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 …