This week in Y5NL, we have been learning about The Great Sheffield Flood. 

The Great Sheffield Flood happened on the 11th of May, 1864. At approximately 12 o'clock at night, the Dale Dyke Dam burst and a 50ft high wall of water came cascading down upon Sheffield. It was like Niagra Falls pouring…

We had a very special day in Y5 this week to celebrate the festival of Eid. The teachers, and a group of lovely parents, have been working hard for weeks to prepare the day and it was a great success.

We started the day with a presentation from Mr Guljar (an ex-parent) about his charity work.…

We started our new topic off this week with a very exciting map day. 

First we made a plan map of the school. We had to go all around school, to work out how it would look if we drew the view from above. Then, we listened to Nigel Vardy - a.k.a Mr Frostbite. He is a famous mountain climber…

We had an egg-citing start to our third term in Year 5, with the famous Lydgate Junior School decorated egg competition. Let us egg-splain - we could hard boil the egg or blow the yolk out to make a beautiful egg display that would later be put on show in the hall. We enjoyed looking at all the competition…

We have reached the end of our second term in Y5 and what an exciting term it has been! We hope that you all enjoy your Easter break and have a well-earned rest.

Don't forget about the famous Lydgate Junior School egg decorating competition! You need to bring your entries to school on the…

This week Y5WR have had great fun challenging themselves in their maths work. We have been subtracting fractions and Mrs Webb decided to challenge the class by giving them a super hard question which they absolutely…

It has been a busy week in Y5. 

On Friday, it was Red Nose Day and we were raising money for Comic Relief. Some children raised money by challenging themselves to a sponsored silence or even tying their legs together all day! We also had a cake sale, a joke competition and could buy red noses…

In Y5NL, over the last few weeks, we have been working on fractions in our maths lessons. We have learned about denominators and numerators.To help us learn about fractions, we cut up pieces of paper and folded them into fractions - we worked in small groups. We learned about improper fractions, which…

It's been a busy and very exciting week in Year 5. We had a visit from The Wonderdome on Tuesday and it was World Book day on Thursday. 

Wonderdome Visit.

Y5 WR had a great time inside the Wonderdome. Matt (the leader) had so much to share with us. Our class were super knowledgable…

Welcome back to the fourth half term of Year 5. We have lots of exciting learning planned. 

REMINDER - you must bring a coat to school! The weather is cold and wet at the moment; we don't want you to be cold and wet too.

Next week, on Thursday 3rd March, we will be celebrating World…