In Art, Year 5 have started researching the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro. They discovered that his artistic talents were evident from a young age although his family did not agree with his passion for the subject. He developed his love for surrealist art in his adult years when he became an inspiration to other artists.
In Year 5 Music, we have started listening to Jazz and had a go at playing along on the chime bars.
In Science, Year 5 have been observing the effects of air resistance on parachutes. They have been investigating to find the relationship between the surface area of the parachute and the resulting air resistance; measuring this by seeing the time it takes for them to reach the ground when dropped.
In PE we have been practising our ball control skills and using these to improve our Endball gameplay.
In Science, we have learned about orbits and the 8 planets in our solar system. We all wrote our own quirky mnemonic to help us remember the order of the planets from the sun.
In DT, Year 5 were looking at different times of beams and pillars when building bridges and the structural benefits and weaknesses of different types of bridge.
We have been studying the ‘Hidden Figures’ book in English, about the Civil Rights Movement and the inspirational black women of NACA and NASA during the 20th century. During this lesson, we created a roleplay script between Mary Jackson and a judge at the local court, as she asked to be given an equal education to others. A great chance to practice using a formal and official tone with our writing! Once created, children acted out the moment.
At the end of our topic ‘Belonging’ in RE – we have looked at the concepts of fidelity, commitment and responsibility with a focus on service to God and Christianity. As a celebration, we have made ‘Commitment Cards’ to take home and show our love for others by promising to serve them in our own chosen way.
We have been working as groups to create bridges in class that have been able to hold the weight of toy cars.
In PE, we have been focusing on our coordination skills with our footwork; walking forwards and backwards along a line in different ways using balancing skills to assist us. Alongside this, we have been working with a partner to practise using our weight to counterbalance them in different shapes and forms.
In Science, we have been learning about how the Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours, which causes our night and day time. We have also been studying the effects of the Earth’s axis on seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres as the Earth orbits the Sun.
In Science, the children have been investigating mixing materials with a liquid to discover if they are soluble or insoluble
In PE the children were practising different types of movement and stance when in-control-of and passing a variety of objects around.
A fabulous Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate all of the amazing ladies in our lives.
Year 5 spent Spring term composing and practising the performance of the instrumental part of their English National Opera project with Carmel. We chose the colour BLUE (cobalt) to represent with our music and created a libretto of a number of different words that we associated with the colour, some of which we used within our opera pieces. We also had the ENO education team and official ENO photographer, Jason Lock, visit the class to observe our hard work on the projects so far and take pictures in action for the ENO’s ‘Finish This’ project and website. We sent off our project at the end of Easter, and the ENO composers were so impressed that they created an animated video around our composition. What an amazing opportunity! Year 5 should be very proud of themselves. Catch the video of our piece, with the music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Whh3ZhgYk&list=PL7ShuxblyYmHkuuhTtDGY2OZZnoPhkORR&index=15
On Thursday, Year 5 led a prayer and liturgy to celebrate Pentecost. It was attended by their grown ups and the Key Stage 2 classes. They did an excellent job at organising the event: designing invitations, creating a perfect gathering, enacting the Fruits of the Spirit, choosing the song, writing a prayer and encouraging grown ups to choose their own path for spiritual growth in the Holy Spirit.
Well done to the children who took part in the Wigan Town Sports event at Robin Park Arena today. We are extremely proud of all the children for trying their best and cheering each other on! A big well done to John who has made it to the final for the 80m sprint, good luck John!
We were delighted to receive professional photographs taken of our children reading the bidding prayers at the Good Shepherd Mass in the Cathedral at the beginning of June. We were so proud of our children and how they represented our school.
Year 5 wrote letters of hope which were hand delivered by Bobby whilst he was there to see his wonderful doctors at Alder Hey. Such inspirational letters to bring a joy to other children. Well done Year 5!
Mr Wilson led our back to school Prayer and Liturgy. We each thought about how we can shine our light this new school year.
On Friday, we celebrated our first Achievers Assembly of the new school year. Well done to this week’s achievers! Keep up the great work ⭐️
Year 5 made their own parachutes to investigate the affect of surface area on air resistance.
Meet our new school council for 2025 – 2026. Congratulations to all the children selected. Our first meeting will be held next week ⭐️
Congratulations to all of our achievers! We love celebrating all of the hard work that has taken place throughout the week.
🧠 💛 World Mental Health Day 2025 💛 🧠 On Friday, our School Council spoke to the whole school about World Mental Health Day and why we were wearing yellow – to show support and raise awareness for mental health. They also launched a Kindness Challenge, encouraging everyone to be extra kind to others throughout the week. It was a lovely reminder that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference
For World Mental Health Day we learned about different ways of coping with stress and all partook in a class meditation, breathing and affirmation activity.
We created a beautiful ‘Window of Hope’ for the Jubilee year and celebrated it by holding a Prayer & Liturgy. We celebrated the word with prayers, a reading from Romans 5:1 and making the sign of peace with each other (as the scripture on our window describes the peace that Jesus has granted us through our new covenant with the Lord).
‘Romans 5:1 Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.’
A snapshot of the inner-school democracy at work, as we voted for our school councillors!
