Year 5

This year, as a school, we are taking part in the Royal Mail Heroes Stamp Design Competition. Millions of key workers have kept the country going when many others were told to stay home and there have been many people who volunteered to help in their communities. Royal Mail wants to honour them by p

During Science lessons this week, we have continued our topic of ‘Animals Including Humans’. Earlier in the week, the children learned about gestation periods, and enjoyed researching the different gestation periods for different mammals (did you know that an alpaca is pregnant for 11-12 months?!).

The Governing Body would like to share information with parent/carers regarding driving and parking around the school.  This is an important aspect in relation to the safety of our children and the support for our neighbours and community. Please take time to read the guidance sheet which can be do

This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create nonsense poems and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some well known hedgehog poems and discussed the humour often found in this type of verse. We looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse

If your child is absent from school due to isolation (or for other reasons) they should access work from the timetable below (this is a link, not a photo!). Whichever day your child is not in school, these are days your child should access.  Some activities have links which will direct you to web p

As we finish the term, we see the days lengthening and the sunshine putting a little more spring in people’s steps; the increase in optimism is clear and welcomed.  We all understand that the whole of our community has been living through a difficult period which will eventually be one for the hi

As part of our learning about Easter, Year 5 have studied the Rosary. They learned about the different parts of the prayer, and how the different elements relate to different people in the life and learning of Jesus, as well as how Christians sometimes use the beads to help them keep count of how ma

Thank you for sharing all of your Easter crafts and baking. We hope that you have had fun at home on this. We would just like to say thank you for your support during this difficult term and hopefully, as we get into the Summer, things will become easier and brighter for all. Enjoy the holiday and s

If your child is absent from school due to isolation (or for other reasons) they should access work from the timetable below (this is a link, not a photo!). Whichever day your child is not in school, these are days your child should access.  Some activities have links which will direct you to web p

Over the past fortnight, Year 5 have been undertaking Art lessons during our afternoon slots. This work has focussed around Islamic style art, and the children researched and drew their own Geometric patterns (which got very confusing, but ended up looking beautiful!). The children then designed the