Year 5

Dear Parents, The children seem to have enjoyed the start of our new topic, entitled ‘Off with her head!’. Following a brief reenactment of the Battle of Bosworth on Monday, the children created sweet ‘marchepane’ treats in the style of the Tudor Rose, before hearing a message from Queen Elizabeth I. We have researched the […]

Dear Parents/Carers, This week the children have particularly enjoyed learning about animal life cycles in Science, engaging with Frances Hodgson-Burnett’s novel ‘The Secret Garden’ and learning where in the UK food comes from in Geography. Next week we will be: Finishing our unit on Fractions in Maths Writing descriptive passages using simile, metaphor, personification and […]

Dear Parents, This week the children have been learning about the Peasants’ revolt and have drawn ideas from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech in order to write their own speech as Wat Tyler leading the peasants’ revolt. The children haven’t written much of their speeches yet but what they have written sounds […]