Year 5 Blog

All week the children will be fully immersed in Maths. We will be focussing on geometry through a murder mystery approach. The children will need to use their growing knowledge of shape, angles, mathematical vocabulary, coordinates and translation to solve a series of clues to reduce the suspect…

Tomorrow school will be hosting a non school uniform day in support of children in need. We are asking for a donation of £1 for the children to come adorned in anything spotty ( please be mindful of the British weather) Thank you in advance for supporting this charity which is so close to…

Tomorrow the school will be holding their very first odd sock day in support of anti bullying week, celebrating our uniqueness and embracing difference. Please support this event by wearing odd socks in place of your usual school socks on Wednesday 13th November. Thanks in advance.

Throughout this week the children will take part in a series of assemblies lead by ethos group exploring world faiths and diversity and discovering how World faiths share very similar messages.

This Sunday we will walk as a school during the Armistice Day Parade. Anyone who would like to join us as we remember on this poignant day should meet at Kearsley cricket club at 9.15 before walking as a community to the cenotaph and onwards to St Stephens Church. On Monday as a class we will…

Tomorrow is the day that if your child did not pass in the first round of bikeability that our facilitators will be coming back into school to reassess. The children know who they are, they will need to bring their bike and helmet into school to take part in this.

After an incredibly busy half term the children ( and Year 5 team ) are ready for a well deserved sleep. I can't believe how much we've managed to pack in...Scarecrow Festival, Harvest Worship, our first residential and field trip to Grasmere where it rained for 27 hours solid, bike maintenance,…

The children have been tasked with the design technology project to create an effective early warning device to alert the residents of Grasmere of high water levels and surges based on our recent field trip to Grasmere. The children have researched online and have explored the devastating impact…

A great introduction to mental health through an assembly focusing on famous people with mental health issues from pop stars, scientists, footballers, musicians, world leaders, olympians, composers, authors, television personalities and people closer to home. A fabulous mindfulness and meditation…