Year 5 Blog

After completing their fabulous Anglo Saxon houses for a homework task, Year 5 set about creating three settlements.  These were displayed around school for all to see.  Great team work and lots of history learning took place!   Mrs Blomeley

Year 5 have been immersing themselves into their new topic this term - Anglo Saxons!   A homework project resulted in some fanatastic examples of Anglo Saxon houses, using some of the natural materials that would have been used during Anglo Saxon times.  They have also started to learn the wonderful skill of weaving and are enjoying seeing the results of their efforts grow!  Look out for our next task - Anglo Saxon settlements!  Mrs Blomeley.

A mysterious parcel arrived containing, amongst other things, a faded football, a variety of shells and pebbles, a cryptic message in a bottle and a letter from “Michael” asking for advice.  Year 5 have already discovered that the story is none other than Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom and they are waiting for the story to unfold to identify the contents of the box .....   Mrs Blomeley

This half term, following tuition from our computer expert, Miss Truelove, Year 5 have been creating their own maths games to share with some younger children in the school. Siblings and friends took on the challenge to complete the games and gave feedback later.  They even gave ideas for improvement!  Mostly they enjoyed playing the games that had been created for them and Year 5  enjoyed showing off their skills!   Mrs Blomeley