Every day after lunch, St Clare class spends time reading for pleasure. We read a variety of things, from fictional story books and picture books, to First News newspapers, The Phoenix comic and - our favourite - The Guinness Book of World Records. We have found that reading helps us with our own pu...

In Geography, St Clare class is learning about South America. This week the children have been researching and writing about The Amazon rainforest and river. This is building on our knowledge of the different countries in South America. Did you know for example that the Amazon Rainforest covers nine...

Year 5 PE on a Tuesday is rounders with Mr Spalding. The skill we practised this week was bowling accurately, and all the children got to bowl in a game at the end of the session. We all participated and tried our best, with some shots going out of the playing cage! We also had some good catches and...

This week, Year 5 completed their art work Over the last few lessons, we designed patterns inspired by mosaics and the artist Esra Alhamal. We developed the use of colour in our books and finally used air drying clay to make tiles. These were then painted using intricate patterns and designs.

All this week, Year 5 has been completing a set of Taskmaster-style tasks, linked with our White Rose Maths scheme of learning. Fans of the show will be aware of the sort of tasks celebrities and comedians have been given in the past. The children have had to create a free-standing tower using only...

This week in RE, the Year 5 children learnt about The Beatitudes. In Matthew’s Gospel, he collects Jesus’s teaching together in what is called the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew wants his readers to recognise Jesus as the new Moses, calling people to a new way of living. Jesus went up the...