Year 5 Blog 2024/25

 There was so much excitement today as the children were given the chance to try out the new playground equipment. One child loved the spider web, another loved the monkey bars and tightrope. The children and adults can’t wait till after half term to have more time on there. 

 This week, the children have been building upon their knowledge of perimeters both in rectilinear shapes and polygons. Using different manipulatives has helped to identify the perimeter of each shape as well as re affirming whether the shape is regular or irregular.   

 This week, year 5 took part in the Grow Gurnard workshops.  Year 5 were the last to take part and they added the missing ingredient - FUN. Together, they came up with ideas to make the site more exciting by designing the banner for the site as well as using pastels to create fruit for the gallery . The children really enjoyed taking part. A big thank you to Jane Popov for all her hard work. 

  Year 5 found out about French Easter traditions and how the French celebrate Easter. They learnt some Easter vocabulary which they then used to label pictures and complete a word search. 

RE day was so interesting as the children learnt about the word ‘Divine’ and how it is connected to us in life and how Christians feel it is important. Divine has two meanings: Godlike, loyal as well as beautiful. The children were clearly able to discuss the things that are special, beautiful to them and by the end of the lesson they could discuss how Jesus performed miracles and the meaning of them.  Later on, the class made stained glass windows as it was such a sunny day, they looked perfect on the windows.