Class of 2026 (Y5)

Year 5 had a 'cool' time ice-skating in Dalton Square recently. The staff were really pleased with the determination and resilience shown by the children, especially those who were skating for the first time. Lots of progress was made and it was great to see everyone gaining confidence in…

As part of this term's geography learning, Year 5 went into Lancaster to carry out research into how buildings are used in Lancaster City Centre. They kept a tally of different building use and recorded them on a map. In school they presented their results in bar charts and wrote their…

As part of this term's art learning, Year 5 visited our Cathedral and looked at features which reflect the influence of Pugin in the design and architecture of this beautiful building. They sketched examples of Pugin's influence and tried to use the skills of perspective drawing and shading. We…

Year 5 had a wonderful lego workshop this morning. They learnt how to build a lego robot and then connected it to a laptop so that they could program it. They learnt to download their program to the robot and finally, had a tournament where the lego robots battled each other. What a lot of skills…

The children in Year 5 have produced their first independent homework projects and they are rightly proud of them. They have worked so hard to produce models and written work on the theme of Vikings, Creation or Legends with super results. Look at some of the models and posters they have made in…

Year 5 have been learning about land use in the UK and used different thematic maps to investigate how land is used in different areas. Well done, Year 5!

Year 5 had a wonderful time playing wheelchair basketball this afternoon. Some of the children showed huge determination to score a goal and succeeded. Everyone agreed it was great fun!

This afternoon, some of our children led the class in a reflection for 'Little Way Week'. They told us about St Therese of Lisieux and her 'Little Way of Love'. We all reflected on how we can do small acts of love and kindness for others this week. The children wrote these on roses for our prayer…

In gymnastics this term, Year 5 are developing their skills in creating balances with a partner. Today was their first lesson and I was most impressed with the skill they showed in creating and holding mirrored balances and matched balances. Their cooperation skills were fantastic too. Well done,…

It has been a wonderful first few days in Year 5 learning all about ourselves and how amazing and unique we all are and getting to know each other again after the summer break.
We’ve looked at our school mission and how we can use the gifts God has given us to live out our mission.
We…