Year 5

We've had another fantastic week here in Year 5. In our RE lessons, we've been learning about commitment and promises. We carried out some wonderful research on local charities and explored the amazing work they do to help others. Everyone created beautiful posters and made thoughtful links to the scripture we've been studying. In PE this term, we've all really enjoyed playing netball. This week, we held our very own netball tournament – it was a huge success and great fun fo

What a brilliant week we've had here in Year 5! In Maths, we've had great fun problem-solving with squared numbers and demonstrated excellent resilience while tackling the challenges. Netball has continued to be a huge hit with everyone, and we’ve been involved in some very exciting games. We were also lucky enough to have a team games session with the PE service this week, which was a lot of fun. In Science, we wrapped up our topic on forces by conducting some hands-on scien

Year 5 have had a fabulous week of learning! In ICT, we became ‘web crawlers’ during a fun treasure hunt activity that helped us understand how search engines work. As part of our RE topic, we created beautiful leaflets explaining how followers of Jesus live. This was a lovely piece of work, with lots of thoughtful links to scripture. In our English lessons, we finished reading the wonderful Robot Girl and were shocked and amazed by the twist — there were plenty of gasps all

We’ve had a brilliant week here in Year 5! In Science, we conducted experiments all about water and air resistance — and we're proud to say that all our predictions were correct! In Maths, we wrapped up our unit on addition and subtraction. Everyone has worked incredibly hard throughout this topic — well done! To celebrate Book Week, the class came to school on Thursday dressed as their favourite book characters. We saw some fantastic and creative costumes — it was a real hig

This week in Year 5, the children have thoroughly enjoyed their writing lessons inspired by our new text, Robot Girl by Malorie Blackman. We debated the role of AI, explored how robots are used both domestically and commercially, and delved into the fascinating world of science fiction. In geography, we have been studying temperate climates. The children particularly enjoyed using atlases to locate countries with temperate conditions and learning how animals and plants have a

This week in Year 5 has been full of fun as well as plenty of hard work. The children have particularly enjoyed writing their own narratives inspired by the wonderful book Firebird. Their imaginations and brilliant use of language have made the stories a joy to read. In maths, we are coming to the end of our place value unit. The children had great fun applying their knowledge by playing Yahtzee with numbers up to one million. In RE, we explored scripture from both the Old an

The children have had a fantastic start to Year 5! They returned to school full of smiles and ready to learn. In English, we're using the...

A Wonderful End to a Fantastic Year Year 5 have had a brilliant end to a fantastic year. Highlights have included: performing their...

Year 5 Shine at the RSC Playmaking Festival Year 5 had a wonderful time this week performing on stage at a fantastic venue as part of the...

We’ve had a very busy penultimate week here in Year 5! Sports Day was a roaring success, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part in...

We enjoyed a wonderful few days in Keswick last week. Everyone behaved brilliantly and was a real credit to our school. Some of the...

Last week, Year 5 led a beautiful Celebration of the Word, focused on the theme of Freedom and Responsibility. This was a particularly...

Year 5 have been thoroughly enjoying their reading lessons, which have been based on Poems from the Second World War. Working in groups,...

We have had another brilliant week in school. In PE, we wrapped up our athletics unit with some javelin throwing, which everyone...

Year 5 returned to school full of smiles and ready for their Bikeability adventure. Over the course of two full days, all pupils...

What a Fun Week We've Had in Year 5! In Science, we designed our own experiments using the plan, do, review model. Our investigations...

What an exciting week we’ve had here in Year 5! In Maths, our focus has been on shape. We have explored both 2D and 3D shapes, measured...

We’ve had a wonderful week here in Year 5! The highlight of our week was a fantastic visit from the Life Science Centre. We took part in...