Year 5

Dear Parents, I’m sure you have heard by now that we started our new topic on Peasants, Pestilence and Princes yesterday. We enjoyed putting on a performance for the children and we think they had fun too! Snacks: The children’s lunchtime slot has changed – the children sit down for their meals at 1.15 which […]

Dear Parents, Tomorrow, we will sadly be saying goodbye and good luck to our dear friends, Mrs Carruthers and George Carruthers. We are very sad to see them go, but we know that exciting times lay ahead for them, so we wish them all the very best with their house move and school transitions. After half […]

Egyptian Day was a great success! The children were beaming from ear to ear all day long, and we even heard some of them say, ‘This is the best school day ever!’ The children made some superb canopic jars out of clay, necklaces and bracelets and belts with heiroglyphics. We hope you enjoyed collecting your […]

Dear Parents, It has been another busy week of learning for year 5. This week our highlights have been completing the mini-marathon, reading our class book ‘The Time Travelling Cat’ and learning the importance of mummification to Ancient Egyptians. In preparation for World Mental Health day, everybody reflected individually on what makes them an amazing […]

Dear Parents, This week, the children have written some fantastic newspaper reports about the discovery of Tutankahmun’s tomb! Below is an overview of what we will be learning next week: -In Maths, we will be learning column addition and subtracting with at least 3 digit numbers and at least one exchange -In English, we will […]

Dear Parents, We have thoroughly enjoyed starting our new topic called ‘Pharaohs’ with the children this week! After mummifying their classmates on Monday, the children researched the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and investigated some of the artefacts that were found inside. Here is a short overview of our learning for next week: – In Maths, […]