merlin Attractions this week! We based our writing on some adverts for Legoland and Thorpe Park, and Nick from Merlin was really impressed with our understanding of how advertising works and was persuaded to visit Darwen by our fabulous emotive writing and our offers to book now!

Image of Year 5 PSHE - Creating Christmas Crafts for Care Home Residents
5 Dec

Year 5 PSHE - Creating Christmas Crafts for Care Home Residents

In Year 5 we are celebrating the festive season with the joy of giving to others. We have made some beautiful Christmas decorations for a local care home, to bring some festive cheer to the elderly residents!

Image of Year 5 R.E. - Sorting the Nativity Story into Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel
5 Dec

Year 5 R.E. - Sorting the Nativity Story into Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel

In R.E we are learning about the Bible story of the Nativity. We have compared the story in the Bible to what we already know about the Christmas story, and found that some elements are in Matthew's Gospel (the three wise men) and some are in Luke's Gospel (the shepherds)! We then thought about why the two accounts are different, and the Gospel's audience and purpose .

Image of Year 5 P.E. - Dodgeball!
5 Dec

Year 5 P.E. - Dodgeball!

Year 5 have been learning how to play dodgeball in P.E. It's been fast and furious and lots of fun! We have been building our teamwork and sportsmanship skills during these lessons.

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28 Nov

Year 5 Science Recap and Recall Activity

Year 5 began our Science lesson with a roleplay to demonstrate changes to material properties. We are showing that if we are a gas and we are cooled, we become a liquid. If we are a solid and we are heated - we become a liquid! And if we are a liquid and we are cooled we become a solid, or if we are heated, we become a gas!

Image of Year 5 P.E. - Teamwork to Find a Path Across the Playground
28 Nov

Year 5 P.E. - Teamwork to Find a Path Across the Playground

In P.E. this week, Year 5 played a game on the playground involving teamwork skills to collect coloured cones scattered around, but they weren't allowed to touch the floor and could only stand on the spots! It was hard work, but a lot of fun, and Year 5 showed great teamwork skills and tactics!

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24 Nov

Should I Keep My Child Off School?

Lots of bugs and germs are spreading, and we know you want to do what is best for your child. Please see the NHS guidance below on keeping your child off school. If you are keeping your child at home, please contact the school office as soon as you can.

Image of Year 5 Communion and Lunch at Church
21 Nov

Year 5 Communion and Lunch at Church

Year 5 enjoyed joining Rev Kev and the rest of the congregation at Church on Tuesday for Holy Communion. We wrote prayers for the persecuted people in the world and spoke them in church, as well as reading the Beatitudes perfectly. Everyone had a lovely morning, and Year 5 learnt more about how a Holy Communion works. We had our lunch at church, before returning to school.

Image of Year 5 R.E. - Learning about Holy Books
21 Nov

Year 5 R.E. - Learning about Holy Books

As part of our R.E. Bible Topic, we have studied Holy Books from World Religions, including the Torah and the Qur'an, comparing these sacred texts to the Bible. We learned that the Torah is made of scrolls and must be handwritten, and that Muslims must learn the Qur'an by memorising the text. We played a game where the children tried to memorise parts of the first verse of the Qur'an to tell their team - against the clock! It was difficult, but a lot of fun!

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21 Nov

Lunch time

At Lunchtime  today, the children didn't let the cold bother them! We all had lots of fun, there were snowmen of all different shapes and sizes! Children made snow angels and had a really enjoyable time running around in the snow. Then we all  had to get  a snowball and try and hit Mrs Meagher with it.