Summer 2
Fun-time, sun-time...anyone for...cricket?
Our last PE session of the year was spent enjoying a cricket match on Tennyson field. The Sun Kings put their batting, bowling and fielding skills to good use in a tense match, which was won by...
Class-Wide Reward!
At least it didn't rain! Thank you, Sun Kings, for a really enjoyable afternoon down at Ruskin Park yesterday for our last Class-Wide Reward celebration together. Have a great weekend!
A soggy session this morning!
Today we needed significantly more robust attire compared to yesterday. However, we didn't let the weather beat us, and this morning we tried to identify some of the leaves that we found yesterday. We can confirm (we think), that in the Forest School area, we have specimens of; beech, (possibly) alder, oak, sycamore, birch, holly, elder, ash, field maple, hawthorn, hazel and rowan!
Our final Forest School of Year 5
We linked today's Forest School learning to our global warming / sustainability topic in Geography. Our focus today was the biodiversity of the Forest School site, so we looked for leaves from as many different plants as we could find. There are almost 30 different species of plants, from ground to canopy!
Magna! What a start to the last half term of Year 5!
All the Year 5s had the opportunity to visit the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Templeborough today - many for the first time. Everything went to plan and we filled the day from start to finish. We visited all of the four Zones and enjoyed the hands-on approach to learning, the huuuuuuge outdoor adventure playground and a fascinating workshop about our solar system (and a little bit beyond...). May people's highlights might have been the 'fire tornado', or the liquid-fuelled rockets demonstrated - all you need is an empty bottle, some methylated spirit, a lighter and a sense of adventure...
The children were a credit to Walkley Primary School and it was a pleasure to spend the day with them enjoying learning outside the classroom.
There are some photographs below (sorry about the quality; the iPad doesn't cope well in low-light conditions).
