Today the children have choreographed a sequence including a balance, jump, roll and a travelling movement. One group did this in unison facing each other; other groups performed theirs side by side.

Today Year 5 learnt a range of playground and skipping games. They’re really looking forward to playing these and teaching the other children how to skip with the big rope.

Today Year 5 have learnt to use Force meters to measure friction. They measured the friction of shoes on different surfaces. Force is measured in Newtons with the sandpaper creating more than the other materials.

Today we celebrated Children in Need day by wearing our pyjamas.

Today Year 5 learnt about Jesus and his miracles. Using actions we acted as disciples with big hands. Ismail played Lazarus who got came back from the dead. We had a shepherd who lost her sheep. These stories told us about the parables. We played a game show where we had to guess what people thought Jesus was.

Gymnastics coach Karen came in today to teach us a super lesson on how to improve our gymnastics.

Year 5 had their 2nd play leader session today. Their first task was to put the class into a line from tallest to smallest without speaking! They then played a different version of the Floor is Lava using hoops as stepping stones. Next they learnt to play Octopus tag. Did you know you can play rock, paper, scissors with your feet? The last game they learnt to play was Catch the Flag and came up with their own alternative rules.

Today the Year 5 children finished the stories from the Old Testament in the bible. They completed a quiz and all received a certificate. Next half term they start the New Testament.

Todays craft club was filled with knitters, crocheters and pine cone owls!

Year 5 are enjoying their weekly lessons by Beth and Jeremy, learning about the bible stories in the Old Testament.

Today Mr George from CHS visited us to teach us how to be play leaders. We learnt to play several games: Head, shoulders, knees, cone; Crazy tag; Secret agent tag and Among us tag. We will teach the other children how to play these games, organise them and make sure they are played safely.

Thursday was the first time for craft club. We learnt how to crochet and make superheroes out of lollipop sticks. It was fun!

Year 5 spent this morning in the forest playing hide and seek, building dens and getting stung by nettles!

Year 5 and 6 had a great time sliding, swinging, climbing and zip-lining through the day. Mrs Pearce and Miss Jackson tried to lose us in the maze but we just kept turning left until we were free!

Four Year 5 children took part in the Chrystal Maze challenge at Eaton Bank today. Their first task was a maths challenge to build the tallest and strongest tower to survive an earthquake, using marshmallows and spaghetti. Next they had to search for definitions in a dictionary. They then had a Science challenge in the brand new Science labs, using microscopes to identify different parts of insects. They also had to design and fly a paper aeroplane the furthest distance. Finally, they had to collect red, gold and black crystals worth different amounts to score the most points.

And the winners were…MARLFIELDS!!!