A trip to Foyles! Today, our newly appointed Reading Leads, joined by selected House Captains, embarked on an inspiring school trip to one of central London’s most iconic literary landmarks —Foyles on Charing Cross Road. The purpose? To explore how world-class bookstores create inviting and engaging...
This week in Science, we looked at the concept of ‘dissolving’ – to break into pieces and spread out in a liquid. Testing the solubility of different materials. We conducted an experiment, where we placed a number of solid materials/items in the same amount of...
On Thursday, Year 5 travelled to Eastbury Manor House to consolidate on our learning on Tudors, in History. The children discovered the importance of Eastbury Manor House. We discovered how family life was in Tudor times. We looked at how the building differs from our...
This week in Science, we introduced the topic of materials and the big question for the unit. We had a wide range of materials and objects on our tables and thought about why objects are made from different materials. We set up three mini experiments...
Year 5 - English This week we have started exploring themes in our Talk 4 Writing text, Macbeth. We acted in the role of Macbeth when he meets the three witches for the first time. We used freeze frames and thought tapping to explore Macbeth’s thoughts...
Welcome to Year 5 It was lovely to see our new Year 5 children back in school this week! We had a great first day back completing many different activities such as summer holiday bingo, discussing what makes a great classmate and teacher as well as...
In Year 5, the children have been learning about the differences in the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds. They enjoyed drawing the life cycles and describing the life processes of reproduction in some plants and animals, Including Humans. They understood that humans...
This week in Year 5, we learnt to use selection to control the outcomes in an interactive quiz. We first completed our quiz designs by using design templates to identify the questions that we will ask, and the outcomes for both correct and incorrect answers....
This week, the children have made great progress in developing their mechanical toys using cams. They created a prototype before interviewing children from Year 1 to research what toy design would be most effective. The children then created a cross sectional diagram of their design...
This week, the children have been preparing events for Sports Day with the specialist PE coach. Activities will include field and track events. They have also been developing and exploring practical and teamwork skills through set challenges and map reading. This has enabled them to...