Class Five

Music

A great music session today! We started with a fun call-and-response warm-up, then explored what an ostinato is before putting it into practice on the glockenspiels.

Basketball skills

The class developed further team skills this afternoon!

Computing

The children used their databases this afternoon, to create charts and graphs.

Science

Today we explored filtration by mixing sand and water, then using filter paper to separate them. We discovered how the sand stays behind while the water passes through.

Basketball

Developing our basketball skills this afternoon in the sunshine.

Science – Evaporation

Today, the children used evaporation to get sugar back from a sugar solution. They observed how the water evaporated, leaving the sugar behind. A simple experiment with a great scientific result! 🔬🍬

Collective Worship

Today’s question – Do wild animals have as much right to land as we do?

Freeze Frame Acting

Freeze-frame acting brought curiosity to life! The children stepped into the role of “Curiosity” and used their bodies and expressions to show what they could see, think and feel. A fantastic way to develop imagination, expression and communication! 👀💭

Listen and Appraise

One of the most famous classical composers this afternoon!

Smoking

As our topic on Smoking continued, the children watched a 1Decision video clip before making a considered choice.

SPAG

Revisiting how inverted commas are used this morning in SPAG.

English – hot seating

The children worked in pairs this morning to ‘hot seat’ Curiosity about its journey to Mars.

Computing

The children worked hard this afternoon to input data to create their own database about the planets.

DT- Making Soup

The class took turns cutting vegetables for their delicious soup!

Science

Today, the class enjoyed carrying out an investigation to see what happens when we add salt to water. We made predictions, watched carefully, and talked about what we noticed.

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Narrative skills

The children developed their understanding of the model text and new vocabulary today. In pairs, they discussed the questions before agreeing on an answer.

Listen and Appraise

The children enjoyed their first Listen and Appraise session, with for some, was a familiar piece of classical music.

Metaphors

Our class has been exploring the story Curiosity, developing their understanding of metaphors and creating some thoughtful and imaginative examples in preparation for their incidental write.

English

Before reading our new English text, the children wrote some wonderful noun phrases!

SPAG

Today’s SPaG lesson focused on prefixes, and the children really impressed us with their knowledge! 🌟 They came up with lots of fantastic examples and enjoyed exploring how adding a prefix can change the meaning of a word.

Computing

The class thought about records and fields as they started their database topic!

Collective Worship

The children reintroduced themselves to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing this morning!

English – Predictions

The children used excellent oracy skills this morning, as they looked at objects related to our new book.

Music

🎶 Call and response in action! Our class has been practising listening, responding, and making music together. 🎵👏

DT – Research

The children enjoyed tasting a variety of soups this afternoon as they started their DT topic ‘Cooking and Nutrition’ -Soup.

Diversity Day

For Diversity Day, Class 5 read My Strong Mind and discussed what it takes to build a strong mind—resilience, confidence, positive thinking, and the courage to keep going. 🧠💪📚🌍

Yoga

The class enjoyed their final yoga session of the year this afternoon!

Class 5- Computer Aided Design

During their computing lessons this half term Class 5 have been exploring Computer Aided Design. Children have explored the software Sketchup, we have looked at the different tools required to create 3D designs, why it’s important to stick to a scale and the different ways in which we might use this program. During this time children have designed their own homes and Anglo Saxon inspired shields and weapons.

Attendance Award

🎳🏆 A huge congratulations to Year 5 for winning the Best Attendance Award! Their fantastic commitment and teamwork paid off, and they celebrated with a brilliant bowling trip full of smiles, laughter, and lots of fun. Well done, Year 5—keep up the amazing attendance! 🌟👏

Music workshop

To promote Liverpool libraries summer reading challenge, the children took part in a music workshop where they were treated to opera singing and musical maths games!

KS2 Sports Day

KS2 had a fantastic time celebrating Sports Day! 🌟 From mini golf and football to javelin, standing long jump, relay races and an exciting obstacle course, every child gave it their all. It was wonderful to see so much teamwork, determination and encouragement throughout the day. Well done, KS2! 🏅👏

Listen and Appraise

The class were so impressed with ‘Riverdance’ this morning as their final song. The dancing and music was fantastic!

Kinball

Such a fantastic kinball session at LJMU Sports Hall this morning! The children had so much fun!

Victoria Gallery and Museum

Year 5 enjoyed a marine biology workshop this morning at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. The children learned a lot about the importance coral reef and had the opportunity to create their own!

