: Blog items
Moss Park Movie Morning, by Miss Lee
Date: 23rd May 2018 @ 11:12am
Thanks year 6 for our amazing treat!
Ramadan Donations, by Miss Lee
Date: 23rd May 2018 @ 10:38am
I just want to do a quick blog to thank the parents of 5L who have generously donated so much food to the Ramadan collection.
Thank you so much.
Miss Lee
Holiday Homework , by Miss Isbister
Date: 23rd May 2018 @ 9:51am
Take One Picture Lesson 2, by Miss Lee
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 4:45pm
Oops! Some of the clay cracked over night... No worries though, as the children, whose pieces did not survive the night, were happy to start again. We realised that the ones that did not crack were thicker so the children magpied this. We wanted to go straight to painting the tiles with colour but faced a problem; they are all a very dark brown colour. So before we will do that, we decided to paint them white.
The pictures don't show huge amounts of change, however they are looking much more suitable for colour on Thursday.
Miss Lee :)
URENCO Science visit, by Mrs Grainger
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 12:46pm
Year 5 have been lucky enough to receive a visit from Martin from URENCO today. We have done lots of practical investigations; including separating mixtures, testing for acids, alkalines and neutrals using different indicators, cromotography and using a centrifuge. All these processes were done to show the children how scientists have to use a range of strategies and investigations to solve a problem. There was some great teamwork on display today, Year 5. Remember - 'Safe sensible scientists survive to do more Science.'
Which was your favourite investigation? What did you learn today?
Take One Picture Lesson 1, by Miss Lee
Date: 21st May 2018 @ 5:10pm
This afternoon we have been making clay tiles based on The Stonebreaker by John Bret.
We were inspired by the nature in the picture so we used natural resources from the playground to make imprints onto the clay. It was a lovely, sunny afternoon, while we went outside to do some flower picking!
With attention to detail, the children have produced some lovely pieces. I cannot wait for them to dry and to paint them tomorrow! Check their progress on here.
Take one Picture, by Mr Tarry
Date: 21st May 2018 @ 4:11pm
Year 4 have started their take one picture art work. We made the most of the nice weather to get outside and draw some branches and tree trunks.
End of SATs treat! , by Miss Isbister
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 4:32pm
We hope you enjoyed your end of SATs picnic and ice cream- you all deserved it!
London Trip!, by Miss Lee
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 4:09pm
Thank you to everyone who applied to the London trip. We recieved 60 applications! It was so incredibly hard to choose the final 15. We appreciate everyone's amazing effort!
Well done to those who got a place. It was a very close call! We look forward to our trip.
A week before the trip, we will schedule in a lunch time meeting for the children so you can ask any questions that you may have.
From Miss Lee, Mrs Richardson and Mrs Hilton
Golden day - Biscuit decorating, by Miss Currie
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 2:20pm
During this afternoon, some of year 3 chose to decorate biscuits. They took some inspiration from the royal wedding tomorrow.
Ancient Islamic Civilisation Market Stall!, by Miss Lee
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 11:46am
Yesterday, 5L went back in time! We were transported to 900AD, during the Golden Age of Islam. We saw all the amazing goods they used to sell and learnt how they got their goods.
Can you remember any goods that were traded into Baghdad? Even better if you can rememeber where they got their goods from! Please comment below!
Miss Lee :)
Enjoying the Weather!, by Miss Lee
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 11:40am
The weather has been so wonderful the past few weeks! We have been extremely lucky! So we decided to do our spelling practise outside! It's great to make the most out of the outdoor learning space and the wooden benches and outdoor whiteboard was great for our spelling practise!
Miss Lee :)
Final History Presentations, by Miss Lee
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 11:35am
Well done 5L! We have finished our Inquiry Based Learning Topic - Ancient Islamic Civilisations vs Vikings.
The children all independently conducted their own research and chose how they wanted to present their information. We have Powerpoints, venn diagrams and one group even treated us to a play!
I was so impressed by everyone! You all worked really hard.
Please comment and tell me:
What have you learnt so far about the Ancient Islamic Civilisation?
Miss Lee :)
Art , by Miss Currie
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 11:02am
This week we have been looking at the artist Andy Warhol. The children have carefully chosen vibrant colours to fill in a part of some famous faces. Next week we will be completing these and creating our masterpieces.
The Royal Wedding, by Miss Higson
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 10:22am
We had so much fun yesterday celebrating the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Thank you to all the kitchen staff who helped make the lunch possible!
History and Geography combo, by Mrs Richardson
Date: 17th May 2018 @ 5:03pm
Today we travelled back to Baghdad in the year 900AD. We set up a market stall with some of the goods people were able to buy and we used our geography skills to find out where in the world they had come from. The children found out about world trade and how Baghdad was the centre of it at that time. They also discovered where all the things we take for granted now, came from, like paper, glass and wax. Great skills and team work year 5!
Enjoying the sunshine with a good book, by Mrs Richardson
Date: 17th May 2018 @ 4:51pm
Year 5 took the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine this afternoon and finish our class novel, Kensuke's Kingdom. We have been looking at flashback stories, based on our novel, and the children have almost finished writing their own.
Making Poo in Science , by Mr Tarry
Date: 16th May 2018 @ 2:23pm
Here are some photographs of Year 4 recreating the digestive system in a science investigation. It was a very smelly lesson!
Feedback, evaluations and working together , by Miss Lee
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 5:12pm
In English, the children are preparing their flashback stories for their Hot Write. However, the stakes are high for our new Hot Write, as the children will be visiting Moss Park Infant School soon, where the children will meet the Year 2s (future Year 3s) and share their stories with them.
Therefore, we thought it would be important to share our plans with our friends to hear some feedback before writing the story in full. The children had the chance to add in extra details in their plans, to help the Year 2 readers understand everything that happens in the story. It was also nice to get together to hear all the amazing ideas that the children came up with independently.
Watch this space for updates!
Why did you find this exercise helpful to improve your story? What changes did you make?
In 5L, what 3 things do we say that feedback needs to be? Clue = KSH!
Miss Lee :)
RE Multi-Religious Community Centre Group Project, by Miss Lee
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 5:06pm
5L are amazing at group work. We have been working hard all year about what group work should look like. Everyone was engaged today in RE planning their Multi-Religious Community Centre reading for the big opening! We will be writing about it in a newspaper article, as we like to practise English in other areas of the curriculum.
What a fantastic start!
Rube Goldberg Lesson 2 Videos, by Miss Lee
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 4:55pm
We did it! All children successfully made a Rube Goldberg machine. Some children even took to the challenge where they needed to include a simple machine. Which simple machine did you include in your Rube Goldberg machine? Did you enjoy these lessons?
Enjoy the videos!
Miss Lee :)
Structures, by Mr Tarry
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 3:03pm
Year 4 created a structure to hold the heaviest weight in their DT lesson. They had to use their problem solving skills to tackle the problem.
Homework, by Miss Isbister
Date: 12th May 2018 @ 12:04pm
This weekend, your homework is to RELAX!
Play a game, get some fresh air, watch TV, eat something nice and get plenty of sleep!
You will all be amazing in the SATs next week, so take it easy this weekend!
:)
Art in the sun!, by Miss Isbister
Date: 11th May 2018 @ 1:39pm
We have enjoyed some relaxing time sketching in the sunshine this week. Well done everybody- great effort!
