Author: Mrs Alfrey

Thank you to all of the parents who have sent in permission slips and bottles for the 'Walk for Water' if you have not done, please can permission slips be returned on Monday.

This week we have been writing news reports based on the events in Romeo and Juliet.  It has been lovely to see how…

This week we had a lot of fun taking part in the 'Squashed Tomato Challenge'!  Our task was to design a pulley system that would transport tomatoes down a mountain without them getting squashed.  We really had to think hard and had to keep going when our ideas failed!

This week we also had a go…

It has been another busy and fun week.  Year 5 looked fantastic on Thursday in their wonderful World Book Day Costumes!

On Wednesday we took part in a lovely Ash Wednesday liturgy.  In class we have been thinking about our journey during Lent and what we can do to grow closer to God during this…

This week, everybody has come back to school refreshed and eager to learn. The beautiful sunshine this week even meant we could finish our shadow investigations - at last!

We have been busy converting measures this week in maths and have been continuing our study of Romeo and Juliet in…

We have all worked hard this week and are ready for a well deserved half term break.    We have been working on Romeo and Juliet and have enjoyed getting into character this week.  We have also been solving problems involving multiples and factors, which were tricky!

It was lovely today to see…

What a fantastic week we have had!  It has been Children’s Mental Health week and we have been thinking about how we can take care of our mental health and have been meeting a range of inspirational people who have had to deal with challenges in their lives.

On Monday, we met Eiad who told us…

What a week we have had in year 5!  I am very proud of each one of you and your hard work and efforts!

This week we have been solving problems in Maths with bar models.  We have challenged each other by writing problems for each other to solve!  In English, we have been looking at how authors…

This week we had a very informative and enjoyable session on the Life Bus! We learnt all about our bodies and thought about how we could calmly deal with issues with friends.

We have started looking at science fiction in English, with Mrs Morris, and we are really enjoying it! We have also been…

This week we were visited by Andy and Amy, who came to tell us all about the fantastic work that is being done by the Sand Dune Project.  We learnt all about sand dunes and their formation, and why protecting them  (and donating our old Christmas trees) is so important.

This week we have been…

Happy New Year from Year 5!

After a lovely Christmas break we have all come back to school rejuvenated and ready to work hard!

Our topic this term is Earthlings and we have started to look at the planets in Science.  We have also been looking at a collection of limericks and thinking about…

The children have come back to a very busy week.  We have been getting used to using our new iPads to share our work, this was especially fun whilst investigating numbers in Maths!

This week we also enjoyed a lovely mass at church for the feast of All Saints.  The children were incredibly…

We have been working very hard this week!  In English we have been looking at examples of persuasive writing and having a go at writing a persuasive text on Lytham.  In Math's we have been estimating and measuring angles whilst in Science we have been planning an investigation on stretchy…