Tuesday 16th - Thursday 18th April 2019, Year 5 went on their residential to Nell Bank in Ilkley. The children and all the staff had a fabulous time!
Nell Bank ResidentialOn Friday 22nd March Year 5 took part in the Easter Rewind at Lister Hill Baptist church. They took part in some drama and creative activities to re tell the easter story. It was great to see the children work with children from another school that joined us.
Easter RewindYear 4, Year 5 and Year 6 were extremely lucky to go see Matilda at the Alhambra on Wednesday 20th March. What a fantastic trip! Here are Monk Bretton at the venue!
MatildaYear 5 went to Liverpool World Museum on Tuesday 12th March. While there they took part in a mummification workshop which has been a great tool to support their writing in class. They also explored the Ancient Egyptian exhibition in the museum - the mummies were very interesting!
Liverpool World MuseumYear 5 created their own interpretation of pieces of art by Jackson Pollock using his unique style.
Jackson Pollock ArtOur fabulous class assembly - Harry Potter & The Journey to Space!
Monk Bretton Class AssemblyAs a reward for effort and enthusiasm with the class assembly, Monk Bretton went on a trip to Pizza Express where they made their own pizzas.
Monk Bretton Pizza Express Trip!Year 5 took part in a science workshop led by Terry from Polar Explorers. The workshop was 'design a boat' and focused around forces, strongly linking and helping to consolidate our science focus last half term. The children had to create boats from plastercine and not only make them float but they had to hold passengers too.
Polar Explorer WorkshopYear 5 enjoyed a day at the Bradford Media Museum. Our trip had an Earth and Space focus. We enjoyed an IMAX film all about the International Space Station and took part in an Exploring Space workshop.
Bradford Media MuseumYear 5 arrived at school to find an alien had crash landed into our very own reset room and caused chaos. The children brainstormed what they thought had happened and came up with lots of ideas based on evidence they gathered from observing the incident.
Alien invasionDuring their potions lesson with Professor Dawson, the children created slime and had fun.
Monk Bretton - SLIMEMonk Bretton took part in a workshop with Northern Ballet this week.
Monk Bretton - workshop with Northern BalletThe children received their Hogwarts letters and were sorted into their houses.
Monk Bretton Letters and Sorting CeremonySlides from Wednesday 19th September 2018