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  • 12/09/25

    Friday 12th September 2025

    Back to school for only one day, and the children in Year 5 were off on a trip. We visited the Houses of Parliament where we actually got to watch MPs in the House of Commons and the Lords and Dames in the House of Lords.  We also took a tour around the rest of the Palace of Westminster, includ...
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  • 18/07/25

    Friday 18th July 2025

    This week in R.E. We have been looking at how God created the world in the story of Genesis 1.  We discussed why it is important that we look after the world God has given us.  We created PowerPoint presentations about climate change and explored charities that help countries who have expe...
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  • 11/07/25

    Friday 11th July 2025

    This week in Year 5 we were finalising our Islamic tiles.  We finished painting them and put them all together to create one big piece of art.
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  • 04/07/25

    Friday 4th July 2025

    This week in R.E. we carried out a class debate about whether Sunday should be a holy day/day of rest or not.  We had to come up with arguments for and against the topic and then debate against one another.  We had lots of fun!
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  • 26/06/25

    Friday 27th June 2025

    This week in Year 5 we are looking at cracking codes.  We learnt about the different types of codes like Semaphore and Morse codes.  We did some activities to practice making and cracking codes.
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  • 19/06/25

    Friday 20th June 2025

    This week in R.E. we have been learning about Pentecost.  We were doing some drama, re-enacting a story from the Bible where the Holy Spirit visited Mary and the disciples.  They were then filled with the Holy Spirit and had a fire within them to spread the word of Jesus.
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  • 12/06/25

    Friday 13th June 2025

    This week was our class assembly.  We presented our favourite subjects from the year.  We worked hard to learn our lines.  We were so excited to show everyone our learning from the year to wrap up our time in Year 5.
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  • 06/06/25

    Friday 6th June 2025

    This week we were doing some problem-solving in Maths.  We had to click through a series of mathematical statements.  When each statement was revealed, we were challenged to decide whether or not the statement was true and why.  We spoke to our partners about our thinking and reasonin...
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  • 22/05/25

    Friday 23rd May 2025

    This week we celebrated outdoor learning day on Wednesday 21st.  Firstly, we had our Maths lesson outdoors where Year 6 joined us.  We were throwing beanbags to see who could throw the furthest.  We then measured the distance thrown.  For Science, we dissected a flower and l...
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  • 16/05/25

    Friday 16th May 2025

    This week we have been learning about the Golden Age of Islam.  We have learnt about the religion of Islam and how Baghdad looked in AD 900.  This week's focus was on significant figures during this time.  We learnt about the first person to create algebra; the first person who in...
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  • 09/05/25

    Friday 9th May 2025

    This week in English we have been writing a tourist brochure to persuade people to visit the seaside town of Eerie-on-sea based on our book.  We have planned and published our work, focusing on persuasive skills and talking about all the landmarks from the book.  We had a lot of fun and ou...
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  • 02/05/25

    Friday 2nd May 2025

    This week in Year 5 we were finalising our art galleries that we created online.  We looked at the features that would be in an art gallery and got creative trying to bring our visions to life.
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