Step inside a Hindu Temple with Year 5!
Today Y5 went on their annual visit to a Hindu Temple to develop their awareness of other people’s beliefs. The children discovered that there were several places of worship serving different religions close by to the Temple and therefore people from different communities live side by side. We finished our visit with a delicious Indian meal which one...
Read MoreCan you work out who these book characters are?
Year 5 children had a fun time dressing up as book characters for World Book Day. There was a great variety from books across all genres. Can you spot how the characters in each photo are linked? Which do you recognise? ...
Read MoreFun with Fractions!
During the half term holiday, Year 5 were set the challenge of creating a fun Maths game, the purpose of which was to put into practise their knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages. In the first week back after the holiday the children played and evaluated each other’s games – and had lots of fun too! Mrs Latham was amazed by the high quality of...
Read MoreWhat is the temperature?
Today Y5 had a fun time at Heworth CLC exploring how hand held data logging devices measure light, sound and temperature. The children predicted temperatures inside and outside the building before using a data logging device to find out the actual temperatures. One of the best-known uses of data loggers in the real world is an airplane’s ‘black box’ recorder. It records data during a flight...
Read MoreFeeling hungry?
Year 5’s new Spring term topic, Food for Thought, takes as its focus that most British obsession, biscuits! The children will undertake some ‘market research’ to find out about people’s preferences before evaluating commercially produced biscuits. Using the information they have gathered, they will design a new biscuit together with its own attractive packaging. During the topic the...
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… at the models Y5 made at the Baltic. Can you identify which items of 1980s technology they have...
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