Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 08/05/2023

Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 08/05/2023

Year 5 enjoyed writing their competition entries to celebrate someone who they respect and who changed the course of history.  A few figures, such as Pele and Shakespeare, were very popular choices indeed.  Well done to all of the children who took part!...
Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 01/05/2023

Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 01/05/2023

Year 5 have been learning about decimals, fractions and percentages in Maths.  Our English lessons have been dedicated to letter writing and drama activities related to the novel Journey to Jo’burg. It was lovely to see so many children dressed so colourfully to...
Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 08/05/2023

Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 24/04/2023

Year 5 have started a new class novel called Journey to Jo’burg.  It’s about two children who set off on a dangerous journey to save their sister.  Set against the dangerous landscape of apartheid South Africa, this novel has gripped year 5’s...
Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 17/04/2023

Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B 17/04/2023

Year 5 started their new Africa topic this term and made topographic maps of the continent out of salt-dough!  This enabled them to display the elevation (contour lines) and hydrography as well as the usual features we might find in an ordinary map.

Year 5 – What We Did This Week W/B20/03/2023

Year 5 have been getting to grips with multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.  We found it much easier after a few games of bingo!  We also physically acted out the digits moving left and right.  Year 5 have also been using Numicon to physically show mixed...