After a strong start to the year, the children have shifted up a gear, showing fantastic focus and enthusiasm in every subject. In science, they’ve been busy exploring Earth’s movement through space, why we experience different seasons, and the different phases of the moon, while in art they’ve put together collagraph plates ready to create imaginative and bold space-themed prints next week. Maths has seen them strengthening place value skills through ordering, comparing, and rounding, and in English they’re sharpening their journalistic writing style using David Wiesner’s Tuesday as their inspiration. History has seen them test their enquiry skills as they uncover how and what we know about Anglo-Saxon life and settlements in England.

We are so proud of the Year 5 children for completing a brilliant year! We have ended the term with a collaborative DT project using pulleys to transport tomatoes from the table to the floor. The children were inspired by looking at the mountains in Nepal and how farmers have to transport the crops they've grown at the top of the mountain to the markets at the base. We have also been doing narrative writing based on Journey to Jo'burg, which are excellent! We also made front covers for our stories using vector drawing skills learnt in computing.  They are all on Google Classroom, so have a look at those over the summer! We wish you all a lovely summer break and look forward to seeing you all around school next year.

 

Now that we are back from the Isle of Wight, we would like to say how incredibly proud of all the children we are! We had a busy and fun-filled week last week and know that the children have gained so much from their experience with their friends. Have a look at the Isle of Wight 2025 folder for more great photos from the trip.

This week, we have crashed back to reality and we are getting Year 6-ready! We have been converting units of measure in maths, researching all about South Africa in English to better understand the background of our new core text, Journey to Jo'burg, as well as investigating mechanical pulley systems in DT. We even had time to visit our chickens this week too! 

 

The children in Year 5 have had a great couple of weeks. They have immersed themselves in our poetry core text, The Lost Words and written kenning, incantation, diamond incantation and etheree poems. We have enjoyed sharing these aloud in our classes. In science, we have continued our learning on living things and life cycles, researching animals that go through metamorphosis and presenting findings to the class. All of the children were incredibly sensible and mature when learning about the changes their bodies will go through when they reach puberty - they should be commended for their excellent questions and engagement with the talks. 

What a busy and exciting couple of weeks it has been in Year 5! A highlight was our trip to Holy Trinity Church in Richmond, where the children took part in an enriching Easter Experience. It was a thought-provoking session. The children were completely absorbed by the performance of the Easter story and asked some fantastic questions in the forum afterwards.

Back in the classroom, we’ve continued bringing Shakespeare to life in DT, crafting our Macbeth puppets. From fearsome witches to a rather regal-looking King Duncan, the creativity on display has been outstanding. We’ve wrapped up our units of work on shape in maths and global trade in geography, whilst in computing, we've pushed on with our work on databases, where we've been developing our computational thinking by using logical operators to help us answer questions based on the information held in records. 

Well done to all the children for participating in the Great Sheen Mount Bounce. There might be some sore legs after some very energetic bouncing! We look forward to the final event of the term on Friday, the unmissable Talent Show. Well done to all the children who participated in the Year 5 auditions. It was a pleasure to see the whole of the year group actively supporting and encouraging each other.   

In Y5 we truly do seem to seize every moment of every day. Since returning from half-term, we have been busy learning about different types of puppets and their history in preparation for our DT topic this term. This complements our English topic, Macbeth, as the children will be creating their own puppets based on different characters from the play and using them to perform a few scenes - hopefully nothing too gory! 

In maths, we completed our first topic of the term on perimeter and area and enjoyed estimating the area of our outstretched hands. We are moving onto a short topic on statistics. In geography, we have been finding out about global trade and investigating where the food in our fridges and cupboards originates from. There were a few surprises, Brazil nuts from Bolivia, for example!

The Djembe drums have been as popular as ever in music and have given our voices a rest after the excitement of Young Voices at the O2. In French, we are exploring the language of the classroom whilst in computing we are learning about databases. Everyone's a gymnast in PE where we have been practising safely carrying out rolls with good technique, before progressing onto some more advanced moves.