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Year 5 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 5

March 2026

  • 26/03/26

    Friday 27th March 2026

    Year 5 had a real treat on Wednesday! We were visited by our Head of Governors, Greg Mulligan, who came to say hello, and ended up staying to tell  us the story by Robert Burns of Tam o’Shanter.  It all began when our classroom greeters this week, Shirley and Sola, welcomed Greg to o...
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  • 20/03/26

    Friday 20th March 2026

    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...
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  • 12/03/26

    Friday 13th March 2026

    During Science week, Year 5 investigated the effect of salt on melting ice. Coming up with a hypothesis to begin with, the children formed 5 groups and then observed the time it took their ice to melt, depending on the amount of salt. Their results showed that the more salt the ice had, the faste...
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  • 06/03/26

    Friday 6th March 2026

    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.
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March 2026