Blog Archives - Cranborne Middle School

Fun-Trition

27/3/2017

Last week we were lucky enough to receive a Fun-Trition session during one of our lessons. In the session we learnt about the four strands of Fun-Trition: eat well, drink well, move well and sleep well. Finding out how they are all interconnected and have a big impact on our lives. Through three different activities we looked into how we can improve our healthy choices on a day to day basis, one of the ways to do this is to check food and drink labels carefully. If you want to learn more about the session we had click here.

Leave a comment with any of the facts you learnt through this session.

Time Capsule Completion

27/3/2017

Year 5 don't forget the time has come to bury your time capsules safely away until they can be opened again in year 8. If you haven't done so already, please bring in a container as soon as possible so we can put yours away safely as well. An ideal container is a Pringles tube (a great reason to go buy a tube of them!), however; any container which can be sealed airtight is absolutely fine.

Putting our predictions to the test

20/3/2017

This morning, we carried out an experiment to see how the size of a parachute affects how quickly it falls to the ground. Our scientists were hard at work making sure the parachutes were all ready for this experiment and then testing them in the outdoor classroom.

Leave a comment with the conclusion of your results, and why you think it happened.

Click here to find out a little more about air resistance.

Forces at work

16/3/2017

In science lessons this half term we have begun to learn about different forces. Today we brought these forces to life by acting as gravity and air resistance on a parachute. The pupils stood holding the edge of the parachute acted as gravity pulling the parachute down towards the centre of the Earth, while the pupils stood underneath were acting as air resistance pushing up against the parachute. We also investigated into how the size of the parachute could effect the amount of air resistance pushing against the force of the gravity.

Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share

10/3/2017

This week in Computing year 5 have begun to use the software Scratch. We have been exploring what is possible on the software, thinking about how we can change the sprite and move them around the stage.

Click on the image if you would like to have another go at Scratch at home. Remember you need to click on the 'Create' button at the top of the page to start a new document.

Leave a comment with any new information you learn about Scratch.

"5-L-B in a yellow submarine!..."

3/3/2017

Year 5LB have put together an impressive rendition of "Yellow Submarine" as a class in music and here's the recorded performance!

World Book Day 2017

2/3/2017

During Tutor Time we were reading and sharing some of our favourite books in honor of World Book Day. The class were going round to see which books other pupils had brought in and discussing why they enjoy them so much. I know I have found a new book I want to read due to Emily B's recommendation of 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' which sounds fascinating!
I also read the opening chapters from one of my favourite books 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl. Click here to watch an opening scene dramatisation created by the BBC.

Leave a comment of your favourite book and say why you love it, hopefully it will inspire someone else to try reading it!

Programming

2/3/2017

In Computing year 5 have been starting to learn about programming and writing algorithms. In the comments can you write one thing which is really important to remember when writing an algorithm?

We have started out this week by programming Lightbot, thinking really carefully about which direction it needs to be programmed to turn and move. If you would like to have another go at this click here.