Science this week saw the children designing parachutes, trying to achieve the longest amount of time in which it took to reach the ground. The children knew that they needed to maximise the amount of air resistance, so thought carefully when making the parachutes. Using a variety of materials, thei...

This week in English we were trying to convince people to come and visit Narnia based on our book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. We have been learning about tourist brochures and the importance of convincing people to visit specific places. We therefore decided to create a PowerPoint to prese...

As we come to the end of the first term, it is great to share more of the children’s wonderful work from Year 5. Linking our art work with the story we’ve been reading in English, Street Child by Berlie Doherty, the children developed their drawing skills to draw a scene in perspective...

The children in Year Five enjoyed using their acting skills in English this week in preparation for writing a piece of suspenseful writing. They have looked at the skill of “showing not telling” to make their writing more interesting for the reader. In partners, they took it in turns to...

This term, (coinciding with the cold weather!) Year 5 have gymnastics for their Tuesday indoor PE lessons. So far the children have learnt and practised different shapes, symmetrical and asymmetrical balances, and different ways to travel. Working in partners on mats, the children identified what sk...

Our new core text in Year 5 is Street Child, by Berlie Doherty.  We have just read a chapter called The Shilling Pie, in which our main character, Jim Jarvis, has bought a pie for his family with the last of their money.  Set in Victorian England, it tells the story of his struggle, and li...