Throughout the Summer term, Year 5 have been so lucky to have had the support of Mr Pickles each week for our chair drumming lessons. Throughout the term we’ve built on our skills, stamina and enjoyed being outside drumming in the sunshine and even sharing some quality time learning chair drumming with our family and carers during family learning. None of this would have been possible without Mr Pickles’ expertise and patience with us all!

On behalf of ALL of Year 5, we’d like to give a public shout out to you Mr Pickles, for all your help and support – we have enjoyed having you as our expert throughout our expedition!

Crew Yr5! x

Yesterday, Year 5 had a fabulous day exploring the National Mining Museum. The children were able to go down 140 metres in a cage and explore a real mine. The children were blown away by the facts and stories they were told about miners and their communities. Unfortunately, technology is not allowed underground so there’s no photographs to show how fantastic it is but I’m sure the children will have lots of fantastic stories to share! We then had a lovely time exploring the different places to build our knowledge even more. We even met some pit ponies and saw some canaries similar to what they would have had in the mine. The children’s behaviour was exemplary and members of staff commented on their amazing engagement, attitudes and respect! Well done Year 5!