Image of Year 5 Geography
4 Jul

Year 5 Geography

In our Geography lesson this week we looked at the map we created on our field trip and classified the buildings we recorded.

Image of Year 5 R.E
4 Jul

Year 5 R.E

In our R.E lesson this week we researched Deborah from the Bible. The children then noted down what makes a good leader and judge. The children came up with some fantastic answers.

Image of Year 5 Emotional Bingo!
26 Jun

Year 5 Emotional Bingo!

Year 5 have been thinking about how they feel in certain situations. We discussed that feelings range in different situations. We discussed each new emotion on the bingo card then played bingo! A fun lesson was had by all!

Image of Year 5 Thinking About the Decisions Moses' Mother had to Make.
26 Jun

Year 5 Thinking About the Decisions Moses' Mother had to Make.

Year 5 are currently looking at certain influential women in the Old Testament. This week we focused on Moses' Mother's hard decisions. The children had to decide if they agreed and also how her decisions affected her. It was an absolute emotional lesson where the children shone in their empathy and understanding. I was very proud of each and everyone of them.

Image of Year 5 Investigating Flowers!
26 Jun

Year 5 Investigating Flowers!

Today the Year 5 children walked around the school environment to look for and investigate a variety of flowers. They had to pick flowers that contained specific parts that they then went on to look more closely at in class. The sun shone, the children smiled and a great learning experience was had by all.

Image of Year 5 Geography Field Trip
26 Jun

Year 5 Geography Field Trip

Today the Year 5 children went into Darwen Town centre to study the surrounding buildings. They created a map of the area which they thoroughly enjoyed. Afterwards we cooled down with an ice-lolly courtesy of Miss Meagher! Thank you Miss Meagher it was definitely needed. We ended our wonderful afternoon with a park trip where we created a variety of rubbings. The children were an absolute pleasure and represented the school very positively!

Image of Year 5 French
18 Jun

Year 5 French

In our French lesson we learnt how to say the words for brother and sister and how many that we have.

Image of Year 5 Computing  Physical Concept Maps
18 Jun

Year 5 Computing Physical Concept Maps

During our computing lesson the children discussed what they thought a concept map was. After the discussion the year 5 children created a physical concept map on the KS2 yard which they really enjoyed.

Image of Year 5 PE Orienteering
18 Jun

Year 5 PE Orienteering

During our first lesson on Orienteering the children had to navigate a map of school to locate different objects. They also had to use their knowledge of a compass to support them with this . The children had a lot of fun!

Image of Year 5 RE
18 Jun

Year 5 RE

In our RE lesson the children firstly had to decipher why certain women in the old Testament were famous from looking at the pictures. They then researched each of the women to find out exactly why they were in the Bible. Some of the children were surprised by the answers !

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13 Jun

Year 5 RE

The children researched significant females from the Bible and then fed their research back to the class.

Image of Year 5  Geography- Digimaps
13 Jun

Year 5 Geography- Digimaps

In our Geography lesson we looked at Darwen on Digimaps. We then looked at the distance from school to another locations.