15
Nov
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 2
In Year 5, our topic this week was to learn about Sir Isaac Newton. Here are some fantastic pieces of work from Julia and Diana. [gallery ids="20025,20026"]...
Year 5
08
Nov
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 1
This week in Maths, year 5 have been learning about equivalent fractions. We used physical resources to help us. Here is Thiago and Ayaz creating equivalent fractions with blocks. ...
25
Oct
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 8
This week, year 5 have been continuing to look at the life and work of Chris Ofili. Chris Ofili was well known for his collagraph printing and his highly decorative style and playful exploration of black cultural identity. Here you can see the children creating their...
18
Oct
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 7
This week, as part of our Black History Month learning, year 5 have been looking at the life and work of painter Chris Ofili. Chris Ofili was born in Manchester and is well known for his references to his Nigerian heritage in his art. We explored...
11
Oct
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 6
This week in RE we were learning about Jesus' miracle of healing a paralysed man. We acted as reporters and members of the public who would have been there and the paralysed man himself. We captured the events that lead up to the miracle and the...
04
Oct
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 5
In Year 5, as part of our science learning, we have been studying animals and their habitats, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants. We have previously looked at pollination and how important bees are in this process. This week we went to Hackney School...
27
Sep
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 4
As part of our Humanities topic on the Roman era, Year 5 took a trip to London Mithraeum to explore and learn about the Roman civilisation and the expansion of their Empire across Britain. We were lucky enough to hear an expert historian tell us all...
20
Sep
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 3
This week, Year 5 were preparing to write a diary entry in role of a character from our key text, "Journey to the River Sea" by Eva Ibbotson. On Tuesday, we worked in groups to come up with a character description using figurative language, such...
13
Sep
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 2
This week year 5 have learned about the Roman Empire and their invasion of Britain. We focused on understanding the timeline of the Roman Empire including understanding BC and AD and chronological order. The children worked together in groups to put key events in chronological...
19
Jul
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 7
Last week, Year 5 celebrated the end of term with a trip to London Zoo! This tied in to our geography unit 'Let's Go On Safari!' as we got to see many African animals including hippos, zebras, giraffes, hunting dogs and colobus monkeys. We were...