We have come to the end of a very exciting half term and the children (and staff) are looking forward to a well-deserved rest. 

This week in Y5NL, we have been learning about Viking sagas. The Vikings loved sharing stories and passed them down the generations. We watched some animations about…

This week, most of the Y5 childrenwent on a residential visit to York, where we had lots of fun learning more about the Vikings. The children who stayed at school also had an exciting Viking time with Miss Murphy.

Y5NL.   

I liked bulding the viking longships because we worked as a…

York residential reminders. 

It is almost time for our exciting residential visit to York YHA. You already have all the information you need but here are a few important things to remember:

• you need to bring a packed lunch for Monday,
• you must hand in any medicines…

In Y5NL this week, we have been writing explanation texts about why the Vikings decided to leave their homeland and come to Britain. In this piece of writing we have been focusing on push factors and pull factors.

Push Factors

Firstly, we wrote about push factors which…

We have had such a busy week in Year 5!

In English, we have been learning about writing explanation texts. We looked at a really good explanation of how Wallace's 'Snoozatron' machine works and picked out the features so that we can use them in our own writing next week. Here are the posters…

Welcome back everyone and happy new year. We are looking forward to an exciting half term of learning and fun. 

All the year 5 classes have been thinking about Article 31 this week: 'every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of activities'. Before Christmas, Mr…

On Tuesday this week, Y5NC and Y5WR finished our Dragons' Den project by delivering our pitches to the dragons(Miss Nicholson and Mrs Webb)! Some people were very nervous but everyone did a fantastic job and there were some very creative ideas, including: a bookmark that reads to you, a chewable pen,…

Last week, we watched a pitch from the TV show Dragons Den. We were inspired to create our own new inventions and ideas, and then present them next week to the Y5 teachers. One winner will be chosen and will recieve a prize. As you can see, the pictures below are the class groups from Y5NC working…

Some children in Year 5 have filled Christmas shoeboxes for people facing crisis at Christmas time. They have been very thoughtful and filled the boxes with a mixture of useful items and gifts. Here is a photo of the children involved.

Children in Need. 

We raised an incredible £1196.89 on our Children in Need day last Friday. Thank you for all the support and well done everyone!

Y5NL have been doing lots of sketching, colour mixing and painting this week. The whole school are creating art works…