Have a great summer!
Published 20/07/22
And so we come to the end of a great year of learning and fun. What a fantastic bunch of children to teach. You are all set up now for a fantastic Year 6. Have a brilliant summer. See you next year!
Year 5 News
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Read MoreWatercolour
Published 15/07/22This week, Year 5 have been refining our watercolour skills. We have built on our colour mixing work from a previous lesson by using various shades of green to show the effect that light has on trees. We did this by using lighter shades of green which we then changed subtly to darker shades to emphasise the position of the Sun. Additionally, we practised a variety of techniques when painting our trees such as “wet on wet” and scribbling with the objective of making our trees lifelike. We will use these methods when painting our final piece which will be a landscape of our school field.
Read MorePublic speaking
Published 08/07/22After a very busy morning enjoying ourselves at KS2 Sports Day, Year 5 spent Thursday afternoon improving their public speaking skills. We built on the skills we developed when we were younger – “Show and Tell” in Key Stage 1 and “Soapbox” in Lower Key Stage 2. We are expected to talk to our class for approximately two minutes on a subject of our choice without using a powerpoint presentation. Some of us already have the confidence to talk in front of others but we all know it is very useful to be able to improve the confidence and clarity with which we communicate to others. It is also great to find out about the wide range of interests that the children have in Year 5 – so far we have heard speeches about Rubik’s Cubes, crows, horses, drumming and allergies.
Read MoreArt in Year 5
Published 01/07/22We all hope you enjoyed our assembly on Wednesday morning. It was great to share our happy memories of our trip to the Isle of Wight with all of the parents and we are already excited about going to Marchants Hill in Year 6. During our English lessons this week, we have been learning about poems called kennings which contain words on each line that describe something or somebody – essentially an extended metaphor - for example:
Coffee drinker
Finger pointer
Homework giver
One of our favourite activities this week was to develop our watercolour skills - we learnt how to mix paints to give us a range of different colours.
Oh…the answer to the kenning poem is a teacher.