Marigold Class Blog

Date:

5 March

Posted by:

Miss Purshouse

We have had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day in Marigold Class! 📚✨

This morning we explored the wonderful world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We began by designing our own imaginative chocolate rooms, thinking carefully about the sweet treats, colours and magical features that might be inside. We then used watercolours to paint our designs, bringing our sketches to life with bright and creative details.

Afterwards, we used our chocolate room pictures as inspiration to write descriptive paragraphs, focusing on exciting vocabulary to help the reader imagine our delicious creations. Finally, we spent time researching our favourite authors and learning more about the people who create the stories we love to read.

It has been a fantastic day filled with creativity, imagination and a love of books! 🍫📖

Date:

4 March

Posted by:

Miss Purshouse

Electrical Circuits

Today in Science, Year 4 have been learning about electrical circuits. Miss Purshouse provided us with the components and we investigated how to make a bulb light up by creating a complete circuit.

Once we had successfully lit the bulb, we challenged ourselves further by trying to make both a bulb and a buzzer work in the same circuit. We had to think carefully and avoid the misconception of creating two separate circuits. Instead, we ensured that both the bulb and the buzzer were connected within one complete circuit so that they worked together.

After successfully building our circuits, we drew and labelled scientific diagrams to show how our circuit was set up.
We demonstrated great teamwork, problem-solving and scientific thinking throughout the lesson!

Date:

8 February

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Year 5 - Science - Forces

We have been learning about the different forces which act on objects and this session we were focusing on air resistance. The children were set a challenge to make parachutes of different sizes to see which one landed last. We discovered that the parachute with the biggest surface area stayed in the air for longer as it ‘caught’ the most air. We then tried investigating whether the same thing happened with larger wings on paper planes. Isn’t science fun?

Date:

6 February

Posted by:

Miss Purshouse

Investigating Tooth Decay

We have been investigating which drink causes the most tooth decay. To do this, we used hard-boiled eggs to represent teeth and placed them in different drinks: Coke, orange juice, water and milk.

Before starting the experiment, we made predictions. Many of us predicted that Coke would cause the most damage because it is fizzy and contains a lot of sugar. However, we were shocked by the results. Orange juice caused the most damage to the egg, showing clear changes to the shell. This surprised us because orange juice is often thought of as a healthy drink.

Water and milk caused very little or no damage, showing that they are better choices for keeping teeth healthy.

In our next science lesson, we will write up our findings and conclude our experiment. We will explain what we observed, compare the results to our predictions and discuss what we have learned about how different drinks can affect our teeth.

Date:

4 February

Posted by:

Miss Purshouse

Tuck Shop Enterprise Project – Marigold Class

Marigold class took part in a tuck shop enterprise project where we designed, made and sold healthy breakfast bars. We began by carrying out market research to find out which flavours would be most popular. Using the results, we selected flavours that would appeal to our customers.

Next, we costed the ingredients and worked out how much it would cost to make each breakfast bar. We then calculated selling prices and identified which flavours would make the most profit. This helped us make informed decisions like real businesses do.

We created eye-catching posters to promote our breakfast bars, thinking carefully about persuasive language, colour and layout. Finally, we sold the breakfast bars at our tuck shop, developing our confidence, teamwork and money-handling skills.

This project helped us learn about enterprise, maths, design and communication, while also encouraging healthy food choices.

Date:

9 January

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Defining Gravity

In year 5 we are learning about the different forces which act on objects. Today we looked at gravity and how it pulls all objects towards the centre of the planet. The children were set a challenge to investigate if this force acted equally on all objects. They were given a selection of objects and they had to predict which would fall the quickest. They were very surprised to discover that all objects landed at the same time.

Date:

5 November

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Year 5 - Being Scientists

In Science we have been investigating materials and how we can mix and separate different materials through sieving, filtering, evaporation and using magnets. The children were asked to decide which method of separation would be the best for varying combinations of liquids and solids. They had lots of fun trying the different methods.

Date:

15 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🍁 Autumn Craft Event 🍁

Pupils had a wonderful Autumn craft event making and crafting lots of autumn themed activities! From Leaf puppets to 3D owls… lots of crafting fun! A wonderful evening! ☺️

Date:

13 October

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Year 5 Play leaders in training.

We have been very fortunate to have Sportsforce come into school to offer Leadership training with the Year 5 children. The children were set the task to develop games to play with younger children encouraging teamwork and activity. They can’t wait to start their roles as Play leaders at break times.