English This week in English, we have been watching an animated short film called The Piano. We have only been watching small snippets at a time, as our focus has been on developing our emotive language and creating powerful imagery in our writing. Rather than simply making a point and moving on...

It’s the penultimate week of term and Year 5 have been really impressing us. Year 6 had their SATs this week and, since Year 5 are so close to Year 6 classrooms, we had to be very mindful of our noise levels which Year 5 took very seriously. It’ll be them before they know it! English...

This term is flying by already and we have a short but busy week ahead of us. Let’s take a look at our learning this week. English This week, we have been learning about the harsh realities of Victorian workhouses and how they were often considered to be worse than prisons. The children ex...

Finally, we have reached the end of Term 4. In yet another busy week, we have loved reading to the end of our class book; hunting for eggs; running around the field with an egg and spoon and also finishing our cam toys. We have been busy right to the very end and i...

Year 5 are in full swing with our Ancient Greek thematic lessons! From Greek architecture to Greek philosophers and from Greek myths and Greek theatre, we have fully immersed ourselves in everything Greek! Please do remember it is Ancient Greek day next week on Wednesday 25t...