Year 5

Year 5 have been designing and creating board games to challenge their understanding of the four operations and BIDMAS. Which members of staff can you see on Jack’s?

The pupils created masks for different characters in the Tempest, and acted in roles to develop character empathy skills and understanding. Year 5 have been studying The Tempest this term and, with the aim of immersing them in the language and drama of Shakespeare and nurturing a love of this cornerstone of their culture, they…

Year 5 making their land yachts – progress is good so far, however the pupils have many variables to consider; how to reduce friction where the wheels are touching the chassis; what size wheels; area and material of the sail; width of the chassis for stability. Very exciting watching these young engineers take ownership of…

Sadhika and Nikhil spoke about the way they celebrate the festival. Lots of colour, lots of light, sparklers and fireworks!

In Year 5, we have started our new Global Studies theme of ‘Journeys’ by comparing modern day maps with a map of 1675. Our curious history detectives recognised many familiar place names.

Year 5 have investigated and experimented with the properties of paper. Now they are being challenged to make the paper as strong as possible whilst thinking about the forces acting on it.