Earthquakes
As part of our geography, Year 5 have been finding out about the causes and consequences of earthquakes. To help them understand this, the children were given a challenge:
They had to build a stable structure on a base of jelly. They used spaghetti and marshmallows for their construction.…
King Kong's Revenge
Isaac and Fran have written a sequel to their first book which they wrote a few weeks ago.
Their new story is called 'King Kong's Revenge.'
The boys enjoyed reading the story to the rest of the class. The children really enjoyed listening to it.
Well done…
Food Tasting
Our current Geography topic at the moment is all about Europe. ‘European Escapade’ Today the children enjoyed a food tasting session in class.
The children sampled food from Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Italy. The children tasted cloudberry jam, rye bread, cheese, fish paste, pickled herring…
Music Morning
This week, the children in year 1 learned to play the song 'Happy' on their glockenspiels and it sounded amazing!
Zumba Club!
Zumba Club will be starting at school on the 15th June and will run for 5 weeks.
The 5 week course will be run by a professional Zumba instructor, the cost will be £15. Spaces will be limited so get your enrolment forms in quick!
Well Done Choir!
I love singing with the choir on Wednesday nights.
This week the choir learned a new song, "Try, Try Again".
This is exactly what we teach all the children here at Gillibrand, and the choir all put a lot of effort into learning it, and trying their best, even though at the start some of them…
Pupil Prime Minister
Pupil Prime Minister
As a snap election was called for by Theresa May, we have been learning about the British Parliamentary system. We all believe that democracy is vital to create a fair society. Although year six pupils are unfortunately too young to vote, we decided to create our own…
Practical Science
Year 5 had a fantastic afternoon yesterday thanks to Mark from Empiribox, a science company that specialises in delivering practical science.
Mark demonstrated a series of activties and questioned the children about the science behind them. All the children showed fantastic knowledge and he…
Butterflies!
We have been waiting for 2 weeks for the butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises. This morning the children in Reception were VERY excited to see that all the butterflies had successfully emerged and we now have 5 healthy butterflies. We fed the butterflies and observed them carefully, some…
Year 5 Virtual Competition
Year 5 took part in a virtual competition this week. They had to complete 4 different activities, each 4 minutes long. The children really enjoyed the session, even if they were worn out by the end of it!
Once all the schools in the cluster have completed the activities, a leader…
Time!
Today in Maths Year 3 were measuring time. The children had to time each other completing a range of activities and then had to use multiplication to work how long it would take them to complete the same activity 5, 10 or 15 times.
Music in Year 5
This week in music, we have been learning to sing and play the recorder in a round.
We started with the class split in half then moved on to four groups.
The children were very good at this and it sounded lovely.