Blog Author: C Dickinson

As part of our learning about the Amazon Rainforest and life cycles, we visited the Butterfly House in Williamson Park today. We looked at the different stages of the life cycle of a butterfly and found out more about how some animals are adapted to life in different environments. We even got to…

Year 5 produced some wonderful projects as this term's homework. These ranged from powerpoints about the Amazon rainforest, to rainforest models to an adventure story set at Borwick Hall. Well done, Year 5!

This afternoon, Father John talked to us about the martyrs of England and Wales. He showed us some of the objects that priests who were martyred in Lancaster would have used, including a small 'altar', a chalice, a paten and a missal which was 500 years old! We saw where the martyrs would have…

We began the Kidsafe programme today. The purpose of this programme is to develop the children's ability to recognise unsafe situations and to take action to help protect themselves. Today, we looked particularly at what trust means and we talked about 'yukky feelings' - feelings that are sad,…

Year 5 have been working hard to create toys with moving parts using a cam mechanism. You can see the wonderful models they have made in the photos below.

Year 5 had a wonderful five days at Borwick Hall last week! They enjoyed varied outdoor and adventurous activities, including canoeing, climbing, hill-walking and caving. Some of these activities involved going outside our comfort zone and we were really pleased with the positive attitude and…

Year 5 had a beautiful walk up to Williamson Park for our Big Lent Walk. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were lots of spring flowers. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us for this event to help us to raise money to support the work of CAFOD.

We had some wonderful book characters in Year 5 today and we enjoyed hearing about the inspiration for some of the costumes. Reading is an important part of every day and we spent time this afternoon creating posters to advertise our favourite books.

Year 5 staff were totally blown away this week by the amazing independent projects completed by the children as homework. These included models and a powerpoint about the solar system, rocket launchers, a powerpoint about animatronics and information about fatal fashion inventions. They make…

Today was Safer Internet Day and the children in Year 5 took part in a range of interactive activities to help them to understand what is meant by 'scam' and 'phishing' and how to avoid getting caught out by these. They also learnt about the importance of a secure password and what to do if they…

Today, we welcomed Adrian and Laura from Imagining History to lead us in a history drama workshop, acting out Ancient Greek myths and learning about Ancient Greek heroes. What a wonderful way to learn about these ancient stories. Everyone engaged with the story telling and we heard about Perseus,…

Year 5 are learning how to play hockey this half term. This week, they practised sending the puck to a target. It was more challenging than we thought at first but the children showed great resilience and kept practising until they improved.