

Year 5 were lucky enough to have 2 lessons with ‘Rail Experts’ yesterday. First, we learned about career opportunities within the rail sector followed by a really informative discussion about safety…and we received some freebies! Marcus did a fantastic job as Crew Walton’s volunteer!
Year 5 continued their focus in Art, learning about Sir Quentin Blake and his creative methods. We drafted, critiqued and the completed some outstanding final drafts of Stephenson’s Rocket!
Yesterday, Year 5 enjoyed a visit from one of our Y6 children’s mums – Sarah – who is a real-life train driver. We enjoyed learning about the different roles that Sarah has worked in as well as all the training she has had to complete in order to be a successful train driver. The children asked lots of varied and interesting questions, and we were really shocked to find out that there are only 39 female train drivers in the whole country … out of 400+! Lots of the children showed huge enthusiasm for life on the tracks so perhaps we have some budding train drivers amongst our Green Top crew?
Today we have had 2 challenges to complete. The first one was taking photographs of things close up and then trying to guess what they were. Can you work any of them out?
Our next challenge was to take pictures of something beginning with each letter of the alphabet. I wonder if you could have a go over half term?
We had a lovely end to our Wednesday when parents (and a couple of little visitors) joined us to read aloud together to acknowledge the special day!
Crew Oldridge/Walton plus parents created some outstanding artwork in our Family Learning session! Such a productive afternoon…thanks to all who came to support our children!
Here are some videos to support you with the methods we are teaching in school.
We have had a great afternoon looking at perspective and turning ourselves into giants or ants! Have a look at some of our favourite pictures.
Crew Oldridge had a busy couple of weeks conducting experiments including evaporation, filtration and the Muddy Water Challenge to separate the components of muddy water using the knowledge they had acquired during the week. Clearly, these ‘Science Hook Days’ were enjoyed by all! WE ARE SCIENTISTS!