Year 5 Iveson Blog

This week in science we have been investigating thermal insulation. This was our investigation prompt... What do you think? Theo used a wrapped ice cube to help him to investigate this. He thought that the snowman in a coat would melt fastest because coats are meant to keep us warm.  He predicted that an ice cube that was wrapped up would take a shorter time to melt than an unwrapped one.  Take a look at Theo's findings...  

Today, (Thursday 18June) the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) will lead an online assembly for children across the UK during which she will speak about the importance of mental wellbeing. The theme of the Duchess' assembly is 'spread a little kindness'  https://classroom.thenational.academy/assemblies/kindness

Check out Marty's Holiday brochure from our online learning!

This week we have been planing our dream holidays.  There has been some incredible work completed on our Google Classroom! Theo wrote a diary entry of a single day from the holiday: Sunday 7th February 2021 It's nearly my bedtime while I am writing this. Today has been a tough one, as we went on a long walk. My fitbit says I have done about 30,000 steps today.  It was a new morning and I knew what was coming, I felt tired already even though I hadn't even been anywhere yet. As I got out of the bed, I had a weird backache; this didn't last for long, but it did hurt at the time. Once everyone in the room was awake, we went for our breakfast. It was actually really nice as I had the special breakfast of the day, which included a corn wrap with lettuce, cheese and tomato.  As we were about to get into the car, one of the hotel staff members kindly gave us a lunch box for me and my sister. On the...

Take a look at Abigail's super writing about Eritrea that she completed for our dream holiday work on our Google Classroom. Extravagant Eritrea Eritrea is a moderately small yet exceptionally enthralling province situated in the Horn of Africa with it's ports facing the alluring Red Sea. It has urban and suburban areas and is known to have many scrumptious dishes,  intriguing journeys in history, and some  exhilarating sports.  Holding 6.38 million people, they are a bubbly, welcoming and lovely-to-be-around bunch of people. It is packed with picturesque views, intelligent agriculture and delightful people.In this report you will discover pompous facts about Eritrea's long forgotten history, awesome verities about the sport there and reliable facts about the citizens. Aksum- An Ancient Kingdom Eritrea has had a long and successful journey in history. In the early centuries Eritrea was apart of a triumphant civili...

"Having a routine is better than not having one" How do you feel about this? Take a look at these activities and see how many you can do!

Today is World Ocean Day!  Have an explore of this great website and send in your amazing creations throughout the day! https://worldoceanday.school/ World Ocean Day for schools | World Ocean Day for Schools Join us with Lizzie Daly to get the day kicked off! We will learn how every second breath comes from the ocean via an animation, some Ocean breathing and movement exercise with Richie Norton and hear from others, including Pulau School in Pitcairn, celebrating World Ocean Day around the world! worldoceanday.school