This half-term in computing classes, Year 5 are learning to use digital drawing software. This week, we used 'Google Drawings' to create a picture of our choice out of 2D shapes. The skills we will develop through this unit could be utilised in careers such...
A busy week of sport at SJSJ, our year 5/6 boys and girls football teams took part in two fixtures each and our netball team took part in the Hackney tournament. Both football teams played extremely well, with our girls team recording a victory this week. A...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week 5 - Cerrad la puerta. Close the door. Week 6 - Silencio, por favor. Silence, please. Week 7 - Feliz Navidad. Happy Christmas! This week in Spanish, Year 5 began to explore their new...
This week, Year 5 have been learning to play the ukulele in music. They have been learning how to place their fingers on the frets to play a variety of chords and to strum the strings to play in unison. [gallery ids="15530,15528"] In writing lessons, Year 5...
This week Year 5 have been learning about fractions, specifically equivalent fractions. Today we learnt that to find an equivalent fraction, you must multiply or divide the numerator and denominator by the same number. It is important that you multiply and divide by the same...
In further celebration of Black History Month, Year 5 visited Hackney Museum's "Our Words: Stories from African Communities in Hackney" exhibition. We discovered items such as traditional dress from across Africa and learnt some key words in Swahili and Lingala. We then wrote poems and...
This week, The London Mithraeum put on an Ancient Romans workshop for Year 5. We handled a variety of replica artefacts, then tried to deduce what their use was and who may have owned them. We were most unsure what the gold forked object would...
In science this week, Year 5 completed a carousel of activities to secure our new knowledge from our ‘Living Things’ topic. We defined key vocabulary, matched the parts of the flower to their function, sorted characteristics of animal life cycles in a Venn diagram, categorised...
A massive well done to our four school tag rugby teams for their recent victories in competing against Morningside Primary School. All children were a credit to the school, they demonstrated sportsmanship, teamwork and a great competitive spirit. Year 3/4 girls team: Beatrice (Captain), Amayah (Vice...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 2 - Bienvenidos. Welcome Week 3 - Buenas días. Good morning. Week 4 - Buenas tardes. Good afternoon. Week 5 - Buenos noches. Goodnight. Week 6 - Adiós. Goodbye. Week 7 - Hasta mañana. See you tomorrow. SJSJ is excited to announce our new Spanish Ambassadors across Key Stage 2. Throughout the academic year the children...