Yoga

Another excellent yoga session this afternoon with Georgia!

Rail Safety Week

The children listened to important safety messages about being safe around rail lines. There are many dangers to be aware of!

Music

The class have been practicing singing “Blackbird” by the Beatles.

Water Safety Week

The children listened to more safety messages this week around staying safe around open water.

Boys and Girls Football team results

Huge congratulations to the boys and girls football teams for making such a great effort over the last year. Thank you to everyone who took part and a special well done to the girls football team for winning the League twice this year! Well done everyone👏🏼

Geography – Rivers

Class 5 enjoyed a visit to see the River Alt today, observing its journey in Kirkby then to its mouth in Hightown. The children impressed Mr. Verdin with their knowledge before ending the day having fun on the beach!

Collective Worship

For Water Safety Week, the children revisited the important messages of being safe around open water.

Collective Worship

For Refugee Week, the children listened to a story from a local author called ‘What if?’ They were also impressed with the story of a former pupil who has been selected to play in the World Cup for Iraq.

P.E. Cricket

The children made further progress with their cricket skills this afternoon, learning how to strike a ball and use a bowling technique.

Collective Worship

As the men’s World Cup is about to begin, we reflected on how sport can bring people together, sharing cultures and experiences.

Yoga

A calm session to begin our yoga this half term!

Beatles Museum

Our class had an amazing time visiting the Beatles Museum! 🎵 We learned all about the Beatles’ journey and discovered how music is made. It was fun, interesting, and inspiring to see the instruments, exhibits, and stories behind the music. A fantastic day full of learning and enjoyment!🎸✨

Coke and Mentos Science Experiment

When Mentos are dropped into a bottle of Coke, they provide tiny surfaces that allow carbon dioxide gas to escape rapidly, creating a spectacular foamy fountain.

Computing

The class were introduced to Sketchup this morning, using tools to create a house then applying the same skills to creating a Minecraft character.

Savings Club Assembly

Today we have began taking part in the LifeSavers Programme which will help our pupils learn about money and how to manage it wisely. As part of the LifeSavers Programme we have partnered with a local credit union, Central Credit Union, to provide our school savings club for pupils.

Any pupils from Reception to Year 5 are eligible to join the savings club now and they will receive a LifeSavers Passbook and wallet when they join. Please see the letters your children took home with them for more information and the QR code to register by Friday 12th June.

Some children from each class had the opportunity to partake in the assembly and help their fellow classmates to understand the importance of money and savings.

Art – Design

The class experimented with colours and textures this afternoon for their design stage.

Art – Research

The children researched the artist Chila Burman to start their topic before giving opinions on her work.

PE Cricket

The children practised their throwing and catching skills this morning. A fantastic start to our cricket topic!

Diversity Day assembly

Class 5 produced a great assembly based on our Diversity Day book: ‘The day war came’.

Understanding Muslim pilgrimage

The children continued to think about life for Muslims in Britain and how the pilgrimage to Makkah is an important Pillar in their faith.

Spanish

The children have been practicing their writing completing sentences describing the colours of the flags.

Collective Worship

The picture news story this week focused on Pride Month and celebrating individual choice!

Diversity Day

The children read the book ‘The day war came’ for Diversity Day. The class discussed themes of refugees and sanctuary, before selecting our P4C question ‘Is it ever ok to treat someone differently?’.

Collective Worship

The class listened carefully to water safety messages this morning. They understood there are many dangers around open water.

LFC Academy Champions

A huge well done to our girls football team who were crowned academy champions after winning their tournament at Melwood on Thursday. Well done all, we are very proud of you!

Listen and Appraise

The class loved Coldplay this morning!

P.E. Circuits

A great afternoon practising our athletic skills on a circuit.

R.E. Zakah

The class learned more about the importance of Zakah, as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
They created lovely posters too!

Knife Crime Awareness

Today our children took part in an important session on knife crime awareness — learning about the serious consequences, the impact on lives, and the importance of making safe, positive choices. Education and open conversations can help build a safer future for everyone.

Music (Final Piece)

The class have been practicing very hard for the final performance. Click below to watch!

Capoeira

The children enjoyed an exciting session of capoeira, combining movement, music, and teamwork while building confidence and having fun. A big thank you to the parents who provided the session and helped make the session so enjoyable for everyone! We are looking forward to the after school club starting in Summer 2.

