Blog Author: Ian Morris

Year Five have made huge progress in multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 this week! We really enjoyed our group work and working collaboratively! #enjoy #wemakethedifference

Year Five smashed their first Maths lessons of spring term - focusing on Square and Cube numbers. We got our hands on some multi-link cubes and investigated how cube numbers are formed. Great times tables knowledge came in handy, too! Good work, Year Five.

Despite the winter conditions, Year Five enjoyed their latest workout with Edge Hill University, working on the Move Well Feel Good project. Balancing, aiming, throwing, catching and sprinting skills all on display.

Year Five have enjoyed learning about the Anglo-Saxon and Viking struggle for the Kingdom of Britain, and have learned about The Danelaw Agreement between King Guthrum and King Alfred the Great. Super-interesting history work about our country!

Year Five have been learning all about the ancient city of York, or 'Jorvik' as the Vikings called it. We learnt about the legacy the Vikings left behind and why York has been a significant stronghold even since the Roman age.

Year Five loved having Mr Edwards back in to do some bench ball skills in the hall!

Y5 have had a lovely morning discussing how to 'Reach Out' as part of Anti-bullying week. We have discussed what bullying can look like and how we can identify when bullying occurs.

We even took part in the BBC Teach live lesson for Anti-bullying Week.

Year 5 had a lovely time out in our forest school area, with Miss Hanrahan. We talked about rationing and about community spirit, whilst huddled together in the lovely November weather! We even had a cheeky jam scone in true Keep Calm and Carry On spirit.

Year 5 loved becoming soldiers and put ourselves through a series of drills, push ups, sprints, slaloms and Stuck in the Mud – with a twist – and some pretty embarrassing marching!

We battled it out as the RAF and Luftwaffe – having dogfights in the skies. Sometimes our RADAR worked, and…

Year 5 got stuck into their next English topic - The Highwayman!

We read the poem and discussed rhyming patterns and some unfamiliar language. Next, we begin writing a prequel to the Highwayman's story.

Year Five enjoyed studying typical Anglo-Saxon settlements, and learning about their strategic layout. We even learnt that Anglo-Saxons constructed their houses to face south – Why do you think they did this? #enjoy  #history #britishhistory #wemakethedifference

Year Five had a great time learning about where Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain. We then discussed why these locations were chosen, and the etymology of our place names,

What does 'ton' mean in Alton, Tonbridge and Brighton?

What does 'ford' mean in Oxford and Chelmsford?

What does…