This week, Year 5 were given the opportunity to visit both St Bede’s and St Mary’s to experience what it would be like in High School. The children enjoyed both of their visits.
On Tuesday we visited St Bede’s and the children took part in a Science and Technology day. During our visit, the children spent half the day taking part in a murder mystery investigation, where they did different Scientific experiments to prove who the murderer was. The other half of the day was spent baking delicious Pizza rolls.
On Thursday our visit to St Mary’s was based around the theme of Community and the children were put into five different groups to take part in different activities - a tour of St Mary’s, a Worship lead by their student chaplains on the story of Pentecost, Science lesson on the planets, lesson on the Senses, ICT lesson on Cryptography and a session where the children made their own Rosary beads.
Our learning this week…
In English the children have been developing their performance piece ready for our trip to the Grand Theatre on the 6th July in our Tales Retold workshop.
They have also been exploring our model text, inspired by the text King Kong, and looking at the features used and the effect on the reader.
In Maths the children compared and estimated the area of shapes.
In Science the children have explored the solubility of sugar. In groups they completed different activities to explore the factors (volume of water, size of sugar, temperature of water and number of stirs) which affect how quickly sugar dissolves.
In history the children have explored how the Maya settlers survived and thrived in the rainforest.
In art the children have worked on extending patterns using pencils and chalks.
Have a look at some of our finished Chris Ofili and Maya inspired work…
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - William
Writing Award - Oscar Op
Maths Award - Jacob
Resilient Moves…
What resilient moves will you make over half term? Please email me photos of your resilient moves you make to year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk I look forward to receiving them.
This week’s resilient moves challenges are:
Highlight achievements (Learning)
Understand right from wrong (Coping)
Dates for your diary:
5th July - MOVING UP AFTERNOON - a chance for the children to experience an afternoon in Year 6!
6thJuly - TALES RETOLD PERFORMANCE AT THE GRAND THEATRE
If you want to get free tickets, please book here at: https://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/event/tales-retold
14th July - KS2 SPORTS AFTERNOON ( KS1 Sports Day will take place in the morning). Please note that if it rains and we are unable to do sports day, our next date will be 17th July.
17th July - Reports out to Parents
20th July - SCHOOLS CLOSES FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS!
To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel
Please also have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worship…
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Mrs McVey, Miss Evans, Mrs McCooey and Mrs Dunford
