Junior School Update

Religious Education in Year 5

In Religious Education we have been learning about the Easter Story and Lent. We have been recording our learning using the Explain Everything app on our iPads. We have learnt about the temptation of Jesus during his journey through the desert and how he chose to be more powerful than Satan and follow in God’s word. We also learnt that Jesus washed his friend’s feet (the disciples) and he didn’t really care; he just wanted to do something nice and show that he would take care of them. Jesus was betrayed by Judas so Jesus told him to go away. Jesus died on the cross for all of us and three days later he rose from the dead and went to his disciples to help them. A man told the disciple where to fish because they were not getting any. When they trusted the man on the shore they caught fish. The disciples then realised it was Jesus and they jumped off the boat and swam to him. We want to be more like Jesus by helping people we care about and by making good choices.

By Daniel and Geah

Year 5 Students

Learning in Year Two

The story of Holy Week has been a major focus within Religious Education lessons this month. We explored the symbols of Easter and what they mean as well as words that are associated with Easter. We investigated the meanings behind why Jesus gave his life for us as well and also created word clouds with words associated with Easter. 

In Science, we are learning about how scientists use the skills of predicting and observing. We have investigated using our senses, the differences between how water and oil smell, feel, taste and look. We discovered that water and oil don’t mix, but the oil sits on the top of the water. None of us predicted that would happen! Most of us thought the water would turn yellow. We then observed the effect of dish liquid being mixed into the oil and water. None of us thought that it would start to mix together! 

Our class has been working together with the Year One class to create musical instruments for a band. We are going to prepare our own song identifying beat and rhythm and then film it for a class website. We have found this to be challenging and fun!

Mrs Ryan

Year Two Teacher