The children have worked very hard this week, showing a thirst for knowledge and a desire to push themselves as hard as possible with their learning. We have seen some brilliant writing, superb mathematics skills and have thoroughly enjoyed our study of the planets that make up or solar system. Grea...

What a wonderful week Year 5 have had! Here's what we've been up to: English In English this week we started our new Term 2 text 'The Jamie Drake Equation'. We made predictions based on the front cover before reading the first two chapters. In our writing, we designed and descr...

Year 5 have had a wonderful week, working incredibly hard and having lots of fun.   English This week, we put Ernest Henry Shackleton on trial to decide whether he was guilty of being a bad leader. As a year group we discussed whether we thought that his captaincy on his Trans-Antarcti...

Year 5 have continued their amazing start to the year with how hard everyone is working. Well done! English This week, we continued to finish our non-chronological reports on Antarctica. We researched about fun facts and finished our report concentrating on conjunctions and informal writing to...

What a wonderful week Year 5 have had! They have all settled back in to school life and really impressed us! English This week in English, we have started our Term 1 book 'Ice Trap' by Meredith Hooper about Sir Ernest Shackleton's rescue mission in Antarctica. We created artwork of...