Blog by Helen Mackie

We enjoyed listening to some stories and poems this morning. Jane from Cumbria Library Service visited to read to us.

We learnt about Egyptian hieroglyphs, we tried to write a massage without using any words or letters. Then we decoded a message and wrote our name in  hieroglyphs.

Today we have mummified tomatoes.

First, we washed our tomatoes, then we scooped out the insides.

We made our own natron by mixing salt and baking powder and filled the tomato with it.

We will watch them for a few weeks to see what happens.

In our violin lesson today we used the bow for the first time!

We had our violin lesson with Debby today.

We are plucking the strings at the moment but we are looking forward to using the bow. We used our pencils today to learn how to hold the bow.

I am learning alongside the children, we're really looking forward to performing for you later in the…

We got our "doberries" set up today and used them to practise single digit addition facts.

It has been a crazy, fun year, finished off with a wonderful last day. Thank you for a great time and for working so hard year 5. Have a great summer xx

It has been a crazy, fun year, finished off with a wonderful last day. Thank you for a great time and for working so hard year 5. Have a great summer xx

We had an amazing day at Dove Cottage.

We explored the house, the children were fascinated by many of the things we saw. There was even a walk in "fridge" which was partially underground.

During our Woodland workshop we played "it's not a stick" and then we built wildlife habitats using what…

In year 5 we have been very angry and upset at the racial abuse some of the England players have received this week and the children decided they wanted to write some letters of support to the England team.