Class journal: Year 5
Year 5 Design Technology Days
18th April 2012
During the final weeks of the Spring term, children in Year 5 had two Design and Technology days during which they planned, designed and then created moving toys using a cam mechanism. The photo shows children in Class 12 with their creations. Can we take this opportunity to say a… Read more
Victorian Tea Party
29th March 2012
To round off their Victorian Project the year 5’s held a tea party! It was a very civilised affair and was great fun. Mrs Connolley and Ms Crompton were very proud of the children and were impressed at how the children had trown themselves into the event. Well done Year… Read more
Cam Toys
29th March 2012
Class 11 made our own moving cam toys. We had two special D and T days to do them and we had a lot of fun! Our aim was to make them for somebody special in our lives. We had to make a moving toy which would move up or… Read more
Year 5 Trip to Black Country Museum
09th March 2012
On a mild day in February, Year 5 ‘stepped back in time’ and visited the Black Country Living Museum. Here we were guided around the Victorian village where we experienced a Victorian school; we snooped around rich and poor people’s houses; we watched a chain-maker demonstrating his craft; we had… Read more
Class 11 Victorian Day
27th February 2012
At the start of the day we came into the classroom and had a hand inspection by a very strict Ms. Crompton. After that we had our play so we lined up (girls in one line and boys in the other) and had our play. Next we recited our recitation… Read more
Year 5 Victorian Play
24th February 2012
On Thursday the ninth of February year 5 performed a play for Victorian Day, one based in a Victorian classroom and one on the streets of London. First Class 11 performed their half of the play which was based in the classroom, they had facts on William Booth, they acted… Read more
Class 12 Victorian Day
24th February 2012
As part of our Victorian topic this term, a representative from the Cheltenham Museum visited Year 5 and gave an insightful talk on Victorian artefacts and costumes. We learnt about items used in a typical home, Victorian hobbies and past times and the children had an opportunity to handle some… Read more
Class 11 Assembly
25th January 2012
On Thursday 1st December Class 11 performed a Collective Worship. It was all about being “Generous for the Future.” In the Collective Worship, we performed a short but exciting play called “Running Shoes.” It was all about a girl called Elisa who received a pair of running shoes. These shoes… Read more
Phoenix Project
24th January 2012
We Year 5s planned an awesome event. It was on Tuesday 20th December 2011. It was called The Phoenix Project, we were put into groups and there were 10 groups altogether. Our teachers pretended to be Mrs Crosston and Mrs Connyearly, but it was seriously funny. We had… Read more
Visiting Artist with Year 5
08th November 2011
Year 5 doing Collagraph print making with Sue Brown, a local artist. This week we were making our print plates, they needed to be big and bold with texture. We took all our ideas from our dream sketches. We all had a great time. We have… Read more
In Class and Out and About!
07th November 2011
Over the last seven weeks, Year 5 has been exploring the topic ‘Wet and Wild’ which was kicked off with a trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium. Since then, children have investigated rivers on their journey from source to sea; they have created marine-themed animations and they have read Michael… Read more
Prospectus
