Category: Year 5

29 April 2021

Our Year 5 Topazs have launched into their new topics for this term with eagerness and enthusiasm. We began our Maya topic by learning where and when the Maya civilisation existed, and how the Maya culture continues today in Mexico and central America. We learnt about the masks that some of the Maya would have…

27 November 2020

Year 5 have had a tremendous time investigating which materials are soluble. We tried dissolving salt, sand and glitter in separate beakers then filtered the mixtures to see which materials were collected by the filter paper. We noted the sand and glitter were not soluble since they were collected in the filter paper but the…

1 October 2020

The Year 5’s had a wonderful National Poetry Day.

18 June 2020

In Geography, Year 5 have been continuing their work on rivers by writing a diary entry of a droplet of water, as it made its way through the water cycle, joined a river and then travelled back to the sea, including explaining features of a river as it flowed downstream. Mr Anderson and Mrs Oram…

11 June 2020

Also this week, after beginning our Rivers topic in Geography with a recap of the water cycle, Esther impressed us all with this imaginative recreation of the water cycle using Lego. Can you spot the four key processes: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and accumulation?

11 June 2020

Our Year 5 Topaz continued their Science topic of sound by researching what happens when we hear a noise. They found that this everyday occurrence that most of us don’t pause to think about, involves a complicated set of steps, from the initial vibration that causes the sound wave to travel through the air, to…

7 May 2020

Year 5 have been investigating forces in our science experiments.

7 May 2020

English – Emma wrote a fantastic contribution to our creative writing activity based around Rene Magritte’s painting. Here I am, standing on the edge of a pier in front of a brick wall. I don’t know why I am here, do you know why? It is a cloudy day, the sky has different shades of…

19 March 2020

On Monday 9 March Year 5 went on a school trip to the Weald and Downland Museum. The weather was mild and there was no rain despite what the forecast had predicted. When we got on the coach, everyone was buzzing with excitement. Here is an account of the trip by the children: “My favourite…

12 March 2020

In the garden this week, so much has been happening! We worked as a team to build a greenhouse to nurture young plants. Some of us have been insect exploring. There are millions of worms making our soil richer. The chive plant has accomplished its goal, producing a bitter but delicious taste! Sophia, Esther and…