This week in maths we have been drawing angles using a protractor. To build up our confidence (because we found this quite tricky!) we enjoyed drawing angles in whiteboard pen on our tables- don’t tell Mrs Allen! 🤫
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Year 5 students recently had an educational and exciting visit to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, England. As part of their study of World War II, they explored this unique open-air museum, which beautifully reconstructs historic buildings and brings the past to life. At the museum, the students stepped back in
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We have had a lovely morning preparing and making Mediterranean-inspired kebabs! The children learnt about food preparation and safety and then worked in teams to create their colourful, healthy snacks! They were all placed onto the BBQ and then enjoyed back in the classroom. Most children really enjoyed them! Emily said: ‘I am going to
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In Year 5, before Easter we looked at converting fractions, decimals and percentages. We used our counters, beads and base 10 to support us. As a recap for our learning, we have also been orienteering this morning about our school site which the children have thoroughly enjoyed.
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This week we have been looking at tenths, hundredths and thousandths. We have used place value charts and counters so we can represent these numbers and understand that we can exchange 10 hundredths for 1 tenth and 10 thousandths for 1 hundredth.We then compared these numbers and could see the value of each digit clearly.
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This is a BBC competition that we think our wonderful writers could enter! We have amazing writers this year and it could be an amazing opportunity to share their skills. You need to write a story in 500 words and submit it directly through their website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words
Year 5 have got their Ancient Greek topic off to a great start by trying lots of traditional Greek foods. The children loved exploring new tastes and textures. Feta cheese was a favourite in 5 Phoenix and Tazitki was the most popular in 5 Dunlop. Seb said, “I really liked the flatbread with taramasalata as
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In Year 5 as part of our topic, we have been learning all about the Blitz during WW2. To celebrate all that we have learned, we performed an assembly for the school and parents/carers. What an amazing assembly it was! We are so proud of you all. Thank you to the parents/carers who were able
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