5T Winter Reads

5T have been loving our end of the day story for this term, The Last Bear. Who knew polar bears could be tempted to be friends with you if you offered them an oat biscuit with peanut butter on?!

We've also had some great recommendations for our door- Ivy enjoyed Inkheart and Isla loves The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale.

From Ancient Greece to the Moon!

This term in DT, Year 5 have been investigating designing their own moon rover prototypes, resulting in the creation of moon rovers any astronaut would be proud to have!

In English, we have been really enjoying our text of Who Let the Gods Out, with some fabulous diary entries being written from Elliot's perspective as the constellation of Virgo crashes into his cowshed. We have also enjoyed the drama of Elliot and Virgo's showdown with Prisoner 42 in the depths of Stonehenge, and are very excited to write our own next chapter of the novel very soon.

Here are a few examples of our first few lessons on parenthesis- the children grasped this tricky concept really well and their strong imaginations are clear!

Finally, a few festive reminders:

Tuesday 10th December- school celebration of Christmas Jumper Day

Monday 16th December- PM Year 5 Christmas Party. Please send your child with their party food.

Friday 20th December- last day of term!! Our Christmas performance is at 11:15 and we would love to see as many as possible of you there- we have been working very hard to learn our songs!

Topic in Year 5

Year 5 have been busy in topic lessons.

We have been learning about lines of longitude, lines of latitude and the tropics in Geography, as well as linking our geographical knowledge to global warming.

In our RE, we have been learning about religious diversity in our area, and we have been exploring the similarities and differences of Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.

We then moved on to Science (Physics), where we explored the Earth, Sun and Moon. We had fun creating the phases of the moon using Oreo biscuits!

Most recently, Year 5 have learned about the Ancient Greeks in our History topic lessons and how they influenced the Western World.

All children have worked really hard and it has been lovely to see their curiosity develop.

National Poetry Day

We had some wonderful poetry written as entries to our national poetry competition to celebrate National Poetry Day on October 3rd. Here we are showcasing some of the fabulous work of 5T, with poems about the seasons, space and animals linking to what we have been finding out about in our class!

a Cosmic start to Year 5!

We have had a totally Cosmic start to Year 5 with our new English text of Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The children have enjoyed discovering Liam's misdemeanors as a result of looking taller and older than his actual age, particularly liking the scene in which he tried to drive a Porsche. We have been busy building up our skills of direct speech ready for writing our own story of a cringeworthy situation Liam finds himself in!

In Art, we have been looking at the German Bauhaus art movement and creating our own Bauhaus inspired pieces of art, using primary colours and lots of simplistic shapes. Some fabulous creations have been made using our printing, carving and etching skills.

Prize Giving 2024 - Year 5

End of Year Film

Award Winners

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