Geography in Year 5

Geography in Year 5

Year 5 are already impressing us with their knowledge of the world. On world maps, they were able to name and locate the different continents and oceans and confidently used atlases to check their work. What a brilliant start to...
Year 5 Writing

Year 5 Writing

To help inspire the children’s character descriptions, they acted in role of the character. The children had to answer questions about how they were feeling when they arrived into the jungle and what they would do differently next time. They also moved around...
Chinese New Year in Year 5

Chinese New Year in Year 5

Year 5 were eager to explore Chinese New Year! We looked at the Chinese zodiac calendar and the children were able to look at their zodiac animal which was either a goat or monkey. Children looked at the characteristics of each animal and made their animal with the...
Writing in Year 5

Writing in Year 5

Year 5 are really impressing us with their attitude towards their writing. During the ‘Farther’ unit, the children worked hard to write a character description and included great examples of expanded noun phrases, parenthesis and verb prefixes.
Science Week in Year 5

Science Week in Year 5

Year 5 loved showing their curiosity during Science week. We explored the question, ‘What’s the best design for a paper aeroplane?’ Children used their knowledge of air resistance from our Forces unit to design their own paper aeroplane which they...