Capoeira Assembly

Today we had an assembly about Capoeira and a small taster session for a new after school club that would be starting after half term. This was very interesting to see a new style of club that is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality.

Listen and Appraise

A change of musical style this afternoon!

R.E.

Year 5 have been thinking about what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today. The class looked at the Five Pillars of Islam and the role they play in the life of a Muslim.

Computing

Today we learned how computers “talk” to each other by sending data across the internet, just like sending letters through the mail! 📩🌍
We also learned about IP addresses, which are like home addresses for computers and devices. Every phone, tablet, or computer has its own special IP address so information knows exactly where to go.

When you watch videos, play games, or send messages online, tiny pieces of data travel super fast across networks to reach the right device. Learning about data transmission and IP addresses helps us understand how the internet works behind the scenes! 💻✨

Practice

The class have been practicing “everyday people” for our final performance.

Listen and Appraise

The popular ‘Fight Song’ filled Class 5 this afternoon! Many of the children were already familiar with this song.

Ancient Greece workshop

The children enjoyed examining artefacts from Ancient Greece today, looking at how objects from the past can tell us about how people lived.

P.E. Triple jump

Fantastic triple jump efforts this afternoon by Class 5. The children thought about momentum and using the sequence of hop, step and jump.

History – Ancient Greece

The class discussed the differences between Sparta and Athens and used reasoning skills to decide which city-state they prefer.

Music

The children have been practicing 3 part harmonies to “Everyday People”

Science

The children added water and is poured into this foil container, and a small amount of salt is added. When the candle is lit and placed beneath the tinfoil, it provides heat energy to the solution. As the water warms, its molecules move more rapidly, which helps break apart the salt crystals into individual ions that disperse evenly throughout the liquid. This process is called dissolving, and heating speeds it up by increasing molecular motion and the rate at which the salt interacts with the water.

Rail Safety

The children watched a video about rail safety for Collective Worship to increase their awareness of the dangers of railways and how to be safe.

P.E. Athletics

This week the children practiced using a baton during relay races. The children learned how to hold, pass and receive the baton correctly.

Dissolving Salt

Today in class, we did an experiment to see how salt dissolves in water. We put some water in a clear container and added a small amount of salt. Then we stirred it and watched the salt slowly disappear. We learned that the salt mixes with the water to make a solution, even though we can’t see it anymore. We also talked about how stirring and warmer water can help the salt dissolve faster.

Computing

The children thought carefully about their digital footprints then learned about the differences between LAN and WAN.

Music

Starting learning our new song “Everyday People”.

P.E. Athletics

Practising pace and stride patterns this week in athletics. The children were reminded to maintain speed until the end of the race.

Listen and Appraise

The class enjoyed Lewis Capaldi today.

Singtastic!

The children enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at Singtastic! Click the QR code and watch us sing!

Collective worship

The class discussed if it was ever too late to try something new – there were some inspiring stories of people who do not let age be a barrier.

DT – Make

The class began their fairground ride project this afternoon.

D.T. Research

The class spent time this afternoon researching how gears and pulleys worked. They will use this knowledge to help them design their fairground rides.

Listen and Appraise

George Ezra entertained the class today with his distinctive voice!

P.E. Athletics

The class began their athletics lessons today by doing the bleep test and completing circuits – before relay racing!

Pulleys

The class have been revisiting electrical circuits in preparation for their new DT topic.

PSHE

This afternoon we discussed why people share images and the positive and negative outcomes of sharing these images.

Computing

For computing today we looked at different ways we can access the internet and what activities we have done online in the last 24 hours.

Diversity Day

The children read a poem about neurodiversity for Diversity Day, thinking about how we all think differently. Our P4C question was ‘Can someone be ‘different’ and still ‘normal’? The children then wrote their own poems, with one member of class reading in assembly.

Collective Worship

This week’s question asked what makes a place great to live in – its people, building or environment?

End of term Breakfast!

The children enjoyed some lovely pastries this morning!

P.E.

The class demonstrated their volleyball skills this afternoon in their final lesson of the term.

Collective Worship

The class were impressed by the resilience shown by the athletes at the recent Paralympic Games in Italy. We all agreed how determined the athletes must be.

Rehearsals!

The children are getting excited for their upcoming Singtastic performance! Louise and Mia from Liverpool University have come for our final workshop.

