This week, our talented Year 5 students took to the stage to present their curriculum assembly and what a fantastic job they did! The assembly was a wonderful opportunity for the children to share the…
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Year 5: busy making our own stuffed toys!
This week in D&T, we’ve been busy making our own stuffed toys!We started by cutting out our chosen shapes from felt, then used our sewing skills to stitch the pieces together using blanket stitch. Finally,…
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Science – Fire and Fire Safety This week in Science, we learned about what is needed to make a fire. We found out that fire needs three things: fuel, oxygen, and heat. These three parts…
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In this week’s Science lesson, we became real-life chemists as we discovered how to turn everyday ingredients—hot milk and white vinegar—into plastic right before our eyes! First, we carefully heated the milk, then added a…
Read MoreYear 5 silently fundraising for Tanzanian school and amazing changes
As part of our fundraising drive in aid of the Bright English Medium School, in Tanzania, Year 5 have completed sponsored activities in silence. The children were incredibly disciplined creating Tanzanian-style Art and reading silently…
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This week in PE, we started our new unit on striking and fielding, with a focus on catching a cricket ball. We learned different catching techniques depending on the ball’s height and direction—whether it’s coming…
Read MoreEgg-exciting week in Year 5
What a busy last week of the Spring term! From brilliantly performing our wonderful passion play to learning interesting facts and having fun at Whipsnade Zoo. On Tuesday, we got to perform our version of…
Read MoreStations of the Cross and Jane Goodall Biographies in Year 5.
This week, Year 5 we were guided around the stations of the cross by two of our class pupil chaplains. They carefully explained each station and we considered how these related to our own lives….
Read MoreScience week and Bike Ability in Year 5
This week in Year 5, we have had a busy Science week, with lots of lovely activities, from having a guest speaker in talking about engineering, to having fun in the science dome and learning…
Read MoreYear 5: World Book Day Fun to an exciting trip to Life Expo
From World Book Day Fun to going on an exciting trip to Life Expo. On Thursday, it was World Book Day and the all the children really enjoyed coming into school in their pyjamas. We…
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