Category: Year 5
Surrey Fire & Rescue – Talks
Thank you to Sharna from Surrey Fire and Rescue this week for visiting us and giving a great talk to Years 2 & 5. These engaging and informative sessions have raised our awareness of the brilliant work the Fire Service carry out to protect and care for us all. They were also a reminder of…
Year 5 Media Club Wins!!
Year 5 Media Club Wins International Journalism Prize! I am absolutely delighted to announce that the Year 5 Media Club has won the Learn2Think Foundation ‘Young Journalist of the Year 2021’ competition, an international prize! The children worked so hard on their podcast “The Climate Crew,” which investigated various aspects of climate change. The judges…
Drama – Shakespeare
Year 5 are studying Shakespeare this term. This week they performed a section from Act II Scene IV of ‘As you like it’. The class performed the speech ‘all the world’s a stage’ together in the round each group taking turns to perform. They enjoyed showing the seven ages of man and making sure they…
Climate Crew – Year 5 Podcast
This term, a number of Year 5’s have been busy making a podcast about Climate Change in their Thursday media club with Miss Joyce. The children interviewed a local Surrey councillor and a Surrey Wildlife Trust representative and they’ve done a fantastic and very professional job! We hope you enjoy it! The Climate Crew Podcast,…
Inventions – Year 5
Year 5 have immersed themselves in their history topic this term and have produced some delightful presentations on different Victorian inventions. The thought about which invention has had the most impact on our world today. The light bulb was the winning invention.
Clubs – Creative and Origami
Pupils have loved attending their clubs this week. Creative club have been making these delightful snowmen inspired of course by the festive season. They look beautiful! Elsewhere in origami it’s been raining cats and dogs, very impressive!
Morris Dancing Fun for Years 5 & 6
Throughout school the focus in P.E. this term has been dance and exploring different styles. A special guest joined Year 6 and Year 5 for PE this week, as Ms Lawrence lent her Morris Dancing skills to the lessons. The children really enjoyed it, with a Year 5 child claiming it to be her highlight…
National Archive – Online Workshop
Year Five attended an online workshop with the National Archive on Monday. They learnt about the importance of the National Archive storing lots and lots of interesting sources of evidence of the past. The children explored the question ‘How much can documents reveal about the lives of Black people in Victorian Britain?’ The children used…
Drama – Mime with Year 5
Year 5 are studying Mime this half term. Mime is the art of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements. They have studied the work of Marcel Marceau and Charlie Chaplin as well as the more recent work of Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. The children have been learning the…
Cinema Trip – Prep
Years 4-6 also enjoyed a cinema trip this week. They watched ‘Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds’. The children had a wonderful time together – with the whole cinema to themselves and had a fantastic experience!
