Archive for Fifth Class

We made our own solar system!

In science we learned about all the planets in our solar system. Then we decided to make a model of the planets using paper mache. We made the planets by covering balloons which we blew up roughly to scale and then covered them with PVA glue and tissue paper. It was a messy job, but […]

We are doing origami this month.

We are lucky enough to be doing origami this month. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. This week we learned how to make butterflies and dogs and next week we will be making flowers. we will keep you posted on our work!

We are busy knitting!

  Here is a recent photo of our knitted patchwork quilt. We are almost finished! All that is left to do is sew it onto a fleecy blanket and raffle it for charity in June! It looks fabulous! (“,)

Growing our Sweet Pea seeds!

  This month in science we were learning about how plants grow. We decided to sow some sweet pea seeds and watch how they will grow and develop when we give them the light, soil, water and air that they need! Our sweet pea plants were getting too big on our window sill so we […]

We did fabulous quilling in art!

  Spring has sprung in our classroom with our fabulous quilling display! We learned how to roll strips of paper into coil shapes and then glue them together to make lovely flowers.

Our special achiever!

  We received fantastic news from “MS Redathon” this week that a pupil in 5th class had won a Special Achievers Award! We are very proud!

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