After their previous attempt was rained off the remainder of Year 5’s were able to complete their Bikeability Course. The course was split in to 3 parts; Cycling on the Playground and Learning safety and maneuvers, Cycling on Lockton Avenue with an introduction to cars on the road; Cycling on a nearby Housing estate with […]

During our English lessons we have been researching the History of Heanor. The children have compiled the following information on our Town. Do you know when the first car was driven in Heanor and who owned it? In 1886 by Dr Turnton. We think it was a Rolls Royce. How much did food cost back […]

This week in our Topic lesson we learnt all about Stonehenge. We discussed all the possible reasons why Stonehenge might have been built, we even got the opportunity to create our own mini Stonehenge out of play dough. “It took 500 men to lift 30 tonnes of stone including 100 men to place the rocks.” […]

Our Year 5’s in Mr Betts’ Class took part in ‘Bikeability’ this week. ‘Bikeability’ is a full day course of the ins and outs of Bike safety on the road. The children took part in practical and theory sessions and impressively all of them passed the ‘Bikeability’ Program.

This week in science we have been learning about the characteristics that we inherit from our parents. We learnt that we inherit characteristics like eye colour from our parents. We also found that humans share some characteristics with monkeys. “We really enjoyed the lesson, I found out I got blue eyes from my parents.” – […]

Today we have begun to look at “The Saga of Erik the Viking”, written by Terry Jones. We thought that it would be a good idea to research some facts about the vikings, so here they are! The Vikings had their own language and they came from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, also known as Scandinavia. […]

We have been spreading the happiness and joy of Christmas today in Mr Bett’s class as it has been Christmas Jumper Day! This class the best! We can’t wait for the 25th of December, of course!   Jack B and Amelia :)