Category: Year 5
World Book Day
On Thursday Lord Blyton celebrated World Book Day. Children and staff came dressed as either their favourite book character or in their pyjamas and took part in a day of book themed...
Year 5 D&T – Structures – Bridges
Our new Design and Technology unit is Structures – Bridges. During this unit we are going to be investigating how different shapes affect the strength of a bridge. This week we looked...
Year 5 Art- I Need Space
Last term in art, Year 5 have been exploring the purpose and impact of images from the ‘Space race’ era of the 1950s and 60s. Taking inspiration from Teis Albers’s piece ‘Moonwalk’...
Swim Team Success
Last week our year 5/6 swim team competed at Haven Point, in events such as: freestyle, breaststroke, backcrawl and swim relays. All of the children swam well in every race and did...
Thurston Photos
Thurston photos can be accessed via the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XRZktB2mELVjlvgSTAsZdZv_9BGvAtsu?usp=sharing
Year 5 Science – Air Resistance
This week in science, Year 5 have been investigating air resistance. They made paper helicopters and straw rockets. They looked at whether having fins on the rocket made a difference to how...
Year 5 Music
Year 5 have been learning to play the glockenspiel. Mr Stead has been so impressed at how quickly they have picked it up!
Year 5 Science – Friction
Year 5 have been investigating friction in their science lesson this week. They investigated how friction creates heat by rubbing their hands together and found that the harder they rubbed, the more...
Year 5 Bridge Building Challenge
Year 5 took part in a bridge building challenge this afternoon. They had to make the strongest bridge they could out of only paper and tape. In the first round, paper was...