We have been practising our multiplication and division by 10, 100 and 1000. We took advantage of the weather and used chalk on the playground to challenge our peers.

This term, Fistral have been learning about The Great Fire of London. We recreated Pudding Lane and set The King’s Bakery alight. The fire spread quickly because of the wind and closely packed houses, similar to the real fire.

In line with our Great Fire of London topic, we made tudor houses out of cardboard boxes, recreated Pudding Lane and had our own Great Fire. It was red hot!

We had an amazing day making bread. We designed our own rolls and added flavourings. They looked fantastic and tasted even better!

We had an amazing day making bread. We designed our own rolls and added flavourings. They looked fantastic and tasted even better! Stral

In Year 5, we have been learning about chiaroscuro and the effects of using contrasted light and shadow in our drawings. We started by drawing self portraits using sketch pencils on white card and creating the shade and shadow of our faces. We followed this by using chalk on black paper to create the lighter […]

In our science lesson, we carried out a fair test to investigate which biscuit lasted the longest when dunked in cold water. To make informed predictions, we looked at the sugar content of each biscuit and made links with our previous science knowledge about dissolving. We presented our data and made conclusions from our results. […]

In our art lesson, we have been studying Chiaroscuro (strong contrasts between light and dark). We studied our faces by candle light and use chalk and charcoal to create self portraits.