St John’s C of E
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Sandpiper Class (Year 5&6)
Welcome to Sandpiper Class
Please scroll down to find useful resources and to see photos of our learning in Years 5&6.
Useful documents and resources:
Our learning on display
Indoor athletics (outdoors!) with Mrs Moxham
We choreographed a dance as a class and performed at the Dance Festival at Campus West!
Watercolours inspired by 'The Search For The Giant Arctic Jellyfish'
STEMPOINT K'nex Challenge - build a fairground ride
Computing - using Microbits to make accelerometers (step counters)
Art - Marble printing
Science - Properties of materials. Investigating solubility and separating mixtures
Lion Dance workshop to learn about Chinese New Year
Art - Inspired by The Willow Pattern Story, Sandpiper Class designed their own patterned plates!
English - News reports based on 'Boy in the Tower' by Polly Ho Yen
Exploring Brocket Hall House!
Art - Henry Moore Blitz inspired drawings
Harvest Service at St Alban's Cathedral
Well done to all our Level 1, 2 and 3 Bikeability participants this week!
Well done Year 5 for taking part in the Fun Run! Congratulations to Teddy for coming 3rd!
Visit to Brocket Hall and the Rose Ladies Open
St Alban's Cathedral 'Away Day'
Stanborough School visit (Art and Science lessons)
Art collages - Headteacher's Awards
Gardening with Mrs Shannon
K'nex Go Contruct challenge - build a bulldozer!
D&T sewing project
Music Concert with Mr Rapson
Pop Art - Keith Haring inspired paintings
Forest School - Feeling Good Week
History workshop with North Herts Museum - Stone Age and Bronze Age
Art - Pop art printing (click to enlarge!)
Christmas Concert Performance
Class 4 performed in the Music Concert. They sang and played their own accompaniment,
Drawing detail using pen - Art
Musicale woodwind workshop
Class 4 visited Stanborough School during Science Week
Art - clay monkeys inspired by Frida Kahlo's art work
Wellbeing Week - Class 4 finding joy in music
Jullian Opie style self-portraits
Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Festival - 2nd place!
K'Nex challenge - building a movable bridge
Hapa Zome - Art
Ancient Egyptian inspired masks - Art
Daydream Art Work Year 6
Welcome to South America! - Geography
