Class of 2025 (Y5)

Year 5 had a wonderful time doing crown green bowling with Mr Lofthouse this morning. He taught us how to hold the bowls and how to use markers on the green to help us bowl with good direction. We had three children who managed to bowl right into a target circle which was super. Everyone made…

Today, Ben, who is the lay chaplain at Our Lady’s Catholic College, visited Year 5 with a group of students from the chaplaincy and Mr Eidsforth. Ben led us in a reflection on scripture and helped us to prepare for our pilgrimage to Our Lady’s which takes place in a couple of…

Today, Year 5 played some great bossa nova music on the glockenspiels. They followed the notes to play a given melody then used the notes G, A and B to improvise over a backing. The result was very catchy - well done, Year 5!

What a joy it has been to look at the creations produced by Year 5 as last half term’s homework. They could choose between a project about the Vikings, creation or legends of the British Isles. Some children have done some great research and used it to produce a poster or information text. Others…

This afternoon, Year 5 investigated the best material to make a switch for an electrical circuit. They cooperated well in groups to make a circuit and adapted their circuit to investigate the properties of different materials. 

As part of their PSHE learning, Year 5 have been practising saying, "No!" assertively to negative peer pressure. They acted out different scenarios and showed how they would respond to what their friend was asking them to do. 

Year 5 became Viking raiders this afternoon! There was some raiding, there was some invasion of monasteries, a fair bit of fighting and a lot of fun! 
We made a timeline, recreated some key events as freeze frames and learnt a lot about the Viking invasion of Britain.

Thanks to Laura and…

This afternoon, Year 5 led a whole school time of prayer for the feast of St Francis of Assisi. They told us about the life of St Francis and led us in a reflection on how we can follow his example by showing care for each other and our environment. We sang, 'Make me a channel of your peace', the…

In RE in Year 5, we have been reflecting on God's beautiful gift of creation and what Pope Francis tells us in his letter 'Laudato Si'. Some children in our class led a reflection on this during class prayer and liturgy and everyone wrote their own pledge to look after our world on a 'Laudato Si'…

Today, Year 5 enjoyed a wonderful Lego Workshop. Wojtek from PrepareRobo provided techno Lego for us to build robots with sensors and control units. We connected these to a computer so we could program the robots to move without crashing into objects. It was a fantastic morning filled with…

Today, Year 5 enjoyed a very physical PE session led by Mr Lofthouse. They used the PE apparatus to do activities to develop their core body strength and they challenged themselves to attempt new moves. Well done, Year 5!

Year 5 voted for their school council representatives this week following a round of fantastic presentations from all the candidates. The two pupils with the most votes presented some strong ideas about the environment and improving reading areas around school. 
 

“Hello, I’m N and one of year…