Year5-20202022

We could not be more proud of how respectfully and thoughtfully the children participated in Remembrance Day today. This children began the week by decorating the classroom windows and we are sure that you will agree with us when we say that they look incredible!

Then today, the children kickstarted their day with a wonderful worship from Rev. May, where they thought about the importance of today and they were also keen to share their own experiences of family members, past and present, who have had connections to the World Wars in different ways.

Then, at 11am, the children stood so respectfully for their two minute silence on the playgrounds whilst they were treated to a bugle performance, which was really moving. 

Finally, after learning more about the symbolism of poppies and reading the ‘In Flanders Field’ poem, the children painted their own silhouette images to reflect the act of remembering. 

We are so proud of the children today, and always. 

The Year 5 team. 

The children in year 5 have been amazing over the last few weeks at a range of different aspects of maths. Last week we finished our unit on column addition and subtraction, where the children were challenged to add and subtract numbers with up to 5 digits. They all worked extremely hard on this and were also able to solve a range of different challenges using these written methods.

This week, we moved onto Statistics, where we have started by looking at bar chart, pictograms and line graphs. The children have been reading information from the graphs, solving problems about the graphs and starting to draw their own graphs. We look forward to see how they continue to amaze us with the rest of our statistic unit for the rest of this week and next week.

A little reminder – please don’t forget to book a parents evening appointment if you haven’t already. There are still slots available. 

Year 5 Team

Please find the slides here:

Year 5 Key Messages Meeting

Dear parents and carers,

We received a call from a concerned resident about children playing on building sites and fenced-off areas. Whilst we don’t know who this was or when it was, it would be great if you would be able to talk to your child about being safe outside of school and home, and particularly about avoiding building sites and areas which are fenced off. We will be talking through this with the children in school, but anything you can add would be great.

Many thanks, Mr Applegate

Space Art

Over the last few weeks, the children in Year 5 have been looking at work by the artist Peter Thorpe. He was originally a book illustrator but was also a huge fan of all things Space. Rather than wasting his leftover paint from his illustrating jobs, he started to paint some abstract space paintings. Inspired by his colourful images of rockets and planets, the children designed their own pictures in his style. Firstly, the children did this on squares of paper using coloured pencils and then they transferred these onto paving slabs using chalk. The creativity that the children have demonstrated has been exceptional. Here are some examples of their beautiful art.