Sizzling Spring How time flies when you’re having fun. Somehow, we are already halfway through the year. September seems like a distance memory and the daffodils are certainly poking their heads through the soil as (hopefully) those long winter nights are behind us. We have so many exciting things planned for this half term [...]
Great Gymnasts Throughout this term, year five have benefitted from the skills and knowledge of Mr. Clarke in our P.E. lessons. He has expertly guided them around using the gymnastic equipment and I recently had the opportunity to see - first hand - how much progress they have made in this area. The class [...]
Bird Watch Last Friday, the children in year five took to our school grounds to take part in the annual Bird Watch survey. The children had immense fun and came dressed for the occasion! Welly boots, binoculars and a great deal of patience were all on display as we observed and recorded dilligently. Of [...]
A New Year Arrives! I hope that you’ve had a wonderful and restful Christmas holiday and enjoyed your two-week break. Firstly, may I thank you all for the wonderfully kind gifts and cards that you gave – they were sincerely appreciated and enjoyed throughout the holidays. Over Christmas, I’ve been busy spending time with [...]
Artistic Creations To get in the mood for Christmas, we've been singing carols in the hall, taking part in Christmas quizzes and painting some wonderfully creative pieces of festive artwork. We spent a Friday afternoon carefully listening how to blend watercolours to create our amazing backgrounds, simulating the night's sky. Afterwards, we drew our [...]
Authors Over the past two weeks in year five we have tirelessly planned, drafted, edited, reviewed and finally published our very own books. We've been inspired by the 1,001 Arabian Nights series of short stories, most notably: Aladdin, Ali Baba and The Anklet. From this, we've identified key themes and created a piece of work [...]
November Nights Welcome back from, what I hope, has been an enjoyable half term break! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again and I’m eagerly anticipating the stories of how many sweets you managed to get during Halloween. I have had a lovey half term break; it felt like it was longer than two [...]
History in Year 5 - Autumn Term 2023 Following on from our fantastic trip to Lincoln Cathedral we've returned to school eager to find out even more about the Venerable Bede's manuscript that we saw first hand at Lincoln Cathedral. As such, the class set about reading all about the Viking's arrival at Lindisfarne. [...]
Lincoln Cathedral - October 13th 2023 On a rainy day in mid-October, Year five ventured to Lincoln Cathedral to learn all about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. After a short bus journey we arrived at the visitors centre for a day of learning, exploration and fun. At first, we explored the Cathedral and learned all [...]
Welcome back Hello everyone! I trust that your holidays were enjoyable and filled with fun moments that the children will be keen to tell both myself and others about. I’m looking forward to hearing about them! I have been incredibly busy over the summer – as some of you may be aware, I moved [...]
