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Viking Invasion!
Year 5 became Viking raiders this afternoon! There was some raiding, there was some invasion of monasteries, a fair bit of fighting and a lot of fun!
We made a timeline, recreated some key events as freeze frames and learnt a lot about the Viking invasion of Britain.
Thanks to Laura and…
Year 5 lead Prayer and Liturgy
This afternoon, Year 5 led a whole school time of prayer for the feast of St Francis of Assisi. They told us about the life of St Francis and led us in a reflection on how we can follow his example by showing care for each other and our environment. We sang, 'Make me a channel of your peace', the…
Reflecting on Creation in Year 5
In RE in Year 5, we have been reflecting on God's beautiful gift of creation and what Pope Francis tells us in his letter 'Laudato Si'. Some children in our class led a reflection on this during class prayer and liturgy and everyone wrote their own pledge to look after our world on a 'Laudato Si'…
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Year 5 Lego Workshop
Today, Year 5 enjoyed a wonderful Lego Workshop. Wojtek from PrepareRobo provided techno Lego for us to build robots with sensors and control units. We connected these to a computer so we could program the robots to move without crashing into objects. It was a fantastic morning filled with…
Year 5 Core Strength
Today, Year 5 enjoyed a very physical PE session led by Mr Lofthouse. They used the PE apparatus to do activities to develop their core body strength and they challenged themselves to attempt new moves. Well done, Year 5!
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Year 5 School Council
Year 5 voted for their school council representatives this week following a round of fantastic presentations from all the candidates. The two pupils with the most votes presented some strong ideas about the environment and improving reading areas around school.
“Hello, I’m N and one of year…
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Year 5 Health Heads Day
We’ve started Year 5 off with a bang and throughly enjoyed our Marvellous Me topic week.
As part of the week we participated in a Healthy Heads Day. Here’s what some Year 5 pupils had to say about it…
”To unwind our bodies we did some stretches and my favourite stretch was snake pose. In…