Viking settlements

The class used their map skills this afternoon to find some Viking settlements.

Artistic Gymnastics British Championships

The children enjoyed a day out to the M&S Arena to watch the Artistic Gymnastics British Championships. Such amazing talent!

Listen and Appraise

The children were ‘Half a World Away’ thanks to Oasis; one of the class thought the sound was really subtle.

Stop motion

Class 5 has been experimenting with stop motion this afternoon. Some very creative work!

Liverpool Schools concert

The children thoroughly enjoyed the schools concert performance at the Philharmonic Hall today. They were impressed by the venue and the orchestra! Click the link to watch us sing!

Vikings

The class had the opportunity to take part in a fascinating presentation on the Vikings today, delivered by a special guest. Pupils greatly enjoyed the session and gained a deeper understanding of this important period in history.

Listen and Appraise

The children sang along to Starship this afternoon – ‘We built this city’

P.E.

The children continued to practise their volleyball skills this afternoon.

PSHE

Discussing anger and making the correct decisions.

Yoga

Some beautiful poses in yoga this afternoon.

Dental hygiene

A very informative workshop this morning, as the children learned the best way to look after our teeth.

Listen and Appraise

The children listened to the lovely ballad ‘Eternal Flame’ by the Bangles this afternoon.

World Book Day

Class 5 looking great in their costumes today. We read a book called Three Little Vikings, a story about 3 brave little vikings who defeated a Monstrous Troll. 

Yoga

Our yoga lesson in the hall this afternoon provided lots of opportunity for calm breathing and poses.

Computing

The class began creating a storyboard this afternoon for their Stop Motion unit of work.

Collective worship

During CW time today, the class reflected upon the events happening in the Middle East.

Music

Practicing for our performance!

Lever and Pulleys

A lever and a pulley are simple machines that help us move heavy things more easily. A lever is a stiff bar that rests on a turning point like a seesaw, and when you push down on one end, the other end lifts up. A pulley is a wheel with a rope around it, and when you pull the rope down, it lifts an object up, like raising a flag. Both levers and pulleys help us use less effort to do work. We played around looking at how gears work.

Collective worship

Our news story for the week generated lots of discussion and debate!

Yoga

The children enjoyed head massage in yoga this afternoon – a great way to end a busy day!

Listen and Appraise

The familiar rock song ‘The Final Countdown’ by Europe this afternoon!

Art – Cast sculptures: Design

The class enjoyed the design process this morning before further work on their cast sculptures.

Volleyball

Good start to our volleyball topic. We practiced passing the ball to each other and played some mini games.

Riddle of the Runes

The children deciphered symbols from our whole class reading book this morning!

R.E.

The children discussed the Ten Commandments this afternoon before debating the merits of the first three.

Diversity Day/P4C

The class used the book ‘You, me and empathy’ as their stimulus, discussing themes of compassion, kindness and empathy. Our P4C question was ‘ Is it still kindness if you are only kind because you have to?’

Mini Police

The children received their certificates this afternoon for completing their mini police training. There were also 3 lucky winners for a sketching competition.

Singtastic !

Beautiful rehearsals for singstastic! Click the QR code below.

Science

We built our own slingshots and launched sweets to test how far they could travel.

Art – Design

Some more examples of Class 5 sketch work this afternoon.

Art – Design

Following research of cast sculptures, the children spent the afternoon sketching natural objects.

Gymnastics apparatus

The class put all their skills to use this afternoon, using a variety of apparatus.

Spanish

For today’s activity, the children made sentences by rearranging muddled words.

Children’s Mental Health Week

The children discussed the importance of mental health today as part of Children’s Mental Health Week, watching an online assembly.

SPAG

Suffixes practice morning!

Mini Police

The children welcomed Fred the police dog this afternoon, which demonstrated its skills on the playground – handler Steve explained how Fred uses scent to detect explosives. The children were also reminded of the impact of knife crime and the implications of carrying a knife.

E-Safety

As part of E-Safety day, the children used their Collective Worship time to think about the impact of social media and whether it should be banned.

Music

Today we listened to classical music called The Hebrides Overture by Mendelssohn.

Science

We used force metres to measure the weight of objects.

Listen and Appraise

The class listened to Bob Marley’s protest song this afternoon, ‘Redemption Song’.

P.E. Floor sequence

Practicing a mat sequence this afternoon.

RE – Exodus story

The children sequenced and discussed the Exodus story today before thinking about the challenges faced by Moses.

