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 […]
Ellesmere Primary School pupil’s ‘thank you’ for life-saving treatment
[envira-gallery id=”6462″] Grateful Tia Maher is on a mission to repay the hospital that saved her life. The 10-year-old Ellesmere Primary School pupil suffers from a serious heart condition and has been cared for by Birmingham Children’s Hospital ever since she was rushed there in an emergency when she was a little baby. Tia has […]
Year 5 outside inspiration
Our school grounds were the inspiration this week as we study the work of William Morris. Year 5 have been learning about the designer William Morris as part of their Victorian topic. After creating a biography, we compared different designs, looking for the links and discussing what we liked and didn’t like. We discovered that […]
Year 5 start the year with a blast…off!
Not so long ago, in a classroom not that far away…year 5 began their topic on space! We started with a blast as the children watched a clip of a rocket launch to the NASA space station. We then discussed what kind of things they would see if they were on the rocket. The children […]