Outstanding owls’ art

Owls were able to practice their watercolour techniques today when artist Joanna popped in this afternoon. They learnt 4 different techniques that they will be able to use when Joanna next comes in to help them paint watercolour animals. Well done Owls! 

Super Hero Cereal Bars

Year 5 had their DT day today, where they baked their very own Super Hero Cereal Bars!  They got to create their own recipes, design the packaging and make their cereal bars in small groups.  We only got to bake the last batch at the very end of the day, so we are going to taste them all tomorrow and decide which one we like best and why?  Will it be "Titan Bites", "Batman Bars" or another that takes the title?  We will find out tomorrow!

It's the Super Owls!!

This week Owls class will be writing their very own Superhero story in English.  They have created their own superheroes with names like "Electrogirl", "Shift" and "Elementro" and have today been mag-pieing ideas from other superhero stories to use in their own adventures.  Our favourite ideas were  a spreading virus, an erupting volcano and an evil vacuum that sucks up all the money from the city banks!  We are really looking forward to getting creative and writing our own Superhero Adventure Stories.

OWLS DT DAY - COMPLETE!

As promised, here are some pictures of our finished toys with working cam mechanisms from Year 5's DT day.  The children had great fun and are very proud of how their toys turned out.  Well done Owls!

OWLS CLASS DT DAY!

Owls class have had a day full of designing, creating and making today, as they made a moving toy with a cam mechanism as part of their DT topic.  They worked in pairs to design and make their toy by sawing, painting, gluing, drawing and fixing each part of their model.  We are NEARLY finished so watch this space for the final product.

The Great Bitterne Bake Off!

Science week in Year 5 culminated in a Great Bitterne Bake off this afternoon, as we applied all of the skills that we have been learning this week to design and bake our very own bread.  We worked in groups to make our bread with a fantastic team of parent helpers.

We then presented our bread to the Judges - Mary Berry-Rice and Paul Hollywood-Pucket!  They smelt, tasted and felt the bread to decide who would take the crown for the best tasting bread.  It was the "Chocolate Sensation" bread that was the favourite, with it's taste and texture like a lardy cake!  Awards were also given to the best presented and best teamwork.  Well done to everyone - what a fantastic week and thank you SO much the fabulous parent helpers - I hope you got to have a taste!!

Super Science in Year 5!

Owls class have had a great start to Science Week!  Our topic is bread, so we have tasted lots of different breads and evaluated their smell, taste and texture.

 We have found out about the science of yeast and how it works and used a bottle and balloon to show how it gives off Carbon Dioxide.

 We have also been shown how to make a basic bread recipe and designed our very own bread recipes for our Great Bitterne Bake off tomorrow!

Good luck to all the groups and don't forget to bring in your "extra" ingredients.

OWL'S WORLD BOOK DAY FUN!

Owls class have had a fantastic day on World Book Day, taking part in many activities, including a treasure hunt, teacher story time, paired reading, poetry through art and much, much more!  It has renewed our LOVE of books and we are really looking forward to our next trip to the library!! Well done for all the amazing costumes today - you all looked fantastic!

Year 5 at the GREAT hall!

Yesterday, Year 5 went to the Great Hall in Winchester to see the round table hanging on the wall, that is fabled to have been used by King Arthur and his knights during Saxon times.  We took part in lots of activities to help us understand more about some of the stories told about theses times, before visiting the Cathedral for a Guided Tour.  Here we learnt about when the Cathedral was built and how it has changed since Saxon times.  We also found out about many famous Saxons, including St Swithun who was the Bishop of Winchester.  We ended our visit with an opportunity to sketch some of the beautiful architecture at the Cathedral, applying some of the skills that we have been working on in Art this term.  Thank you to all the helpers who made this trip possible.