DT Final products

Here are some fantastic examples of slippers made by Class 5!

Mini Police station visit

The children visited the British Transport Police station this afternoon, seeing how officers work, including holding somebody in custody! Thank you to BTP for this great experience!

Collective Worship

The class discussed the importance of belonging this morning, as they looked at how Barbie dolls are being designed to represent a diverse society.

P.E.

A series of rolls and balances in gymnastics this week!

The story of Moses

The class began their R.E. topic by thinking about the early life of Moses.

Collective Worship

We discussed behaviour, respect and fair play today during our CW time.

Holocaust Memorial Day

The class listened attentively this afternoon as we marked Holocaust

Mini Police

Our Mini police training continued this afternoon with PC Mutch, all around the theme of rail safety.

Singtastic!

The class began work on their Singtastic project this morning, creating lyrics around the theme of weather. The lyrics will be used to produce songs to perform.

Gravity

Today we tested our parachutes made from different materials to see which material has the most air resistance.

Streamline

The class made paper airplanes to demonstrate how streamlining affects speed.

Class 5 Computing

Class5 have been exploring Micro:bits. Children have been designing their own straps ready to attach to a Micro:bit. Children researched different styles of watch straps and came up with their own designs, once they were happy with their designs they measured the Micro:bit and created their own strap out of card. Children then attached the Micro:bit to the card

Problem Solving

Using multiplication skills this morning to solve problems.

DT Make

Our slippers project continued this afternoon!

Listen and Appraise

The class listened to the beautiful ‘Heart of Gold’ by Neil Young this afternoon! The children commented on the guitar, harmonica and lyrics!

Maths Reasoning

Excellent maths problem work this morning!

P.E. Gymnastics

The class demonstrated an excellent variety of rolls this afternoon!

PSHE – Budgets

The children discussed the importance of managing a budget this afternoon.

Spanish

Today we discussed our favourite methods of transport!

SPAG

The class used a text based on The Hound of the Baskervilles to identify adverbs this morning.

Mini Police

Today class 5 had their first session with police. The children have been sworn in and promise to uphold the law!

Collective Worship

The children discussed how special awards are and the reasons why they are given. The Jane Goodall Earth Medal provided a good stimulus for discussion.

Syncopation

Syncopation happens when rhythms emphasise unexpected beats, often placing accents between the steady pulses they are used to hearing. We sang familiar nursery rhymes using syncopation.

Science

Today, we experimented with parachutes made from different materials to observe how air resistance affects their movement.

DT Make

The children enjoyed the first part of their MAKE process!

Symmetrical and Asymmetrical balances

Fantastic demonstration of symmetrical and asymmetrical balances. We also incorporated equipment.

Improvisation

Some wonderful improvisation.

Balanced and unbalanced forces

Balanced forces have equal opposing forces, causing no change in motion while unbalanced forces have unequal opposing forces, causing an object to accelerate or change speed/direction. The children demonstrated this today.

DT – Skills

The class spent the afternoon practising their sewing skills, the running stitch proving to be very useful!

Listen and Appraise

The children listened to La Bamba this afternoon, commenting on its energy!

DT – Research

Today we looked at different shoe designs and looked at slippers.

P.E. Gymnastics

A fantastic start to our gymnastics unit this half term, practising symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes and balances.

Understanding money terminology

Class 5 have been learning about money-related terms and exploring different scenarios involving in-app purchases. They discussed which choices were the best to make.

Computing

The children used Microbits this afternoon, creating code to display a welcoming message on the Microbit before experimenting with LEDs.

Forces

Today the children have been recapping contact and non contact forces. Today we focused on buoyancy.

Diversity Day

The children read a poem about sadness this morning, then used it as a stimulus for our P4C session.

Christmas breakfast

The children enjoyed a special Christmas breakfast this morning! The class were treated to a selection of pastries and pancakes.

Vocal warm ups!

A former pupil visited today and led our students through a series of vocal warm-ups.

Christmas Performance

Watch Class 5’ Christmas performance.

Yoga

The children enjoyed the final yoga session of the term and year with a special massage from Georgia. The class were relaxed and enjoyed the smell of the oil!

PSHE – Looking out for others

The children watched a video clip about helping others and looking out for our friends. They thought about how we should care for others and make the right decision.

