Blog Author: Hannah Clark

This week we have been learning about the language of debate and writing our own discursive text.  Inspired by the recently banned Iceland advert, we have been looking at reasons for and against banning the production of palm oil through deforestation.  Visit our blog to view the video and read…

Year 5 have had a fantastic week making Christmas cards, calendars, Christmas stockings and mince pies.  It has been great fun to get into the Christmas spirit whilst embedding our design technology skills.

This week we have been developing our understanding of decimals. The children enjoyed working with a partner and taking on the role of the teacher to show their understanding of the topic. We used coaching and peer-support techniques to round decimals to the nearest whole number and the nearest…

We had a great time this week during our first Judo lesson.

This week we invited parents into school to take a step back in time as we began our 'pre-learning' work.  The children and myself loved having parents and family members in the classroom, supporting them with their learning.  Children and adults alike enjoyed researching and finding out abut…

We had so much fun with maths outdoors last week, that this week we decided to do it all again! This time we calculated the area of the shapes using our knowledge of multiplication.

We've been working on improving our presentation and handwriting.  The children have been excited to see their own improvements.  Can you spot the difference in just four weeks?  

This week we have been learning about forces and air resistance.  We enjoyed learning about the effects of air resistance through exploring parachutes.  We have planned our own investigations and made parachutes ready for our 'egg-citing' parachute launch. 

The children have been set the…

Today we have enjoyed reading our class text, Wonder by R.J. Palacio' , in the outdoor learning classroom and willow dome. 

We enjoyed the fresh air whilst finding out about Auggie's first day at Beecher Prep.  We are really enjoying reading the book and are looking forward to finding out…

Year 5 have been busy enjoying the outdoors this week whilst learning about the perimeter of composite shapes. 

We used twigs to make composite shapes then measured them using a ruler, before calculating the perimeter.  We repeated the activity using Lego before making large rectilinear…

Over the last few weeks in Year 5, we have been busy exploring how to make different natural shades.  Inspired by Georges Seurat, we have focused on shades of blue and green, ready for our water reflection paintings that will feature in our Outdoor Art Exhibition. We are looking forward…

Welcome to Year 5

It has been a busy two weeks in Year 5.  All the children have settled in well and have enjoyed learning about the famous french artist Georges Seurat.  Today they worked hard to write a biography on Georges Seurat using their new knowledge of relative…