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  • Year 5 - How often does the Moon orbit the Earth?

    Published 17/03/26
    This week we have been using a range of balls to represent the Earth, Moon and Sun to show how they are related. The Moon orbits the Earth approximately every 28 days and the Earth orbits the Sun every 365.25 days. Every four years we gain a day, whi
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  • Year 5 - What happened during the last week of Jesus' life?

    Published 10/03/26
    This past week has been a busy one in Year 5. We had a visit from the Wonderdome, where we learnt more about the solar system and planets. It was just like looking at the night sky through a telescope. Truly amazing! The next day we went to Sutton Sc
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  • Year 5 How does a compass work?

    Published 03/03/26
    In the world today we have many gadgets that can support us finding our way around. However, it can still be helpful to know how to use a compass and paper map. We have been reminded of the 8 points of the compass and how to use these with a compass.
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  • Year 5 How do you remember the names of the planets?

    Published 25/02/26
    We have had an 'out of this world' start to this term. We are continuing to read Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce, which is about a group of children that get stuck in space. In Science, we are learning about our solar system. This week we lear
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  • Year 5 What makes a healthy meal?

    Published 10/02/26
    This half-term we have been preparing to make our own Vegetable Bolognese sauce. We have researched what makes a good bolognese sauce and the nutritional value of different ingredients. This week we made our sauce, chopping all the vegetables, b
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  • Year 5: How did William Shakespeare and Jane Austen change the English literature?

    Published 03/02/26
    This week we have been thinking about how William Shakespeare and Jane Austen changed British Literature, theatre and the language we use today. Before William Shakespeare, many words in the English language had never been written down. As he was the
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  • Year 5 - How are chickens and humans similar and different?

    Published 27/01/26
    This week we have found many connections in our learning. In History this week we were looking at Charles Darwin and his work "On the Origin of Species." He travelled around the world during Victorian times and discovered that some ani
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  • Year 5 – Who is Emmeline Pankhurst and how did she change British History?

    Published 20/01/26
    In History this term we are thinking about people who have changed British History. We started by learning about William Wiberforce and how he worked hard through Parliament to abolish slavery. We discovered that the slave trade was very lucrative in
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  • Year 5 - Why are bees important?

    Published 12/01/26
    This week we have learnt why bees are so important. We discovered that bees are responsible for pollinating so many plants, including the crops we grow and plants we eat. Without them, we wouldn't have much of the food we eat. They transfer
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  • Year 5 - Happy New Year!

    Published 06/01/26
    It was great to welcome the children back into school today. We have started the term by reminding the children of all the great learning we have completed so far this academic year and have introduced the new topics. We are excited about our brand-n
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  • Year 5 – What is happening in the playground?

    Published 16/12/25
    The highlight of our week has got to be the reopening of the trim trail on the playground. It is bigger, better and so much more fun than anything we have had previously. Another highlight this week was watching our 'Little Friends' from rece
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  • Year 5 - What have we been doing with our Little Friends?

    Published 10/12/25
    This week we met with our little friends from Reception to make Christmas hats for our Christmas lunch today. We used a range of collage materials, and they really did shine! We have been writing and publishing our Star Write diary entry about a surv
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