Christmas reindeer

The children met a couple of special visitors this afternoon before meeting Father Christmas! They even sang Christmas songs with Mr Curry!

P.E – Dance

The children continued practicing Hand Jive movements as part of their dance sequence.

Yoga

The class practised the ‘wild thing’ pose this afternoon – it looked very impressive!

Whole School Choir

The Pleasant Street Primary School choir lit up the Liverpool Royal Hospital with their amazing energy and cheerful voices, turning the hospital into a mini concert and spreading smiles everywhere!

Using variables

The class continued using variables this afternoon as they coded a maths quiz on Scratch.
They had to create and name the variable to collect scores for multiplication questions!

Geography

As part of their North America topic, the class visited Birkenhead Park, which served as an inspiration for Central Park. Pupils used compasses and maps to locate various landmarks around the park.

Equivalent fractions

The children used fraction walls and their maths skills to find equivalent fractions today.

PSHE

We watched a video that explained different types of peer pressure and how they can influence our decisions. After , we were given a scenario to analyse. As a group, we discussed the possible responses and then chose the option we believed was the most appropriate and responsible choice.

Scratch

The children created a playable character in Scratch and learned how to use variables to control different aspects of their code.

Geography

Together, the class explored the factors that lead to areas with high and low population density.

Cross Country – Cross Challenge Event

Well done to four of our pupils from Y5 and Y6 who represented Liverpool in the Cross Challenge Event at Sefton Park on Saturday 22nd November. We are very proud of your achievements!

Geography

The children worked ever so hard this afternoon to explain how the Grand Canyon was formed.

Listen and appraise

Today we listen “I Got Rhythm” by Ethel Waters. Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts.

Dance in P.E

The class works hard together, creating dances built around counts of eight. Students focus on timing, coordination, and teamwork as they experiment with movement phrases and refine their choreography. Click the code to have a look!

Yoga

The children enjoyed today’s yoga lesson with Georgia!

Writer Knowledge

Multiples of 10, 100 and 1000

We used our knowledge of multiples to complete some calculations.

Geography

The class started their North America topic this afternoon by finding settlements on a map of the U.S.A.

Cubed Numbers

The children have been making cubed numbers using linking cubes.

Anti-Bullying week

For anti-bullying week we wore odd socks. Odd Socks Day is a national event all about celebrating what makes someone unique. It is to symbolise that we are all different and that children should be themselves, accepting of one another and celebrate difference.

Prime Numbers

Class 5 have been learning about prime numbers this morning!

Art – Research

The children completed excellent research on our artist Yayoi Kasuma this afternoon.

Listen and Appraise

A different style of music this half term!

P.E. dance

The children performed wonderfully well during their first dance lesson – line dancing!
Great coaching throughout too !

Yoga

The children enjoyed their first session of yoga this afternoon! Thanks Georgia!

SPAG

The class practised using brackets for parenthesis this morning!

Diversity Day Assembly

This afternoon we enjoyed an assembly that celebrated some of the work classes completed on Diversity Day. Class Five explained the Windrush Generation after reading ‘Coming to England’ by Floella Benjamin. They considered the range of emotions that may have been felt on the journey to England and how the new arrivals to the country settled. Their performance and discussions were excellent and they made links to some of our school values; resilience, respect and resourcefulness.

Reception then performed a verse from the poem ‘I Rise’. We were very proud of how confident the children were reciting the poem with actions in front of the whole school.

Our assembly was completed by a pupil in Y6, who performed her own original poem, based on ‘I Rise’. Her thought-provoking words reminded people that they can achieve anything if they put their mind to it.

Diversity Day assembly

The class were fantastic this afternoon as they explained their Diversity Day work!
The performance was brilliant!

LSSP Sports coaching

Congratulations to the members of Class 5 who completed sports coaching sessions last half term!

LSSP Activity Day!

Today LSSP came in again to do some special activities with class 5. We got put into groups and had to explain an activity to children in class 2. This was lots of fun and a new experience for us to be able to teach the younger students.

Basketball

Some fantastic play today!! Click the code to watch us.

Planetarium

The class enjoyed a visit to the planetarium at the World Museum this morning. They wondered if there was life elsewhere in the universe.

Final Performance

The children have performed their compositions. Click the code to watch!

Staying healthy in space.

Today we acted like health professionals and we explored how to stay healthy in space.

