On Thursday,there was a buzz in the school as it was world book day.We were allowed to dress up as our favourite book character (including the teachers,who dressed up in some fabulous costumes)and the snow didn't stop us from doing that.From Tuesday to Wednesday,we brought a book into school that we…

On Thursday the 8th of February, our year group had Viking Day. We did lots of activities and they were all fun. We painted shields,had a talk with a Viking specialist, learnt about Lindasfarne and had a massive rampage around the school.We made a chant and it goes like this: "We are 5AP we're the best…

This week in science we leant about air resistance . For our experiment, we made helicopter spinners out of paper and timed how long they took to fall to the ground with more or less paper clips, different sized helicopters or different size wing's. We found out that with more paper clips the faster…

To parent/ guardian,In literacy, the year 5's have been writing up an explanation about why the Vikings left their homeland. Throughout our literacy work, we have been including many of our key skills, such as: relative clauses, causal connectives, subordinating conjunctions and similes. We've learnt…

In y5R/J we have been learning about forces and how they effect everyday life. We made a special type of spinner that spins when you drop it from a high place,then we made a few different spinners in different types of materials such tin foil ,card and paper.

Last week, we started a new topic on the Vikings. By the end of this term we have to be able to write an explanation about why the Vikings left Scandinavia. So far we have learnt about the push and pull factors and the weapons they used. The ones that we have learnt about are the Dane axe, spear, battle…

Last week, we started a new topic on the Vikings. By the end of this term we have to be able to write an explanation of why the Vikings left Scandinavia. So far we have learnt about the push and pull factors and the weapons they used. The ones that we have learnt about are the Dane axe, spear, Battle…

It's a new term and year 5 have already begun learning about a new topic, the Vikings! So far, we've written a small piece of writing that explains the push and pull factors of why the Vikings left their homeland. In art, we've been designing a printing block inspired by Viking life. In maths we've gone…

This week in year 5 we tried some traditional Spanish tapas. Some of the tapas foods were very like the English foods. We tried sausage, ham , cheese, roasted peppers, olives , artichoke and melon from Spain. The foods were saltier and more stronger tasting than English foods. The tortilla de patatas…

Yesterday we went to the octagon . At the octagon ,there was a big lecture about fertilizer. It told us about how we grow. It was very interesting and there were lots of schools there. In the middle of the lecture, two llamas came onto the stage and the owners of the llamas told us about them and how…