A little thank you for a lovely calm return to school
Welcome to my weekly blog. I aim every Friday to keep you updated on all things Year 5. This week there is some very important information about swimming. Please read on ….
Read moreWelcome to Year 5
Dear parents,
Greetings Year 5!! It is lovely to welcome parents and children's to the Upper Junior department!
Read more"I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen" Fairy - W. Shakespeare
We may not have been able to visit the theatre but Shakespeare has been alive and kicking in Year 5. Enjoy our recreations of Act 2 scene 2 of Midsummer Night’s Dream! Fairies are criminal?
Read more"Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends" Puck
What a joy it is to explore a Shakespeare play with children!!! We have had so much fun this week in class and in the forest beyond the field! We started by exploring power and status before we went through the whole play on Tuesday- this is called a “swoosh” were we understand who is who and the plot! We have invented some pretty scary fairies and today we explored how the four worlds in this play collide! Great fun so much creativity!
Read more"Life is just like a chemical reaction" PTripothi
Chemistry! Irreversible reactions! Find out what science we have been up to this week!
Read more"Pressure can burst a pipe or make a diamond!"
We have investigated peer pressure over the past two RHE (relationship and health education) lessons. It has allowed us to really explore what good and bad pressure is!
Read more"Put your heart, mind and soul into the smallest acts. This is the secret of success" Swami Sivananda
What a busy week! As you can see from this image we have been exploring Hinduism! Find out what else we have been learning this week!
Read more“O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.”
We had a lovely lesson today (Friday). We were reflecting on how we speak to God. We practiced listening to others before we spoke privately to God - allowing him to listen. We then spoke about a vocation and that God calls us to him.
Read moreThank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Dear parents, thank you for all your support this half term. I have written an extended blog today - it has some very important messages about playing online and they come from the children themselves.
Read more" One small step for man one giant leap for mankind!" N. Armstrong
Thank you everyone for meeting this week virtually. If there is one thing missing from this year -it is the small conversations/nods we are usually able to have on a daily bases. Even though we haven’t seen a lot of one another, we have managed to communicate via email, but it was good to talk!
Read more" The eye is always caught by light but the shadows have more to say." G Maguire
We may have lost a Monday this week - but we certainly made up the time!!!! We have packed in sooo much!
Read more" Two things inspire me- the starry heavens above and the moral universe within" Albert Einstein
What’s happening in the picture? Read on and find out more!
Read more" to...my Father and your Father, to my God and your God"- he is risen
"Peace be with you" John 20:21
Dear all,
It has been lovely for Mrs Nel and I to return to class this week. Even though we have been teaching from a far, it is not the same. We have joined Mrs Harrison and Mrs Russell and together we have covered so much learning!
Read more'The Great Gift of Easter is Hope' Basil Hume
The sun has been shining this week and the classroom has been filled with enthusiasm! I can’t believe we have now come to the end of our Spring term, it has flown by!
Read more'Jesus died so we could live'
What a lovely week we have had in Year 5! The children are full of smiles, working hard and facing every challenge that comes their way with great resilience!
Read more“Don’t treat people the way they treat you. Treat people the way that God treats you” Dave Willis
As we come to the end of our second week back together, I can’t believe how much learning we have accomplished and how the children have well and truly settled back in to school life. It is almost as if they have never been away!
Read more'We can't heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness' Mary Davis
What a wonderful and eventful week we have had in Year 5… we have welcomed brand new members, we have been reunited with our friends and we have sadly said goodbye to members of our class family. But throughout it all, the children have been truly amazing, showing great love and compassion- we are all very proud of them. This week it has been so lovely to have all of the children back in class together and to NEARLY complete our class family once again. Of course we have dearly missed Mrs Nel and Mrs Hotckiss, although they have been popping in to sessions at different times, so they have been with us, albeit virtually
Read more"Every new moment is a fresh beginning" TS Elliot
What does Lily’s message on the beach say???? Unlike Michael who is still isolated on the beach you will be returning to your class family on Monday! You did it children well done!
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