Author Archives: Miss Nixon

Today, Year 5 had a very exciting smiley reward! Our reward this term was a bouncy obstacle course that we had to climb, run and slide through! We cheered each other on, raced against each other and even raced against … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 went on a trip to Bolton SICT to do a game creators workshop. First, we played a game of coin toss unplugged, then used our programming skills to make the game using our microbits. Next, we programmed … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 did our digital leader task all about being kind. We learnt about how important it is to make sure we are kind online and in person. We also talked about how we have to think about what … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 had our Google assembly all about AI. We learnt about where we can find AI and the exciting things that we use AI to do, such as creating images and text, generating ideas and summarising topics. Then, … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 had an exciting workshop where Bart Gee told us his life story and how he has overcome the challenges he faced due to his disability! When he was younger, he was told he wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading →

This morning, Year 5 had our computing open morning where we had the chance to show our adults our amazing computer science skills! We started by doing a Project Evolve starter which we have at the start of every computing … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 took part in an online safety workshop from Smoothwall. We began by discussing what technology we use at home and the different resources we might access. We talked about how not everything we see online is real … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 went on our Bring yer Wellies trip. We started the day by taking on the sandcastle challenge! As a class we had to work together to build as many sandcastles as we could. Next, we learnt about … Continue reading →

October is Black History Month in the UK, an event that has been celebrated nationwide for more than 30 years. It was originally founded to recognise the contributions that people of African and Caribbean backgrounds have made to the UK over … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 had our fifth session from The Hummingbird Project learning how to be happy. First, we recapped last session discussing our challenge to use one of the character strengths to make someone happy. Then, we did some mindfulness … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 had our fourth session from the Hummingbird project. We started our session thinking about our challenge to do something mindful last week, and we talked about the different things we did last week and how doing them … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 had a visit from an author and poet, Ros Roberts. First, she introduced us to some of her amazing books and read us some of her favourite poems. Then we played a game where we guessed a … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 had our next session with The Hummingbird Project learning all about slowing down. We started our session by discussing our challenge from last week to give our thank you cards to the people we made them for … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 had a VR workshop based on our Geography topic of North America! We used the headsets for our first visit, Alaska which is the largest state in the U.S.A. We could see the snowy landscapes, the Northern … Continue reading →

Today, our digital leaders helped Year 5 with our Google assembly to help us to stay safe online. We learnt how important it is to check information that we read online with different sources, books or trusted adults as not … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Year 5 had our Geography open morning where some of our parents joined us for our Geography lesson. In Year 5, we have been learning all about North America and we could show off our understanding of the way … Continue reading →

At Oxford Grove, we are lucky to have lots of pupil ambassador roles that help subject leaders with their subject or other areas around school as well as our jobs in the classroom. Lots of Year 5 applied for ambassador … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 had our second session from the Hummingbird project. To begin our session we reflected on last week’s challenge to do something that makes us feel happy when we are sad and worried. We realised that doing some … Continue reading →

This morning, Year 5 had our RRR class assembly. We had the chance to share with our parents lots of the exciting learning we are going to do this year, as well as practicing our oracy skills by using the … Continue reading →

Before the summer holidays, Year 5 made samosas as part of our food topic in DT. We learnt the different methods to chop vegetables, such as the bridge and the claw method, and learnt how to chop and peel safely. … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 had our first session with The Hummingbird Project, learning about some of the ways we can help ourselves feel happier. First, we talked about the different sessions we will have over the next half term. Next, we … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 took part in our sports assembly. We showed off our skills in three different races: a sprint race, a beanbag race, and an obstacle course . We really enjoyed taking part in all of our races and … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 watched our Google assembly all about staying safe online over the summer. We learnt that it is really important for us to think before you tap, and to ask a trusted adult if we see anything online … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 did our final computing lesson of the Year. We learnt about the features of a website, such as a title, images, text and links to other pages and discussed some websites where people can add information to … Continue reading →

Today in computing Year 5 have learnt all about the internet. We have learnt that the World Wide Web is a part of the internet that allows people to access websites and share information online. We learnt that information is … Continue reading →

This morning, Year 5 recapped their knowledge about networks. First, we looked at how a network works. Networks can allow people to access files from anywhere in the world. We had to pretend we were a network and pass a … Continue reading →

Today, Year 5 practised our cooking skills to make samosas! We used the bridge and claw method that we learnt last year to chop the onions, potatoes and carrots. After we cooked the vegetables and added the spices, we learnt … Continue reading →

Before half term, Year 5 had two weeks of swimming lessons. We have demonstrated our learning from the last two years of swimming and become much more confident swimmers.Our swimming teachers were really proud of how brave we were, with … Continue reading →

Today Year 5 watched our Google Assembly all about AI. We learnt that AI stands for artificial intelligence, and learnt all about some of the amazing things it can do. We know that AI can be used to create things … Continue reading →

Last week in Year 5, we started our new maths learning. We started with learning about place value up to 1,000,000, then learnt how to read and write numbers up to 7 digit numbers. This week, we have been learning … Continue reading →