Our Science topic this half term is Earth and Space. We were able to enjoy the latest warmer and sunnier weather and go outside to the playground to set out our own version of the solar system. Earth is known as being 1 Astronomical Unit away from the Sun, so we used this as 1 metre. Therefore, on t...

Beware Macbeth in Year 5! The children have been writing their own scripts and acting out their parts. We've had witches, noblemen, Kings and murderers, lots of plotting and scheming, but most of all, excellent acting and scriptwriting, showing the best of our English skills.

Continuing with the oracy skills in English last week, the children in Year 5 learned a new story for Chinese New Year, The Willow Pattern Story. The children gathered together on cushions to listen to each other tell the story. It is a tale of an old Mandarin in China many years ago and his daughte...

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...