Year 5

As people might remember, the May Day Bank Holiday was changed this year to Friday 8th May 2020, with the intention of celebrating 75 years since VE Day.  Although we are not in school, let’s see if we can still come together as a community to share our gratitude for those who fought, worked and li

Over the summer term, each week we will be uploading a website post with a writing task for Year 5 children to undertake. The writing can be done over the course of a few days, or in one sitting – it’s up to you! We will include guidance and a linked example to help you out. You can send the finishe

Question 1 – How do you get friends and family, who are isolated from each other, to come together and engage in some light-hearted competitive fun? Answer – An online quiz Click here for an actual set of family quiz questions. Click here for answers (only after you’ve tried the quiz!) Before scho

During the fist week of the summer term, the weather inevitably becomes mixed!  However, children in school have still managed to get outside when it has been dry and sunny in order to keep a balance with the indoor activities. Amongst the variety of other tasks, staff have organised some baking ac

What a milestone: six whole weeks of home learning! The Year 5 team are incredibly proud of all of you, and we’re missing you very much; we can’t wait to see you (hopefully!) soon. We’ve loved seeing all of the photos you and your parents/carers are sending in, please keep it up ([email protected]

As we move into another three weeks of lockdown, the initial novelty of not being in school will be disappearing, even for children, and the reality of isolation will begin to have a more significant impact. Supporting children to understand what is happening and helping them to feel safe and secure

During times of hardship within a community, there is the possibility that people can look to focus on themselves only and not consider the needs of others or the wider community.  What people may not be  appreciating at this time is that we are all considering others through our current actions;

It has been great to see the year 5 children getting back into their school work. Well done to all the children who have been working hard with Reading Plus, Mathletics and TT Rockstars. As usual, in addition to English and maths activities the children have completed a range of creative activities.

This week has been a very busy one with a great array of activities.  Amongst other things, there appeared to be a bit of an aeroplane theme with children using metal detectors and walkie-talkies like in airports , implementing safety demos, creating aeroplane seating and making a plane in the outd

The School Meal Voucher Scheme has been created to support families who are entitled to Free School Meals for their children because of family income; this scheme is not for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 who receive free meals as part of Infant Free School Meals programme for all. For th