Computing

Class 5 have been exploring what a Crumble is and some of the key components that make it work. Each pair were given 5 minutes to explore the crumble and note down ideas about the roles the different parts played. Children then worked in pairs to program a crumble to display different coloured lights on the ‘Sparkle’. Children then designed a pattern from a pumpkin and coded the crumble to light up like a candle.

Diwali 2025

The class watched some video clips this morning as they learned more about Diwali – Festival of Light.

LSSP Activity day

Today LSSP came in to do an activity with year 5. This was to help them understand how to become a great leader and understand what skills and qualities they would need. The completed some tasks about identifying leadership skills. We played a game together in order to show our skills and the things we learnt.

Computing

The children put their Excel skills to the test this afternoon as they created an Anglo Saxon database!

Composition

Class 5 has been composing their own pieces, demonstrating their ability to apply knowledge acquired in previous lessons.

Robot Rover

Today we became engineers and programmers, coding rovers to complete missions on mars. We plotted and planned a journey for the rover.

Maths

The children rounded numbers this morning to help them check answers.

Listen and Appraise

’The Planets’ by Gustav Holst this afternoon! The children enjoyed the sweeping sounds of this famous piece!

Basketball

Great team play this afternoon!

Anglo Saxon workshop

The children enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Liverpool, to learn about the daily life of Anglo Saxons and handle artefacts.

Levi Tafari

We were very lucky to be visited by Levi Tafari and Jenny from LLP today. Our KS2 children enjoyed a fantastic assembly listening to a live poetry performance by Levi and discussions about diversity, inclusion and equality. Y6 then enjoyed a poetry workshop.

Merseyside Police assembly

A special assembly this afternoon from Merseyside Police to speak to the children about how to stay safe during Halloween and Bonfire night.

Anglo-Saxon settlements

The class worked hard this afternoon to find places of Anglo-Saxon origin. They located places on a map and thought about the meanings of these place names.

Levi Tafari

The children were treated to a special visit from Liverpool poet Levi Tafari this morning! He spoke about diversity, culture and history before performing some of his poetry.

Black History Month

We tuned into a special Picture News assembly for Black History Month, understanding the importance of standing firm for what you believe and what is important.

Listen & Appraise

Look who joined us in class this afternoon – Luciano Pavarotti!

National Poetry Day

Class 5 have had fun writing poems for the poetry competition!

PSHE – Smoking

We had a class debate this afternoon about smoking – the children had lots of common sense opinions!

SPAG

The class worked ever so hard this morning using dashes for parenthesis!

Computing

The children used the charts function to create a variety of charts to represent data. They also used the find and replace feature to understand how databases can be more efficient than a paper version.

Science – Can we get humans to mars?

Today we had a visitor for our science lesson. Our mission today was to become geologists and explore the surface of the moon, learn about its features and to decide where to build a Moon base.

Anglo Saxons

The children worked hard this afternoon to consider reasons why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain.

Spanish

The children have been learning different body parts and different pains.
Me duele = singular
Me duelen = plural

Computing

The children used an Excel database today to enter information and use the filter tool! They were impressed on how this feature worked!

Music

The children practiced “Body popping skeleton” on the glockenspiels. This piece has a continually repeated musical rhythm. This is called Ostinato.

Listen and appraise

Today’s piece of classical music!

English

Computing

We began our topic of Databases today by creating Top Trumps cards to compare fields and discuss records.

Music

Practicing call and response. Click the code to watch!

Planets

The class have had fun learning facts about the 8 planets and putting them in order.

DT – Preparing Soup

Class 5 enjoyed preparing vegetable and tomato soup this afternoon.

Listen & Appraise

We’ve enjoyed some classical music in our first two weeks of the term!

P.E. Basketball

Excellent skills demonstrated this afternoon in basketball!

PSHE

The class started their topic on Smoking by voting on the 1Decision character dilemma!

DT – Skills

The children demonstrated excellent skills this afternoon as they used different cutting techniques on a range of fruit and vegetables.

Call and response🎤

Excellent music lesson. We practiced call and response with a new song and enjoyed learning new moves.

DT – soup research

Matthew helped us with our research this morning by showing us how he prepares soup!

DT – soup research

The class tasted different soups this afternoon as part of their research. Tomato soup was popular!

Art portraits

The class studied the work of Julian Opie today before creating their own self-portraits in the same style.

Diversity Day/P4C

The children read the book ‘The Thing’ for Diversity Day, which included themes of discrimination, differences and friendship. Our P4C question was ‘Is it ever ok to hide who you truly are?’

