Temperatures rise in Year 5
Temperatures rise in Year 5
The thermometers have been out this week as we measure the temperatures of one another and various other items in our negative numbers maths topic. The children dealt with negative numbers in the context of temperature, money and elevation and tried to work out…
Victorian Christmas at Astley Hall
Victorian Christmas at Astley Hall
Rivington class enjoyed a school trip straight out of history this Wednesday when they walked down to Astley Hall. The trip, which was meant to give the children an idea of what a true Victorian Christmas would consist of, was very enjoyable and…
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St. Joseph’s Pupils in Child Labour Scandal!
St. Joseph’s Rivington Class have this week been involved in a horrible child labour scandal after it emerged that evil Mr. Roden was using his pupils to sweep the chimneys of local houses to earn HIM…
As well as intensive Christmas performance rehearsals this week .......
As well as intensive Christmas performance rehearsals this week, Rivington class have been continuing with their work on Victorian transportation, creating another page with another working mechanism for their pop-up books. After studying the life of a Victorian navvy; the work they did, the risks…
Victorian transportation ....
As well as intensive Christmas performance rehearsals this week, Rivington class have been continuing with their work on Victorian transportation, creating another page with another working mechanism for their pop-up books. After studying the life of a Victorian navvy; the work they did, the risks…
WE ARE ALL PALS IN RIVINGTON CLASS
WE ARE ALL PALS IN RIVINGTON CLASS
This week in Rivington class we have been undergoing PALS training. PALs is a young leaders scheme which aims to give 9-11 year olds their first experience of leading fun activities based around sports with younger members of the school community. The children…
MORE?
MORE?
Mr.Roden has been asking for more from Rivington with regards to their narrative writing. We have been reading and responding to both ‘Scrooge’ and ‘Oliver Twist’ adaptations by one of the most famous of Victorian writers, Charles Dickens. The children have taken part in lots of drama…
Rivington Remembrance week ...
Rivington Remembrance week:
A time for remembering and celebrating those that have given their lives – “For your tomorrow, we gave our today!”
In preparation for Year 5’s assembly, we have studied some classic war poetry and turned our hand to writing our own to use in our display work and…
Classic Poetry recital.
Classic Poetry recital.
The children have this week learnt and performed a number of classic poems from our rich literary history.
First up was ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth. The children all ‘Wondered lonely as a cloud’ as they went through the process of committing the poem to memory…
ICT skills on Google maps
This week we have been using our ICT skills on Google maps to plan our own American Road trip. We used the help tool to find out how to measure distance. We then used the distance tool to plot and measure the distance from city to city on our trip and then calculate the distance of the entire…
The children have had a fantastic week this week..
The children have had a fantastic week this week and have definitely improved their behaviour for learning. We have produced some fantastic final drafts of our P.K. Pinkerton historical narratives and they are on display around the school.
As part of our American topic, we have moved across…
Rivington class have been very busy this week working on the topic of angles in maths and story writing in literacy. We’ve also designed our own databases in ICT!
Rivington class have been very busy this week working on the topic of angles in maths and story writing in literacy. We’ve also designed our own databases in ICT!
In literacy, the children have been writing a Wild Western style narrative set in the fictional town of Carson with the fictional…