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5th May 2023The Year 5 children have spent two days doing bikeability both in school and out on the roads of Denton. They have all really enjoyed the experience and their behaviour...
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27th February 2023Year 3 and 5 enjoyed a French breakfast this morning. Year 5 acted as the waiters and Year 3 as the customers. They asked each other what they would like...
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16th December 2022The children have been out and about this week delivering Christmas cards to local residents of Denton. The children really enjoyed the experience and there were some lovely comments from...
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9th December 2022The children in Year 5 have been writing nightmare stories over the last few weeks based around the book ‘Wolves in the Wall’. Once they had finished their stories, they...
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2nd December 2022In D/T this term we are going to design a festive food product linked to our topic on bread. So far, we have tasted different types of bread, filled in...
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28th November 2022In science, the children have been learning about levers. We created our own catapults to demonstrate how a fulcrum works and tested them to see which catapult was the most...
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28th November 2022The children in Year 5 have been writing nightmare stories over the last few weeks based around the book ‘Wolves in the Wall’. Once they had finished their stories, they...
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25th November 2022In geography, our new topic is linked to the Alps. The children used various maps to identify which countries the Alps crosses and then used playdough to create their own...
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24th June 2022In Science this half term, we have been studying changes - both reversible and irreversible. We have been doing several investigations to show this. We have looked how mixing baking...
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20th May 2020This week Class Dojo has been rolled out to parents and children in years 2, 3 and 4. Year 5 have been trialing the app for the past week and... -
14th May 2020More fantastic work from Year 5 submitted to Class Dojo. Cody has written a wonderful poem about his time in lockdown, how much he misses everyone and his frizzy hair!...
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13th May 2020Members of Year 5 have begun uploading their work to their portfolio on Class Dojo for Mr Whittle to check, comment and feedback. They have been exceptionally busy with their...
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12th May 2020We have signed Year 5 up to Class Dojo. This an interactive tool which allows communication between school and home and we feel would be particularly useful at this time....
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1st May 2020Children from year 5 have been hard at work this on their home learning. Matteo has again been hard at work on his maths, English and keeping up with his...
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21st April 2020Home learning for all year groups is now available on the class pages. Some of the work may need downloaded to look at but the majority should be able to...
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28th February 2020Year 5 enjoyed an eventful day at the Bronte Museum, Haworth. After an eventful journey the children finally arrived ready to undertake their day. However, due to the adverse weather...
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14th February 2020Continuing their science topic on forces, Year 5 this week tested how much force would be needed in order to move a variety of footwear and see what resistance was...
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6th February 2020Well done to our year 5/6 school football team who put in an outstanding performance to overcome Micklehurst Primary school and progress to the next round of the Tameside Milea...
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6th February 2020During their science unit on forces Year 5 have been learning about a variety of different forces. Last week they studied the relationship between weight and mass and used forcemeters...
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29th January 2020Year 5 Trip to Bronte Parsonage Museum
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17th December 2019Year 5 were out in force today to deliver their community Christmas cards to streets nearby. The children had taken time and effort t carefully make their cards and enjoyed...
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13th December 2019Children from Years 5 and 6 were joined by children from St. Thomas More High School and St. John Fisher for the annual Christmas concert. Following performances by St. Thomas...
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5th December 2019Our 4 houses at St. Mary's battled it out to become the Book Quiz champions yesterday afternoon. It was excellent to see the pupils' fantastic knowledge of books, characters, titles...
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22nd November 2019Year 5 have continued their science unit by investigating which everyday substances were soluble in water. After planning their investigation they donned their lab coats and got to work. They...
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7th November 2019In year 5 we have started our new science unit investigating materials. The children were given their new knowledge organisers and set straight to work sorting objects based on their properties...
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4th November 2019In year 5 we began our new unit in computing think about codes. To start off our unit we began sending messages using semaphores which used flags in different positions...
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16th October 2019As part of their science Year 5 investigated how craters may be created on the moon and what effect their height may have on them. They used flour and cocoa...
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24th May 2019Year 5 have been busy practicing their sporting, leadership and teamwork skills for the past few weeks. They have organised and lead activities for the younger children in year 2....
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15th May 2019Year 5 Trip to Manchester Museum
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28th February 2018Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth. In literacy we have been studying the classic text Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte the visit to the museum involved...
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18th December 2017Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Manchester Museum, after spending the half term learning about the Ancient Egyptians it was great to put our knowledge to the test...
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7th December 2017Years 5 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Denton Library last week . The librarian welcomed the children and talked them through how the library worked and how the books were filed...
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28th September 2017St. Mary's ended National Poetry day with each class performing a recital of a famous poem. The poems ranged from, 'The Ning Nang Nong' by Spike Milligan to 'Macavity -...
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25th September 2017In PSHE Year 5 have been looking at new beginnings, this weeks lesson focused how the children felt when they were in a new situation. They could all recall times...
