Year 5 (Class 14) - Art - Jaqueline Hurley

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Class 14 have been looking at the work of our artist of the term Jaqueline Hurley. 

Her art focuses on war time landscapes with lots of texture and depth. 

The children loved her work and now feel inspired to create their own piece of art in her style. 

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Art

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science - The Circulatory System Models

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In science this week class 14 have started to make their own models to represent the circulatory system. 

The straws represent the wind pipe and the bags the lungs. The red and blue card represent the oxygenated and deoxygenated parts of the heart. 

Next week the children will finish the…

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Science

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Year 5 - Homework Challenges

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We are very proud of the homework challenges children are completing in this Term.

Well done to all those children who have handed homework in! 

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Year 5 - Computing Club - Lego Mindstorm Robots

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It was our first week in computing club, we are using the Lego Mindstorm kits to build a robot.

Once they have been built, we can use Lego software to make them move and speak!

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Computing

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Year 5 (Class 12) - Science - Dissecting Hearts

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Class 12 enjoyed dissecting a lambs heart and looked at the different features. 

They were able to identify the left and right ventricles, left and right atrium, the vena cava and the aorta. 

They could also see the difference in the size of the walls for the atrium and ventricles. 

They…

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Science

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Year 5 (Class 14) - English - Author Visit (Tom Palmer)

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Today class class 14 were lucky enough to meet the author Tom Palmer! 

Tom came into school to inspire children to read and maybe even become a famous author themselves. Tom told the children about his journey to becoming an author and how he had to really believe in himself and be resilient…

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English Phonics and Reading

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Year 5 (Class 14) - R.E - Sikhism

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This week in RE class 14 have been exploring the 5 k’s of Sikhism. 

They looked at real artefacts and researched using books to discover what each one was named. 

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Religious Education

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Year 5 (Class 12) - Religious Education - Life Values

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Class 12 have looked at what our life values are both in school and at home. 

They had a list of values and used their Tracy skills to discuss what order we would put these values. 

All the groups had family at the the top with education and friends also being in the top…

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Religious Education

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science - Dissecting Hearts

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This week in science as part of our circulatory system topic class 14 have dissected hearts. 

The children have absolutely loved investigating the different chambers, valves and vessels in the hearts with real life specimens! 

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Science

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Year 5 (Class 14) - PSHE - The Dangers of Drugs

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This week in PSHE, class 14 have been researching the dangers and effects of drugs. 

They then presented this information back to their peers.

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PSHE

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Oracy & R.E - Personal Values

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Class 14 discussed and ranked their personal values.

Then using their linguistic skills they debated which were most important as a group. 

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Religious Education Oracy

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science & Oracy - The Circulatory System

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This week class 14 have been debating whether the scientists Galen or Harvey’s theory about the circulatory system was correct.

They used sentence stems to help them structure their ideas.

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Science Oracy

Science

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