Year 5 - Spain

Gressenhall Trip 7^th November 2018

Year 5 had a fantastic trip to Gressenhall last week where they enjoyed a Stone Age day – learning all about life in the Neolithic Era. They took part in activities such as grinding wheat to make flour, making shelters and throwing spears to practise their hunting skills! It was a brilliant day!

Last week, we had the hard task of trying to clean some very muddy water! We had added sand and soil to the water to make a disgusting mixture, then made our own filters out of different materials to see how clean we could make it.

As part of our Stone Age topic, we have all been researching cave art and learning some interesting facts about why and how people created the paintings. Today we had a go at doing our own versions to go on the walls of our ‘cave’.

Portraits

At the start of each year, we always draw a self-portrait. This year, we have learned about the technical stages of drawing portraits: such as placing different lines for the eyes, nose and mouth at different intervals. We practised on whiteboards so that we could rub out and make changes easily – but they looked fantastic! Here are a few examples – some with the lines still on and some rubbed off.

Over the last two weeks, we were lucky enough to work with the lovely Erica who came in from Pasta Gusto. Everyone had a go at making their own pasta – and eating some too! It was a fantastic experience and tasted really good!