Year Five Blog

We have been learning about animals, including humans. Take a look at some of our work...

We have been learning lots about animals, including humans. Take a look at some of our work...

Today, Year Four and Five visited the cenotaph in Stokesley, to honour those who serve to defend our freedom and way of life. We will remember them.  Remembrance unites people of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds, but it is also deeply personal.  When we returned to school, we took a moment to…

Using our success criteria, we tested and evaluated our ancient Egyptian shaduf models  We're all really proud of our finished products.

This morning, we had some visitors from Simon Carson Sports School. We enjoyed taking part in a range of activities, such as archery, dance and 'the game of actual life'. We would like to thank them for organising such a fun morning of activities. 

Today, we started building our ancient Egyptian shadufs. We discussed the importance of safety when using the equipment, before working collaboratively to get our models underway. We are really enjoying the project so far!

This week, we have enjoyed making prototypes and designing shaduf models. We can't wait to start making them next week! 

We used hieroglyphics to write spells for 'the Book of the Dead'. Like the ancient Egyptians, we drew pictures of the deceased on their journey to the afterlife. 

We have been learning all about the process of mummification.  All ancient Egyptians,  including pharaohs, were mummified when they died. As apprentice embalmers, we have written instructions detailing how to make the perfect mummy! 

We have made a fantastic start in PE, with football and boot camp.  We hope to improve our ball skills and games strategies, as well as raising fitness levels.  Some of the children have joined the football team, so we look forward to hearing all about their future matches.

This week, we were lucky enough to work with the artist Andy Dalton and we learnt all about how he creates art using printing. We used the poem 'Go and Open the Door' to create our own poems and then used these as a stimulus to create our own art work.