Y5’s trip to Chester Zoo

On Wednesday 14th January Y5 went on a trip to Chester Zoo. The purpose of this trip was to find out more about the types of animals that lived in a rainforest and experience the animals and climate close up. Everyone had a fantastic day!








Non Chronological Reports – River Nile

Please take a look at these fantastic extracts from our recent unit in English!

We focused on adding grammatical features such as relative clauses and parenthesis!



 


 



 

Mr Egypt!

Mr Egypt paid Y5 a visit this week! He came to school with lots of interesting artefacts, extensive knowledge about Ancient Egyptian life and secrets of his past. The children enjoyed making themselves into mummies! and learning how to write their name in hieroglyphics! A great day had by all!




 







Y5 – English Narrative Writing ‘An Alternative Chapter’

Children wrote an alternative chapter for their guided reading book this half term ‘MY FRIEND THE ENEMY’ written by Dan Smith.  Please enjoy extracts from their fantastic writing!

   

Y5 – RAF COSFORD VISIT (WWII)

Year 5 spent a day at RAF Cosford. This was linked to their topic theme ‘Battle of Britain’

Children enjoyed exploring the different hangers and then took part in a WWII workshop where they got to met airman BOB, experienced a real life Anderson Shelter and listened to the sounds of an air raid. It was a fun filled and informative day!

     

European Day of Languages

Y5 enjoyed learning a new song in French this week to celebrate European Day of Languages. We also learnt a new version of the chorus using different languages thanks to Vanessa, Andrea and Rebecca!

Number Sense

Today we used practical resources to revise our multiplication facts! It was the first to achieve 4 in a row!

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