YEAR 5/6 (ORANGE)
Mrs J ReadshawWelcome to our Year 5/6 class blog.
Our class teacher is Mrs. Readshaw.
On this page, you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 5/6 over the course of the year.
Check in regularly for photographs of our fantastic learning and achievements.
Dream, Believe, Achieve!

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Our Class Blog
Safer Internet Day 2022
In 2S for Safer Internet Day 2022 we have been exploring which information which is safe to share online and which information should be kept private. We also discussed what makes a strong password and who we should and should not share passwords with.
Inspirational Speeches
We have been studying the text 'Varmints'. The book tells the story of local creatures being forced out of their peaceful land by developers creating a city. We imagined being part of this local culture and wrote speeches which aimed to inspire the rest of our nation...
Do what makes you happy
Relaxing and laughing with friends was the focus of our spa day role play whilst exploring our senses. Then a relay of singing ‘5 little ducks’ allowed us to explore one less.
The perfect bath
We experimented with different temperatures to find the one which was “just right”. Can you guess from our faces which was the coldest one? Even though we filled our bath by the end our bath was empty.
Safer internet day 2022
In year 6 for Safer Internet Day we have been looking at a range of different ways of keeping safe online. Luckily, we're all pretty clued up! Year 6 really impressed me with their knowledge of online gaming platforms as well as how to stay safe while using them. We...
2S Sense Explorers
We enjoyed using all five senses when making popcorn. Here is how we used each one:
Tally charts
What is an orbit?
We've been studying and researching the planets and also the Moon, and one of the ideas we talked about was how planets and the Moon orbit. To get an idea of how a planet (or the Moon) can't escape it's orbit and just fly off, we did a very simple activity involving...
Chinese New Year
In Nursery, we have been enjoying celebrating Chinese New Year. We have tried different foods, such as spring rolls, noodles and prawn crackers as well as making our own restaurant to serve food to our friends in. We even tried to use chopsticks with our noodles. We...
Forest School
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