As part of Kestrel’s class assembly this morning, we discussed mental health and the children sorted words and phrases into a venn diagram to show whether they thought they belonged to mental health, physical health or both. This led to some very mature and interesting discussions about the links between physical and mental health.
Designing an impressionistic painting based on Monet.
This week in art, Kestrels have been preparing and planning their paintings ready for next week.
How gravity affects objects.
In science, Kestrels were exploring how gravitational pull affects different objects. We conducted an experiment to see if objects with different masses would hit the ground before those with a lower mass or size.IMG_0345 
Tuesday 3rd October – Grammar
This week, year 5 were learning about, and identifying different noun types including common, proper, abstract and collective.
Tints Tones Shades
Art – tints tones and shades.
During our art lesson this week, year 5 experimented with tints, tones and shades and how different amounts of black, white, and grey affected the original colour differently.
PANTS
During year 5’s PSHE lesson this week, we recapped the PANTS rule and discussed behaviours that may be respectful/ disrespectful or something that depended on the context of the situation.
Play Leader Training
On Monday 10 of our year 5 children took part in play leader training along with several other schools. The children were excellent ambassadors for the school and have brought back lots of ideas and games to try out with the younger children in school.
Why do we have day and night?
Today year 5 were exploring how the Earth moves in space and how this affects both the seasons and why we have day and night.
Solar System
In Science we did an experiment using fruit to make a model scale of the solar system.
Art Technique
In art we have been trying out dabbing and stippling brush techniques
