Today, we were lucky enough to be visited (virtually) by a brilliant author, Kandace Chimbiri, who spoke with us about her career and books. We were particular interested to learn more about her …
Diversity Art – ‘Us’
To celebrate diversity in all its forms, we studied a range of artworks that showed our similarities and celebrated our differences. We decided to create a mixed-media collage, showing a …
Year 5 – Earthquakes
Is it possible to build a tower that can withstand an earthquake? As part of our topic on earthquakes, we have looked at the devastating impact they have on people …
Mental Health Week in Year 5
The theme of this year’s mental health week is ‘Nature’ and we have been making the most of the decent May weather and getting outside to improve our mental health. …
Year 5 – DT Project
For our latest DT topic, we learned to cook. This meant creating a delicious, relatively healthy vegetable pie from scratch. We learned about vegetable prep, how to make shortcrust pastry …
Year 5 – Food tasting
They often accuse kids of being fussy eaters. That’s certainly not the case with us. We taste tested a range of different herbs, spices and seasoning blends to work out …
British Values – Year 5
Following the sad news of Prince Philip passing, we took the opportunity to find out more about his life and work. We were impressed by the wide range of ways …
Year 5 DT Topic
Our current DT topic is to design and create World War II bunting. Firstly, we created a mood board which showed our choice of colours and images. Next, we drew …
Year 5 – Textiles Project
We started our textiles project by discussing our design ideas. We needed imagery for our bunting that reflected on the events and emotions that happened during the Battle of Britain. …