Written by Mary - Curie Class

The last few weeks have seen us busily preparing for Christmas: we have had lots of fun doing Christmas crafts, having Christmas parties and watching the pantomime Aladdin, amongst other things. 

We hope that all our families have a fantastic Christmas break and wish you all a very happy 2022!

To Year 5, during this tough time my respect for the teachers has grown. I know if I would not have been in Rainbows Class, the only thing I would be able to do is watch TV. The teachers have been the greatest help I have ever had in my life. I have made new friends but miss everyone at home. Yasmin

In Year 5, we play games when we finish our work. Hope to see you soon. Rehan

In this tough time, Rainbow Class is an excellent, magnificent class. We sometimes play and right now we are making our own game. Maths and English have made us much more intelligent. Aleah

To Year 5, we have missed you and when we are here we have loving, caring teachers. We love all of our teachers. We do work and art. Cyrus

Dear Year 5, we are so grateful that we are all having a good time and are making sure that we stay safe. Ella

In Rainbow Class, we have been doing lessons as well as playing games. We should see you in school soon. Joshua H 

We have maths and lunch. We have nice teachers. Jack D

To Year 5, we are Rainbow Class and we do a lot of fun things. We have our own desks, we do dance on Wednesdays, PE on Thursdays and on Friday we have Golden Time. We stay apart from eachother because of Covid. Raul 

Hello Year 5! Being at school is an awesome opportunity plus we have amazing teachers. At school, we have wonderful school days. We have been learning tennis in PE, learning fractions and drinking hot chocolate.

We have lunch in the classroom, not the dining room. After lunch, we play inside and then go outside. Eliza 

Hello, we are having a great time. We are learning a lot and having fun. Our friends need to social distance and we have to wash our hands. Sabrina 

What kind act will you do today?

This year they have achieved so much, working harder than ever before. With the new learning behaviours, which they have worked on all year, to the impeccable behaviour during visits outside of school as well as around school the children have shown real maturity and have proved they can succeed if you try. During the summer term they have prepared themselves ready for a move to Y6 and impressed their new teachers.

The children have spent their summer term brushing up on their arithmetic and reasoning skills, some children improving their scores by 20 marks. Amazing! In writing, they have worked on their grammar, spelling and adventurous vocabulary skills ensuring their writing is descriptive and interesting to read. Reading has been fantastic this term, using Accelerated Reader to take the amount of words read over 10 million words. We hope they continue to read as much over the holidays, they can still complete quizzes when they finished reading their books. They have enjoyed learning about Space and thoroughly enjoyed our space visit. 

As Year Group Leader I would like to thank all the children for being a fantastic year group and for making all members of staff extremely proud. Have a great summer and look forward to hearing all about your summer adventures in September! 

On the 11th October Year 5 visited the British Museum. After a short coach trip we disembarked and made our way inside. The children were amazed at the size of the building and could not wait to go and find the Greek artefacts (although by the time we had got there the teachers had been asked several times when lunch was and it was only 10.30am).

Several children were lucky enough to use the iPads to record the days events (you will be able to see some of them below). Starting on the bottom floor we walked through the Egyptian room, where all the children wanted to stay, and into the first Greek room. Inside the children were excited to see all the Greek artefacts they had been learning about right there in front of them. Going around the children had activity booklets to complete and things to find out so were frantically searching for the answers. 

Finally we stopped for lunch and the children were full! Hurray said the teachers no more questions! 

In the afternoon we had time for one more room where their were lots of vases and small pieces of porcelain found on archaeological digs. The children were complemented by a member of the public on their behaviour which was a proud moment for us teachers. So well done Year 5!

Finally on the coach home the children were full of chatter and could not wait to get back to see there photos.

All the children have settled well into the routine of school and are looking forward to the year ahead. Over the last few weeks they have been lucky enough to have had a few events to start of the year. One of those was a visit by a theatre group who performed four different stories from around the world. Those stories talked about honesty, trust, relationships and respect, linking to our own values at school.  

The next event was our NSPCC event where the children took part in a some sporting activities such as speed bumps, ball control, hula hoops. The children were sponsored to complete the events to raise money for the NSPCC, hopefully we will raise lots of money for them to support those children in need. 

The next thing to look forward to is our trip to the British Museum which is on October 10th.

The children were shown a demonstration on how to make bread, working with the teacher on how to follow a recipe whilst considering the space needed, equipment and tidying away when possible (an often tedious task if left until the end). 

The children then tasted a variety of shop-bought breads to see how textures and flavours differ. This inspired them to make something unique of their own. 

In small groups, the children then applied what they had learnt and independently created their own buns; some included: raisins, choc chips, herbs, cheese and honey. 

The verdict... You'll have to ask your child!