Year 5

Blwyddyn 5 & 6 are learning all about the UK Parliament and our local constituency and the importance of living in a democracy.

A fantastic way to start the day with a brilliant assembly and circuit session from @greatathletesuk

Diolch i bawb a gymerodd ran yn ein hastudiaeth wyddonol. Dyma'r ysgolion cyflawniad uchel eleni. / Thank you everyone who took part in our scientific study. Here are the high achieving schools from this year. @EdinaTrust #OutdoorLearning #Climate #Nature

Fantastic purposeful Digital competence in Year 5 this week. We created a wearable digital device to engage 9-10 year old children in boxercise using machine learning! What sport shall we tackle next? @Blackwood_PS @microbit_edu

The Boxer:bit! The new wearable device from Year 5 aimed at 9-10 years old. Carefully trained using a broad range of data to ensure inclusive, bias free machine learning. Jab, hook, uppercut? This device is a tool guaranteed to improve your technique @microbit_edu @Blackwood_PS

Congratulations to this week's Seren y Wythnos! Ymrech dda! @Blackwood_PS

Great independent work in our authentic learning experiences today, creating a Digital assistant, a fruit battery and investigating friction using our art bots! @Blackwood_PS

@microbit_edu @YearFourBPS @Blackwood_PS We need to keep it well watered in this warm weather 🌞😎

@YearFiveBPS @YearFourBPS @Blackwood_PS Well done everyone - what did you learn about your soil? 💚

Super work by our Digi Leaders hosting a @microbit_edu lesson in @YearFourBPS creating soil moisture sensors to help us look after their seedlings @Blackwood_PS

Super science in Year 5! We built a coin battery that managed to create enough volts to power an LED, motor and a calculator. Next we are going to investigate what happens when we change the coin size, type and the electrolyte @Blackwood_PS @STEMLearningUK

Super assembly today by our Digi Leaders sharing our progress towards our action plan targets to date @Blackwood_PS

Our Mini Police have been out as part of Operation DASH on the school gates. We are surveying the vehicles that park and drop off on our double yellow and no stopping zones as we want to keep our school community safe @Blackwood_PS

Year 5 have been celebrating VE Day and its 80th anniversary by creating sculptures, poems and digital or hand drawn information posters in remembrance of those affected by conflict. @Blackwood_PS

Blwyddyn 5 have been learning all about the different beats, rhythm and tempos within music as we use percussion to create our own music.

@YearFourBPS @Blackwood_PS Super work 😎👌🏼

Our STEM Challenge winners wowed us with creative Easter bonnets, wild egg-rolling ramps, and even zip wires for their eggs! Egg-cellent work from all – future engineers in the making! 👷🏻🐣 @Blackwood_PS

On our way after a fantastic 4 days @Harding_Hilston Thanks so much for an awesome experience and memories for life 👌🏼😎 @Blackwood_PS

Y5 showing their creativity and innovation through this week's STEM Easter challenges @Blackwood_PS

Great STEM Easter work this week from Y5! @Blackwood_PS

Hands up if you've had the best time @Harding_Hilston We can't wait to see our families and tell you all about it @Blackwood_PS

Almost time to say goodbye @Harding_Hilston We have loved making memories for life. Diolch yn fawr! @Blackwood_PS