Shelters

Class 5 used their survival ideas to draw what their shelters would look like.

Computing- 3D modelling

A fantastic 3D design based on a pencil sketch.

Family BBQ

A big thank you to everyone who attended our family BBQ last week. A great time was had by all and we managed to raise over £1000 which will help school funds. We were also able to make a donation to Shy Lowen Sanctuary, where lots of our children have attended over the years. We cannot wait until our next event.

LFC Foundation

The class celebrated their final well being session this afternoon, gaining a certificate of achievement.

LFC Foundation

The class listened to different pieces of music this afternoon and thought about how music makes you feel. Music plays such an important part in our mental wellbeing.

Geography – Rivers

The children enjoyed a trip to Kirkby and Hightown today to follow the course of the River Alt. They investigated the flow of the river and observed changes in the landscape as the River Alt made its way into the Irish Sea.

LFC Foundation

The session this week used exercise to demonstrate the importance of being active to help our wellbeing.

Collective worship – water safety

The class listened attentively and contributed well to our talk about the importance of water safety, especially as we reach the summer months.

Geography – rivers

The class labelled world rivers this afternoon using an atlas.

Reading Event at JMU – Frank Cottrell Boyce

Some pupils from Y4 and Y5 were very lucky to take part in a fantastic reading and author event at John Moores University, organised with Liverpool Learning Partnership. The children took part in a range of magical themed activities and tricks, worked with other schools to perform Reader’s Theatre and then had the opportunity to listen to and meet Frank Cottrell Boyce.

The theme of the event was magic as the event was celebrating Cottrell-Boyce’s text – The Wonder Brothers. The children were so grateful to receive a copy of the text to take home and they can’t wait to read the story as the extracts shared today had them hooked!

Yoga – creative group work

Excellent team work and communication this afternoon!

Computing- SketchUp design

In preparation for the next use of SketchUp, the class designed Viking shields!

Computing – 3D SketchUp

The children enjoyed their first session of 3D modelling this morning! The buildings being designed were excellent.

P.E. Cricket

The children developed their catching and striking skills this afternoon as the class began their cricket topic.

DT – design and make

A fantastic start to our DT make session this afternoon, after designing some wonderful fairground rides!

Yoga

The class enjoyed their first yoga session of the summer term today!

Tennis session

Year 5 enjoyed a tennis session this morning at LJMU sports hall, gaining some coaching skills from Mr. Verdin too !

R.E. – Pilgrimage

The children continued their enquiry about what it means to be a Muslim in Britain, focusing on the pillar of Hajj.

LFC Foundation

The children used art skills today to think about positive mental health strategies. They entered a Pride Badge design competition!

Diversity Day

The children used the book ‘The Day war came’ as a stimulus for our latest Diversity Day. The book was about the refugee experience. Our P4C question: ‘Is it ever ok to treat people differently?’

DT – mechanisms

The children enjoyed researching different mechanisms this afternoon and tried to use working gears! Super research to begin our topic!

LFC Foundation

The children started a series of sessions this afternoon delivered by Sam from the LFC Foundation, all about Mental Health Awareness. The class discussed different emotions and thought about what made them happy.

Ancient Greece workshop

The children enjoyed looking at artefacts from Ancient Greece – sculptures of Gods, pottery, objects of daily life and weapons. The museum workshop was full of information about the past!

R.E.

The class looked at the history of mosques in the UK today and predicted how many Muslims they thought were in England and Wales. They were surprised by the actual numbers!

Hobbies

The class have been practicing writing down what hobbies they like to do in their free time.

Writer knowledge

Using our example text ‘Mission Log’ the class began looking at the features used in this model text. The children worked hard to find examples of features such as relative clauses, modal verbs and verb prefixes.

Listen & Appraise

The class sang along to the sound of Lady Gaga this afternoon!

V.E. Day

The class listened to the importance of the V.E. Day celebrations today!

Planetarium

Class 5 enjoyed their science trip to the planetarium. We looked at all the planets and question are we alone?

Computing

Class 5 discussed what a digital footprint is and they made their own passwords!

Gears

Class 5 have been looking at gears in science!

P.E. Athletics

The class enjoyed the sunshine today, practising running techniques, matching the stride of a partner then relay racing.

Computing

The class discussed all they knew about the internet this afternoon then researched different parts of a network.