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...

Year 5 were treated to another visit to the library this week to take part in a Black History workshop.  It included learning to say hello in different languages spoken in various African countries, finding the flags of African nations and finding finding them on a map.  The children also...

Year 5 have been enjoying rounders in PE this term, developing their throwing and catching skills and the rules of the game learnt in Year 4.  The pictures show warm-up exercises before a match.  Each week, the children take charge of setting up the equipment, making sure it is set out cor...

At the end of the last academic year, the Year 5 children wrote to King Charles III to tell him about the book "The boy at the back of the class" that we were reading in English.  Over the summer holiday, we received a reply!  It is now framed at the front of the classroom...