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25th September 2017In Year 5 our topic this half term is North America. We have been exploring lots of different aspects of this continent, including the topography of the land. Using salt...
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18th September 2017In literacy Year 5 are reading 'There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom' by Louis Sachar. In our literacy lessons we have been carrying out some roleplay as the mean, nasty...
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17th July 2017In literacy Year 5 are studying the book Oranges in No Man's Land by Elizabeth Laird, the book is based upon a little girls experiences in Beirut during the civil...
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14th July 2017Year 6 and year 5 wowed audiences over the course of two nights with their amazing performances of Bugsy. Critics throughout the country are hailing it as the best new...
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14th July 2017Year 5 enjoyed their trip over to St Thomas More for the second part of their maths STEM workshop, the children immersed themselves in the high school environment and their...
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29th June 2017Year 5's RE topic this term is 'World Faiths', as part of this topic we have been looking at the Buddhist faith - Buddhism. We have been learning about the...
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23rd June 2017Year 5 have had great fun during science week, finding out about nucleation. This involved creating diet coke and mentos geysers. These geysers are caused by a process called nucleation, where...
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8th May 2017On Thursday, Year 5 led us in their Collective Worship which was focused around how Jesus is with us in the world today through prayer. Through role plays and well-read...
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3rd May 2017Before Easter, Year 5 went on an exciting trip to Tatton Park where they became Anglo-Saxon farmers for the day. They took part in many different activities which helped them understand how the...
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30th March 2017Since September, Years 5 and 6 have been receiving guitar and singing lessons from Tameside Music Service. For year 6 this is their second year and the first for year...
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6th March 2017Another fantastic effort with Year 5 Project Homework on this term's theme of Monarchs. Presentations, a skilfully embroidered version of the Bayeux tapestry, models of 'Big Ben' and the crown...
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3rd February 2017Today, Year 5 led us in our whole school Collective Worship about being true followers of Jesus- through the theme of inspiration people. Having shared who has inspired them in their lives, Year 5 performed...
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9th January 2017Every half-term, Year 5 are given a series of Topic tasks to choose from to complete as part of their homework. Take a look at some of their fantastic models...
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9th January 2017As part of our Geography topic on North America, Year 5 researched, designed, made and evaluated their very own pizzas. They had great fun during the process and even better...
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9th December 2016Along with children from St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, children from year's 5 and 6 took part in the annual parish Christmas concert. This years theme was a...
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7th December 2016Year 5 have been learning about Space and have been finding out about the moon's surface. This week, they planned an investigation to find how craters are formed and whether the distance a...
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7th December 2016Year's 5 and 6 began their PE assessments with coaches from Tameside yesterday afternoon. The children undertook two challenges,: the first to test their coordination and the second to test...
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23rd November 2016During the Egyptian Topic, year 5 became star bakers and made their very own Egyptian bread (minus the sand and grit found in the original bread, made thousands of years...
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23rd November 2016Manchester Museum launched its first inflatable museum this year and it came to visit St Mary's on 14th November! Year 5 were fortunate enough to visit it in our school...
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18th November 2016Well done to our Year 5/6 girls football team, who represented the school in the recent TCSSA football tournament at St. Damien's Ashton. the girls played exceptionally well and came...
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12th October 2016Catching ducks and walking aplacas, year 5 loved their visit to the mobile farm that visited school last week. What a great experience feeding and finding out more about the...
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11th October 2016Year 5 led the Harvest Feast Day collective worship wonderfully, helping the whole school to think about how they can be better stewards of creation. Sharing the story of St...
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11th October 2016Year 5 have been having great fun learning how to pluck their guitars, learn the string names and how to read music. With 2 songs under their belt already, they...
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29th September 2016Year 5 took part in the FA's 'Mini-Whistler' workshop earlier this month to better understand the importance of fair play, respect for themselves, others and rules in different contexts- including...
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8th July 2016Well done to Year 6 for their two fantastic performances to packed audiences. Both nights the children received standing ovations. Also, well done to Year 5, who supported the year...
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13th December 2015Years 5 and 6 put on a sensational display in front of a packed St. Mary's Church to open this years concert, which also featured great performances from children from...
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23rd October 2015Please see attached Bikeability Information and Consent Form, for Year 5. Please could parents return the Bikeability Consent Form by Monday 2nd November. Bikeability Consent Form - 2015 NEW Bikeability-1
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20th July 2015Well done to year 6 and year 5 who put on two amazing performances to packed crowds on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The acting, singing and dancing were...
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2nd April 2015Year 5 enjoyed sharing their Storyboxes and their writing with parents at their Jane Eyre themed Storybox Cafe.
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21st February 201524 children from years 5 and 6 enjoyed two days of artistic fun over half-term to create a masterpiece that will certainly brighten up school. With the help of Howard...
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17th September 2014The ChildLine Schools Service has recently visited children in Years 5 and 6 to provide them with key messages about keeping safe. It can be beneficial for these messages to...