Fantastic Forces
This week Year 5 have continued with their understanding of forces, linked to our mini mission about the Titanic! We used our findings from last week to plan and carry out further buoyancy investigations and understand what makes objects buoyant. Some of the theories included ‘Are all objects with an air pocket buoyant?’ ‘Does a […]
5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Blast Off!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1….Blast Off! We have started our brand new mini mission ‘Where Once We Stood’ which is all about Space! Our first task was to show our current knowledge and understanding of the solar system using sweets! We had marshmallow suns, skittle planets and popcorn moons! We then listened to the actual […]
Year 5 Travel Back in Time
Last week, year 5 started their 4th mini mission of the year – The Yorkes. The Yorkes are the family who lived at Erddig Hall in Wrexham and eventually gave the house to the National Trust. Building upon our previous knowledge of the Victorians from our Little Princess mission last year, the children have already […]
To Infinity and Beyond
Year 5 have begun their next mini mission! We are going to learn all about our solar system and whether humans could live on mars…We are trying to recreate the solar system out of sweets. I wonder how much we know?! Year 5 have also been making and testing their own rocket launchers. They worked […]