Redwood Class
Year 5 & 6
Examples of our class work
Story writing
We wrote stories about the discovery of an ancient Mayan artefact. Here is Millie's: we hope that you enjoy it.
Millie's story.pdfArt - Ancient Mayan Stelae
We looked at examples of stela as part of our ancient Maya topic. We made our own (scaled-down) versions of them and used them as the basis for our story writing.
Here are some examples of the stelae that we made.
DT - Bridges
After researching different types of bridges, we worked in small groups to create miniature truss bridges. Once we had built them, we tested them and they were able to support 4kg!
Science Investigation - Thermal Insulators
We learnt about different materials' properties and how they influence the choice of materials for specific purposes. We carried out an investigation to see which material would be most effective as a thermal insulator to prevent a snowman from melting. We had to consider how to ensure that our test was fair and make accurate readings of temperature with thermometers.Â
Cottage Pie
As part of our focus on British Food Fortnight, we developed a recipe for a healthy, British dish in our DT lessons. We added carrots and peas to a traditional cottage pie recipe and ensured that the ingredients were produced in Britain.
Mrs Kirby came into school (thank you, Mrs Kirby!) to help us cook a standard beef cottage pie, a low-fat version and a vegetarian, bean-based pie. Our favourite part was tasting them; nothing was left! Many people preferred the low-fat version.
We compared our cottage pies with commercially available alternatives and discovered that ours were cheaper and lower in salt and fat.
Science Investigation - Levers
We carried out an investigation to see whether the length of a lever affected the weight that it could lift. We discovered that the longer the lever, the more weight could be lifted.
Eye Artwork
We studied eyes as part of our artwork. We looked at eyes by famous artists and produced our own using a range of media: acrylic paint, sketching pencils, pastels and clay.
The Wizarding World
We looked at the book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and then created our own wizarding world beast and created a new page for the book, complete with illustrations.
Computing - Python
We used the program python to create some Islamic tile inspired repeated patterns.
Design and Technology - Mexican Cookery
In our Amazing America topic, we cooked a delicious Mexican meal. We made quaesedillas and a tomato salsa.
History - the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
We read the story of Beowulf's fight against Grendel during our study of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. We imagined what it would have been like to witness the battle and wrote newspaper reports about it.
Here are a few examples of our finished writing.
Design and Technology - Christmas decorations
We investigated Christmas decorations and then designed our own before creating them from felt, and decorating them with a variety of stitches and embellishments.
The Lost Words
We used the book, The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris as inspiration for our own poetry and art. We sent some examples of our work to the author and the illustrator and received replies from them both!
The author told us that our writing 'put a broad smile' on his face and that they were 'beautiful things; combining imagination and observation'.
The illustrator described our art as 'very beautiful'.