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Our focus in Mathematics this week has been 3D shapes.

We have:
- Made 3D shape models

- Learnt about their properties including vertices, edges and faces

- Incorporated our knowledge of 2D shapes to describe the shape faces on a 3D shape

- Found everyday objects in the environment…

An eggstremely good week

This weeks top 10 moments

1. Learning the difference between fiction and non-fiction with our egg books
2. Finding out which living things hatch from eggs
3. Learning the names of animal babies
4. Learning how to double numbers
5. Singing our new doubling…

Welcome back!! It has been another busy week in Gold Class as we begin Summer Term. The highlights of our first week back are:

1. We had a busy week in Mathematics as we prepare for our upcoming SATs, This week we have practising a range of arithmetic skills, including spotting the errors that…

Welcome Back Everyone!

It is so good to be back. We have had a great first week after the Easter break. We have been busy in Year 5 learning lots of new things and having great fun along the way. 

In English, we have been looking at explorers and talking about places we might like to explore…

Today we finished our History topic from last half term all about the Romans by having a Roman Day. 

Some of the activities we completed in our Roman Passport included: 

- Making a Roman mosaic tile

- Sculpting a Roman vase

- Competing in a Javelin throwing competition (Logan and Rossi…

Highlights of the week 

1. We found and drew lines of symmetry of 2D shapes. 

2. We read non-fiction texts and answered questions. 

3. We have been learning about The Seaside in Geography. 

4. We taste tested fruits and vegetables in DT.

5. We have been given our new homework…

Welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and enjoyed the lovely weather over the bank holiday weekend.

We started off Summer Term with a trip to the moon! We were all very excited as we prepared for our flight in the rocket through space and up to the moon. We tried some…

This week we have enjoyed being reunited with our friends after the Easter holidays. We have enjoyed talking to each other about our holiday adventures.

This week we have thoroughly enjoyed looking at the life cycles of frogs and butterflies. We have talked and described them. Drawn and…

Year 5 have enjoyed lots of fun things this week. We have been looking at a new poem in English called By St Thomas Water. In Mathematics, we have been looking at time and learning how to read timetables. In DT we have been designing a healthy dip that we could eat with snacks. Last week, we…

We began learning about Chernobyl in Geography. We watched a range of clips that gave us an insight into what happened at Chernobyl the day the reactor exploded. We then had to write a diary entry from the perspective of someone who was being evacuated from their home after the eruption. In the…

Highlights of the Week

1. We learnt about what animals need for survival. 

2. We made cards and gifts for Mothering Sunday.

3. We have been adding two 2-digit numbers with regrouping. 

4. We continued to learn and revise our reading skills. 

5. We have been blending Phase 5…

A beautiful week

What a beautiful week we have had in Moonbeam Class this week, both with the weather and with each other.

Highlights of our week:

- In Science we went on a plant hunt for wild and garden plants around the School grounds.

- We have identified half of a 2D shape…