21 November 2020

How High Can I Climb?

This half term we are asking this important question.

It does not only link to our wider topic of mountains but also lets us think about how far we can challenge ourselves. We can achieve anything if we put our mind to it.

This half term we have already 'joined' Yarm Ascent and thought about…

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19 November 2020

Tudor Carousel

This week Year 5 have learnt about Tudor remedies for different illnesses, explored entertainment that was popular in the Tudor times compared to modern entertainment and learnt a little bit about some of the punishments that were around then. They were certainly relieved to realise that we now…

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12 November 2020

Use the Force....

Year 5 had lots of fun in Science today as they learnt all about gravity and its effects on objects.

They used Newton Meters to measure the mass of objects in grams and then the weight of these objects in Newtons. They discovered that the greater the mass of an object, the greater the weight…

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12 November 2020

The New Digital Leaders Say Hello!

Check out our all new Yarm Primary Digital Leaders!!!

This year we have our Year 5 Digital Leaders Team (Teddy, Rishi, Emilia, Tyler, Jack K, Joshua, Coline, William, Finn, Gracie and Lucie.)

 11 Digital Leaders were selected to help children around the school with ICT!

We can help you in…

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9 November 2020

Exploring Autumn

Nursery have been learning about the 4 seasons and now know that the season that we are in now is Autumn.  The children have learnt about how the leaves on the trees turn beautiful colours such as yellow, gold, brown, orange and red and fall off the trees to leave bare branches.  They have learnt…

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5 November 2020

Were the Tudors really that terrible?

A new half term, a new topic for Year 5! This time, our focus will be history and the Tudor period from 1485 to 1603. 

Our enquiry question is: 'Were the Tudors really that terrible?'

Yes, we all know about that dastardly Henry VIII and how he chopped off the heads of two of his wives. Yes,…

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23 October 2020

Art inspired by Henri Rousseau

As part of our 'Forests' topic, children in Year 5 studied the work of famous French naive artist, Henri Rousseau. They practised using different shades of green, drawing leaves of different textures and positioning objects in the foreground, midground and background. Finally, they successfully…

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20 October 2020

Growing and planting

This week Nursery have been learning about how things grow.  We talked about how we grow from a baby to a child and then to an adult and how we change and grow taller.  We talked about how all living things grow - humans, animals, plants and trees.  The children learnt what is needed for each of…

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17 October 2020

Joy of Writing

This week, Year 4 have explored the story 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne. 

We wrote an email to Dad and a note as our character ventured into the forest. 

Through the week, we learnt about a range of sentence types and commas in lists and used these to support our…

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14 October 2020

The Magic of the Forest!

Year 5 enjoyed a fabulous visit to Saltersgill Woods this Friday as part of the whole-school topic of 'Forests'. They had the opportunity to construct dens, take part in a nature scavenger hunt, build mini beast shelters and even took the time to explore relaxation techniques by doing some…

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11 October 2020

‘Into the Forest’

On Monday, we spent a fantastic morning building, walking, laughing and learning. We explored the magic of nature and the resilience of long walks through fields. The children came back to school to complete some amazing art work linked to their morning.

This all sets us up this week for our…

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7 October 2020

Making music

Year 5 have had a great time making music on the field using the tree stumps.  

What tune did you create? What was your favourite part?

See if you can make some more music using the nature in your back garden!

 

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