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  • Year 5 – What is the difference between a delta and an estuary?

    Published 21/05/26
    For this last week of the half-term we have been busy. We have finished our pop-up books which we are looking forward to sharing with our Little Friends before the end of the half-term. We enjoyed a very sunny sports day yesterday where we completed
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  • Year 5 - What fear have you faced this week?

    Published 14/05/26
    This week Year 5 have had an amazing time at PGL at Grosvenor House in Kent. Throughout their time there, they conquered fears by climbing walls, abseiled down giant towers and reached new heights on the High Equilibrium course. As well as that,
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  • Year 5 – Which nursery rhymes and children's songs do we remember?

    Published 05/05/26
    We have started to learn about how to make a pop-up book of a children's song or nursery rhyme. We were amazed at how many songs and rhymes we knew. Next week we will be making the book; this week is about designing the covers. Look out for
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  • Year 5 - What would you need to survive if you were stranded?

    Published 29/04/26
    Our reading and writing this term have been inspired by "Floodland" by Marcus Sedgwick. It is a dystopian novel based in the future around Norwich. It is about a young girl who gets stranded on an island. Life is tough and other tribes
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  • Year 5 – What forces do we come across every day?

    Published 21/04/26
    In Science this week, we have been learning about the power of gravity and friction. Forces are seen every day all over this world. If it wasn't for the force of gravity, we would all be floating off in space – now wouldn't that be
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  • Year 5 - What has a bed, banks, a mouth and a source?

    Published 13/04/26
    A river, of course! This week we have started our new Geography topic of Rivers. We have been reminded of the key features of a river and learnt about some of the mighty rivers around the world. Did you know the longest river in the world is The Rive
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  • Year 5 - How can we use apparatus to practise balance and travelling skills?

    Published 24/03/26
    As part of our PE lessons, Indigo Class have had a great time swimming, making all staff proud of their achievements. Sapphire and Blue classes have been learning about balances and ways of travelling using the big PE apparatus. The wall bars, t
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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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