We’ve been studying the works of Jave Yoshimoto, a Japanese-American artist who specialises in ultra-colourful paintings of natural disasters. This links to our new Geography topic, where we will be …
Year 5 – decorating our classrooms
As we have restarted the year so well, even in these unusual circumstances, we decided it was time to start decorating our classroom. Then, even better, we decided to use …
Year 5 – Electrical Circuits
Our first topic of the new term is DT: Electrical Circuits In DT, we are learning how to create working circuits, how to use electricity safely and design products for …
Year 5 – DT Topic Work
Our DT topic has been to design and make a wand which lights up so we can act out spells from the story. We looked at existing wands on sale …
Year 5 – Creating Circuits
As part of our DT topic Year Five have been creating circuits. We learnt how to safely use electricity; design devices that use power and fix issues when these circuits …
Year 5 Professor Brainwave
Year 5 were privileged to have a special visit from Professor Brainwave. He was an amazing maths specialist who got us to think about reasoning in a brand new way. …
Year 5 Geography – Pompeii
Year 5 Geography – Pompeii – How can a whole city just disappear? In our Extreme Earth Geography topic, we used Google Earth to find the ruins of Pompeii. We …
Natural History Museum Visit – November 2019
We visited the Natural History Museum in London as part of our Geography topic – Extreme Earth. We studied and interacted with a range of exhibits that showed us how …
Year 5 – Life cycle of a butterfly
In Science, we investigated the life cycle of a butterfly. As butterflies are beautiful, artistic creatures, we decided to use our creative skills and clay model their lives. Through this, …
Year 5 Science
Pupils this half term have begun to study life cycles. We are currently looking at plants. Pupils have had the chance to dissect various plants and identify the important parts …