Skip to content ↓

The Hills Academy

Year 5 Blog - Denali and Pillar

            

Page 1

Archive
  • 15/07/20

    GROWING SUNFLOWERS AT HOME :)

    In March when we couldn’t go to school, or go to the park or even visit our friends or family.  we decided to spend lots of time in the garden. At the start of lockdown we planted some sunflower seeds, I wanted to have something to look after and watch grow during our time away from schoo...
    Read Full Story
  • 13/05/20

    PLANTING AT HOME!

    We have been really lucky with the weather in Bedford for the last few weeks and as well as starting a vegetable garden at school lots of our children have been planting and growing in their gardens
    Read Full Story
  • 14/04/20

    HOME SCHOOL BLOG!

    I start my day with a lovely breakfast, I then brush my teeth, wash my face and get dressed.
    Read Full Story
  • 24/01/20

    YEAR 5 ARE KEEN TO BE GREEN!

    To start off our new ‘Keen to be Green’ topic, Year 5 have been making plastic bottle ‘eco bricks’ as a way to begin to understand how alternative plastic waste can have a positive impact on our lives.
    Read Full Story
  • 24/01/20

    YEAR 5 ARE KEEN TO BE GREEN!

    To start off our new ‘Keen to be Green’ topic, Year 5 have been making plastic bottle ‘eco bricks’ as a way to begin to understand how alternative plastic waste can have a positive impact on our lives.
    Read Full Story
  • 09/12/19

    MISCHEVIOUS ELVES!

    The cheeky little elf has been up to lots of mischief in our school. His name is Cracker and he did some crazy stuff in our classroom. He came to visit us on Thursday 5th December and in the morning he had lots of silly jokes hidden in our trays, the jokes were actually pretty funny.
    Read Full Story
  • 26/11/19

    TIME TRAVEL

    This term we have been learning all about the Victorians! In order to find out how the Victorians used to live we took a trip to the Higgins Museum in Bedford where we travelled back in time!
    Read Full Story
  • 15/10/19

    BUSY, BUSY IN YEAR 5!

    Our new teachers are Mrs Hubbard and Miss Thomas we think they are great teachers as they are really nice and helpful
    Read Full Story
  • 05/07/19

    SARCOPHAGUS' AND ROAST DINNERS!

    Year 5 have had a busy couple of weeks with a clay workshop and a lunch out.  Sophia and Kayleigh have written a blog about the experiences. 
    Read Full Story
  • 26/06/19

    OUR PARACHUTE EXPERIMENT!

    Last week Year 5 designed and made parachutes to test which fabric made the best one. We also investigated the different forces, which were: air resistance, gravity and friction.
    Read Full Story
  • 19/06/19

    ancient egyptians!

    This week, for our topic ‘Ancient Egyptians’ we have put our creative and artistic skills to the test!
    Read Full Story
  • 21/05/19

    YEAR 5 RESIDENTIAL VISIT!

    We got up really early last Monday morning for our residential trip to Norfolk.  We had to be at school ready for the bus to leave at 6.45am!! 
    Read Full Story
  • 21/05/19

    OUR EGYPTIAN STUNNING START!

    In Year 5, our topic is Ancient Egyptians and for our Stunning Start we mummified a tomato!
    Read Full Story
  • 01/03/19

    year 5 pop art

    This term in year 5 we have been learning about David Hockney and his astonishing art work (Pop Art). We've learnt all about his life.
    Read Full Story
  • 23/01/19

    YEAR 5 ARE 'KEEN TO BE GREEN'

    On Monday we started off our new topic of 'Keen to be Green' with our Stunning Start of making Eco-bricks! 
    Read Full Story
  • 04/12/18

    IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A BIT LIKE CHRISTMAS

    In Year 5 we've been getting into the festive spirit!
    Read Full Story
  • 16/11/18

    A VICTORIAN HOUSE!

    The Year 5’s went on an amazing trip the Higgins Museum to learn more for our Victorians topic.
    Read Full Story
  • 04/10/18

    Rocking around in Music!

    In music we have been learning about rock music and the different genres, textures and styles.
    Read Full Story
  • 20/09/18

    The Tay Bridge Disaster!

    In English this term we have been writing accident reports about the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879.  We had a day to plan it, which involved deciding what each paragraph would describe.
    Read Full Story