Over the last term we have been continuing our visits to Angel Court Residential Home. The children love to share stories about our hens here at Harlow Green, many of the residents remember helping out in the allotments as children so comparing hen related anecdotes is always fun. We decided we woul
The last couple of weeks have been very messy in Year 5! We have created a batik inspired piece of art, and we are all very pleased with what we have produced! We started by experimenting with materials – lots of ripping, gluing, re-ripping and re-gluing – to help us better understand how to produce
This weeks construction challenge was to build a bridge for a bottle. The children were given three lengths of string for use if they chose. They could use only natural sticks, nothing man-made. The bottle had to fit underneath both upright and lying on its side, and the bridge had to be strong enou
This half term, Year 5 have been lucky enough to receive specialist basketball coaching from Anthony and Coach C from the Newcastle Eagles! Players from the team also came in to teach workshops about having a healthy body, healthy relationships and a healthy lifestyle! We had a great time, and can’t
This week in PE, Year 5 were lucky enough to have Anthony – a specialist basketball coach from the Newcastle Eagles – teaching PE! He taught us how to properly hold the ball, how to angle our bodies to get a basket, and showed us how important it is to look where you’re throwing! we had a great time
In Forest School we will be introducing some knot work as part of our focus on construction. Last term the children learned about pivot points, how to create rotation points and in class investigated triangulation used in bridge building. We will now extend this topic so the children can build a v
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 5 have been designing and building bridges to fit a specific brief. We improved our designs over a lesson or two until we were happy with a final design. Building the bridges was fun but challenging, as the joins were quite tricky. Eventually they were tested with
This week in Year 5, we have designed, adapted and created bridges. We carefully followed the brief to make sure our bridges were suitable, strong and stable – we didn’t want any collapses! The children have had lots of fun and we can’t wait to test them (when they’re dry!).
In our English lessons, Year 5 have been learning how to construct sentences that include relative clauses. We wrote simple sentences on strips of paper about Beowulf (our class novel) and then added information about the noun by using a relative pronoun to start a relative clause. Next we added it
Children in Year 5 and 6 have been enjoying tag rugby club with Mr Allen and Mr McMann on a Monday night. From the first week, when passing backwards was difficult, to the last week, where fast-paced games were being played, the progress has been incredible. They have all enjoyed the sessions and
