Today we explored OS maps and their features.
Year 5 assembled at Holmbury Youth Hostel on Thursday, ready and excited for the adventure ahead. We started off our evening by exploring the grounds and settling into our rooms. At 6:30pm we tucked into our dinner and refuelled ready for our evening of activities. We were all very excited for our tracking and trailing in the woods and found great places to hide. Inside we learnt about the route we would be walking and made little maps to help us. Time flew by and before we knew it, it was time to get our pyjamas on and settle down for a sing song. After half an hour of singing some campfire classics we went to bed.
The next morning brought great excitment - the day of our hike had finally arrived. After an amazing breakfast we got our bags ready and headed out. We walked up to the top of Holmbury Hill, where we admired the views and listened to the cuckoo sing in the trees.
We then started the next leg of our walk, through Holmbury village and up into the woods. It was here that we found a bank to sit and eat our lunch. After lunch we had some fun climbing up the bank and sliding back down.
The next part of our journey would take us to Leith Hill. We took part in the P&K tradition of running up the hill to the tower. Once at the top we enjoyed the views and held a reflection circle. It was lovely to share what we had enjoyed about our trip and how proud we all were of each other.
Our last little bit was a steep downhill walk to the car park where we met our parents.
We are all incredibly proud of all of Fox Class. They were fantastic representatives of our school, showed great care and teamwork. Well done.
Year 5 have had a full on week. We started by measuring large scale rectangles, then we made some delicious apple crumble and the shoe-box allotments that the children created have been fantastic to look at.
Today in Fox class we went to the leaflet cafe. This was our introduction to our new writing topic and we had lots of fun exploring the leaflets that we could buy from the cafe.
Last week Fox class had a very exciting week. We made sundials and then used them to tell the time in Science. We made amazing Pneumatic toys in DT and then had a fabulous time at Forest school!
Fox class made paint brushes out of sticks and leaves as well as planting our new planters with bulbs!
Fox class has been waiting very patiently for our vegetables to grow from our Sow, Grow and Farm topic. Yesterday we had lots of fun collecting the potatoes we have been growing! I am so impressed by our haul.
Year 5 got to participate in a Fencing lesson this week. We had lots of fun learning the terms and movements to create a dual. Year 5 have also enjoyed joining in with Boogie Bounce and playing silent bench ball.
Year 5 have been working really hard on drawing angles this week. We took our knowledge and had a go at making some giant angles outside.
Today in Fox Class we have been testing properties of different materials. We tested how strong, hard and waterproof items are.
Grounds day has been lots of fun. We have potted plants by our classroom, helped tidy areas around school and our favourite activity was washing the astro turf for our football matches.
Year 5 had a fantastic Egg Roll heat this week. It was so close and the final 3 were decided with the very last roll. We are looking forward to the final this Friday!!
Year 5 used the natural resources found around school to make some amazing pieces of art.
Fox class have been learning about seasonal fruit and vegetables. We chose apples and decided to make apple crumble. We got to peel and chop the apples before making our yummy crumble topping. They look delicious!!
Fox class made their own paint brushes from natural resources found around school. We then used these to paint pictures of nature.
This week in Fox class we have been looking at Niki De Saint Phalle and her amazing artwork. We had a go at producing our own Niki inspired sculptures. We also looked at how we can recycle old books through book folding. We created hedgehogs!
To help us practice our multiplication and division skills we had some games of Mathopoly. This is where we had to answer multiplication or division questions to score points around the board.
We had an amazing time exploring the science centre and Planetarium.
Fox class have been looking at different types of art. This week we have been looking at line drawing. They were not allowed to take their pencil off the page until they completed their picture. We tried to draw each other’s faces!
Fox class have had lots of fun making Pneumatic machines over the course of 3 weeks. We spent time learning how Pneumatic’s work and had a go using syringes and tubing. They will be in our classroom if you want to come and look at our amazing work.