Year 5 Update Next Week...
Published 07/06/24
With lots of children out on residential this week, and many other children doing loads of fun things in school, we will catch up with all the various different highlights from Year 5 next week!
Year 5 News
Here you will find all about recent activity in Year 5
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Read MoreYear 5: What do you know about David Attenborough?
Published 21/05/24We have had a brilliant last week of term! Learning all about Sir David Attenborough was fantastic; the children produced some amazing Fact Files about him. Have a lovely and safe half term break.
Read MoreYear 5: What inventions were invented during The Victorian Era?
Published 11/05/24What a great week to be in Year 5! The children have started writing a blog in character as Archie from our wonderful class book 'Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow'.
Read MoreYear 5: What have you learnt about The Industrial Revolution?
Published 07/05/24A lovely albeit a short week in Year 5. The children really enjoyed looking at primary and secondary sources, which provided them with more information on the impact the Industrial Revolution had on people's lives.
Read MoreYear 5: What was life like for Victorian children?
Published 29/04/24We started off the week immersing the children into life in a Victorian school. All the children looked brilliant, dressed up like Victorian children, and they all completely got into the spirit of the day. They had a taste of just what school life would have been like 120 years ago and surprisingly, some children said that they liked how strict the teachers were.
Read MoreYear 5: Who was Queen Victoria, and what was her impact on the British Empire?
Published 21/04/24We have had a brilliant week in Year 5! Our best lesson was our wonderful History lesson where the children learnt all about Queen Victoria and the British Empire. They now have lots of knowledge about this important period in British History. Please ask your child about it as this will help with their retention of knowledge.
Read MoreYear 5: How does a flower reproduce?
Published 17/04/24This week has been a brilliant first week back. The children have returned from Easter break ready and eager to learn. A highlight has to be our fantastic lesson on sexual reproduction in plants. The children produced some amazing work. Please see Ap
Read MoreYear 5: What can you recall about Lent and Easter?
Published 27/03/24This week, the children completed their D&T project; their finished pop-up books are incredible! They also published their brilliant narratives based on our class novel Floodland. We wish you all a happy and safe holiday.
Read MoreYear 5: What did you learn from making a pop-up book?
Published 20/03/24The children have been continuing to work on their D&T project 'Pop up mechanism in books!' They have been really busy bringing their designs to life and can't wait to show everyone their finished products.
Read MoreYear 5: What did you like about the Easter Experience?
Published 13/03/24Year 5 had a wonderful time visiting North Cheam Baptist Church this week, where they were involved in The Easter Experience. The children definitely demonstrated The Dorchester Values on this outing, as the children were all beautifully behaved and respectful. They showed their enquiry skills through the very thoughtful questions they asked after the re-enactment of the story. We were very proud of the children.
Read MoreYear 5: What did we learn from what went wrong in our science experiment?
Published 06/03/24This week's highlight has to be learning about water resistance! Lots went wrong but we also learnt lots about water resistance and streamlined shapes! What would you do differently next time?
Read MoreYear 5: What is the journey of a river?
Published 28/02/24The children learnt about the journey of a river this week and we were were super impressed with their ability to learn a range of new words like confluence, levee, oxbow lake etc. Great Geography work Year 5! This week, the children have co