The children loved completing their first experiment in Y5! We posed the questions “Are all materials soluble?” and tried mixing different materials in water to see which would dissolve and which are insoluble.
At first the class thought all the liquid materials would dissolve and make a new solution however soon discovered that oil would sit on the top.
Mrs Hanratty and Mrs Chrisp were very impressed with the presentation in books when recording our work!
Good job Y5 🙂
Last week, we started our science lessons by recapping knowledge previously taught about solids, liquids and gases. I was very impressed when they could explain how the particles behave in each state of matter and even gave me a demonstration.
For our Y6 children it was their very last first week back at Marsden. We have been full of busy with maths, English, PE, geography, RE, PSHE and art. Here we are hard at work completing our still life sketching work.
Well done to our superstar runners who completed a 1.4km run this morning as part of the Great North Run celebrations.
The new Year 5 children have shown us how hard working they from the moment they set foot through the door. We’ve converted Roman Numerals, wrote about our “tall tale holidays” and had a creative afternoon.
We even managed to squeeze in our first trip to the library!
We hope our class of 2024 are enjoying their first days at their new schools after a very entertaining leavers assembly!
We gathered together today to celebrate all of our children at Marsden and to present some special awards. Below are those children who were selected for their Positive Behaviour, Progress or Pride and Presentation.
Everyone at Marsden are so proud of them:
Pride and Presentation:
Nursery: Rocco and Eva
Reception: Lucas
Year One: Nevaeh
Year Two: Savannah
Year Three: Nelle
Year Four: Daniel
Year Five: Ellie
Year Six: Amelie
Positive Behaviour:
Nursery: Liara and Eden
Reception: Amelia
Year One: Arlo
Year Two: Tyler
Year Three: Matthew
Year Four: Rosie
Year Five: Ethan
Year Six: Finlay
Progress:
Nursery: Sonny and Joey
Reception: Rory
Year One: Harvey
Year Two: Olly
Year Three Tommy
Yea Four: Sam
Year Five: Leo
Year Six: Erin
We also celebrated fantastic swimmers, dancers, and choir performers. Finally we sadly said goodbye to Sonny, Ronnie, Reggie, Leo and Rory who are leaving Marsden.
A huge well done to all of our children!
The new Year 5 children had a great time down at the latest Beach School lesson. They made sand sculptures, created moats and munched on some delicious smores! Even the teachers managed to sneak a tasty smore.
The new Year 5 children have had a very busy transition full of getting to know each other activities, Beach School and of course fun!
Yesterday we started our day off by playing a game of guess who by using clues about each other and creating a sneaker all about themselves. After break, we put our writing skills to the test by writing letters to each other before having a brain break using Just Dance.
Some of the children remember using the parachute to improve gross motor skills in Nursery and were very eager to try it out again. Of course we put a Year 5 spin on the game and the children had to dive under the parachute to find a number. They then needed to give a multiplication fact to match their number.
After lunch the children completed their self-portraits in the style of the illustrator Rob Biddulph before completing a team work task. The children were provided with a range of materials and challenged to build the tallest structure which could hold an apple for 10 seconds.
Hopefully the children had as much fun as I did and are excited for the year ahead!
Today Year Four enjoyed their third session of Beach School. We had some amazing rock pool finds, including crabs, starfish and sea anemones! What a morning!
