This week, Year 5 have completed their topic on how Christmas is celebrated around the world in RE. The children completed their assessment by writing and performing a Christmas playscript. In groups, the children planned their playscript and performed to each other, which they enjoyed. [gallery...
This week our House Captains were invited to take a tour of the new Lidl store on Dagenham Heathway and received a fantastic goody bag each. They were given an exclusive sneak peek around the store and behind the scenes of the newly designed freezer...
In our History lesson this week, we looked at some Viking artefacts and thought about how they use these in their everyday life. We also learned why they were known as 'pirate raiders' and why they had such a scary reputation. Finally, we discussed why...
Last week we all took part in our Maths Rocks House Challenge. We had an exciting afternoon of maths activities centred around learning key maths facts such as number bonds and times tables. Some of the activities included number bond PE games, learning times tables...
The Girls' football team were raring to go against a competitive Godwin Primary, in what was a thrilling, tight match. Parsloes dominated the majority of the game in both the first and second half, however were unfortunate to come out of the game losing 1-0....
In our PSHE lesson this week in Year 5, we looked at what brings real happiness. We sorted the various things that make us happy from the least to the most. After this, we read about the life of children in a developing part of...
In PE this term, we have been doing Gymnastics where we have been learning different types of balances and travelling techniques. Some of the balances we have been perfecting includes the arch, tuck, straddle and needle standing position. This week, we have been practicing a...
In our History lesson, we observed and analysed Anglo-Saxon artefacts. Using these sources, we tried to imagine the life style they lived. The children were interested by how creative they were since they used to make their own shoes out of cow skin and their...
This week, year 5 has been using the hands-on learning approach to understand equivalent fractions. We folded strips of paper into, halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eigths and twelfths. We created a fraction wall using the strips of paper and used this to find as many...
English Creative Hook lesson Starting our new English writing unit on myths, we immersed ourselves into the art of story telling, by imaging that we were seated around a fire as we listened to and shared stories of the past. Stories of great heroes who valiantly...