Class 14 (2023)
Exploring reproduction in plants
Today we took a closer look at the parts of a flower and begun dissecting and exploring the parts. We named them all and discussed the functions and how they contribute to reproducing new plants.
Class 14 (2023)
Excavating Egyptian Artefacts
Today we began our new history topic on the Ancient Egyptians. Class 12 have already been excited to learn more about the Egyptians after starting our new class read ‘Secrets of a sun king’. Today the focus was on artefacts and what they can tell us about Egyptian life. We Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
Understanding the impact of speech in a text
In English, we have been reading and enjoying ‘The boy in the striped pyjamas’. During our reading week, we looked closely at the use of dialogue between characters and how it helps us to understand more about them. We looked at how the characters Bruno and Samuel spoke to each Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
Hour of Code – supermario style
This week in computing we celebrated ‘Hour of Code’ week and put our coding skills to the test. We all gave the supermario game a go and had to complete various challenges to create a working super mario game. It tested our growth midset as some of the challenges were Read more…
School Council
PLT present your ideas to Mrs Davies!
This week, PLT joined for our 3rd meeting and we were joined by a special guest – Mrs Davies. Mrs Davies came along to listen to children’s ideas and suggestions for the school year. First of all we shared what children already love about their school. This included: after school Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
The ultimate boat test -investigating water resistances
As part of our science topic ‘Forces’, over half term class 12 made their own boats out of recycled materials. Their aim was to create a boat which floated and was streamlined to limit air and water resistance. This week we tested our boats in our very own class pool! Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
National Maths Week!
Yesterday, we started Maths Week off by doing some practical maths lessons. In fluency, we played a dice game where our objective was to race to 100. In our Maths lesson, we were given the task of planning a party for a celebrity. Our budget is £50,000 and we can Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
The Water Cycle experiment
In geography, we have been learning all about the water cycle as party of our human and physical unit of work. Last week we learnt how the water cycle works and became more confident using words such as evaporation, precipitation, condensation and accumulation. Today we created a model version of Read more…
Art & Design
Christmas Card Making
This afternoon, class 12 got all crafty and made some excellent pop up Christmas cards! It’s beginning to feel a lot more Christmassy in Year 5!
Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
Anti bullying Week 2020
Anti-Bullying Week 2020 is taking place from Monday 16th November – Friday 20th November 2020. The theme is United Against Bullying This morning we watched a video about a girl called Ariana who told us about her experience as a bully and the reasons that triggered her treating people in Read more…