Autumn Term 1 in Chestnuts

31st October 2021Mrs Storey

Chestnuts have settled extremely well into Year 5 life and have taken it all in their stride.  We have been using Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as our class text and have linked our English and Art through it.  In English we have been writing diaries as we journey to Hogwarts for the first time, have created instructions for making a potion and have written an adventure story for rescuing a stolen object from the Forbidden Forest!  In Art, we have focused on adding texture and thinking about scale and proportion when sketching.  We hope you like our art from the photograph!  In History, we have found out about history in our local area, the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the North East and have studied specific jobs such as Mining.  Excellent work Chestnuts!

Science in Sycamores

22nd October 2021G Mills

In science this term, Sycamores have been learning about the reproduction of plants and animals.

We went out into the school grounds to take plant clippings. We then placed them in water and we’re hoping they will sprout roots, before we can plant them in compost and grow identical clones of the original plant.

Sycamores French Week

23rd July 2021G Mills

As part our French week, Sycamores have been:
* Learning lots of new French vocabulary;
* Tasting French foods, including croissants, brioche & baguettes;
* Creating art in the pointillism style of Georges Seurat;
* Painting French flags;
* Building models of the Eiffel Tower using spaghetti and marshmallows;
* Playing boules on the school field.

Look at the fun we’ve had!

Mental Health Awareness Week

28th May 2021G Mills

As part of mental health awareness week, Sycamores created leaflets offering advice about how to connect with nature. 

Nature can help to significantly improve our psychological and emotional health. 

The children can now offer lots of great suggestions – ask them for some tips to help you…

We have also been outside in PE, playing games in the sunshine. Being on the field exercising has helped us all to have a great mental health awareness week at school! 

World Bee Day

28th May 2021G Mills

Sycamores celebrated World Bee Day on May 20th 2021 🐝 

We thought about how to better protect bees. 

Look at our amazing posters, which include some great tips of things we can do to help. 

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Science Experiment

28th May 2021G Mills

Our topic this term in science has been Earth and Space.

Sycamores conducted an experiment to test gravitational force on earth.

We rolled up different sized plastercine balls to see which would fall to the ground the quickest. We were amazed to find they all hit the floor at the same time because of the constant gravitational force on earth.