Here you will find all about recent activity in Year 5
The Year 5 children are really enjoying their new topic 'Rivers' and enjoyed having the freedom to research any river of their choice using websites and reference books this week. The children are excited about their upcoming stay at Penshurst Place next week. The children remaining at school have fun activities planned too....please read Peek of the Week to find out more about these two events.
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The children really enjoyed writing descriptively this week, focusing on the use of senses and figurative language. They enjoyed seeing their writing entered into an AI image generator in order to see their writing come alive.
We are looking forward to a jam-packed last half-term with our Year 5s. We have booklets to complete, the residential to look forward to, bike-ability for some and a wonderful final topic on Rivers. It is going to be a fantastic last half-term to this academic year. Of course, we will also be spending some time preparing and transitioning the children into their new Year 6 classes and their final year at Dorchester. How time flies....
Another wonderful week in Year 5. The children are thoroughly enjoying learning about the Victorian era and their knowledge and understanding of this significant period in British history has grown so much. Pick your child's brains and see what they can remember about the Industrial Revolution.
The Year 5 children really enjoyed the classroom discussions about VE day this week. They shared stories of their great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers and their roles in the war. They were fantastic supporters of their little friends during the drone activity too. Well done Year 5.
We kicked off the week with a trip back in time to the Victorian era. The children experienced life in a Victorian school. They had a day full of the 3R's (Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic) as well as still life drawing and drills. The children were pretty shocked by how strict the teachers were and didn't like some of the punishments given out. Thank you for coming to watch Indigo's class assembly. Please look out for some admin bits for the school residential in the Peek below.
The Year 5 children enjoyed reading Oliver Twist this week. They used 'Show not Tell' and ambitious and era-specific vocabulary to write paragraphs about the workhouse dining hall. Fantastic writing Year 5!
We are going to be entering our final term of Year 5 in a few weeks. Can you believe it? It will be a term where we will be preparing the children for Year 6 and working on key skills in reading, writing and maths in order to send the children to Year 6 ready for their final year in Primary School. We will also be learning about The Victorian era. A topic the children always love! Don't forget to prepare your costume for Victorian day!
Year 5 enjoyed exploring The Hamptons, this time with a map in hand. They followed the map to find key places of interest: the amphitheatre, the community centre, nature reserve, play park and car park. They carefully marked these places on their maps. The next step is to create OS style maps using this information.
Year 5 had a wonderful experience at North Cheam Baptist Church this week. The immersive, engaging experience really brought The Easter Story to life for our children. It is such a highlight of our year. Thank you, Sutton Schoolsworks.
This week the children learnt about the lines of longitude and latitude and their significance. They enjoyed using the atlases to locate countries and the coordinates of a given city.
We absolutely loved reading the story 'Leaf' as part our World Book Day Project this year. The children wrote some amazing character descriptions. Well done to Sanaya and Manu who read their writing in assembly on World Book day. It was wonderful to see so much effort made with costumes. Thank you for all of your support. Please make sure you follow the school's Instagram and Facebook accounts where you might spot your child on World Book Day.