Agree to Disagree? On our first Friday back to school, Year 5 engaged within a wonderful debate where we considered the following questions: Is 'better late than never' a good principle? 'There is no greater harm than that of time wasted' - agree or disagree? What do you think life would be like were [...]
Conquering Computers Year Five have been in sensational form whilst learning about both coding and how to use Microsoft Excel. They've listened carefully and utilised real-world data to help them create fantastic pieces of work. Whilst learning how to use Microsoft Excel, the class has collected data, formed tables and created their own individual [...]
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. [...]
