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
Forest school fun!
We were inspired by our story Marshmallows to build a campfire and roast our own marshmallows over it. We were lucky enough to be taught how to build a fire using a flint to make sparks to ignite the cotton wool beneath the kindling. The weather was quite soggy but we...
Are you Strong Enough?
As part of our Design Technology Project' Building a Stone Age Home' we had to test the strength of different shapes structures and materials. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot too.
School is open on Friday 18th December as normal
Dear Parent/Carer Please click on the link below to see attached letter which clarifies the School's position on recent media reports about schools closing early for the Christmas holidays. We will not be closing early - our end of term is at the end of the day on...
Christmas Jumper Day – Tomorrow – Friday 11th Dec
It's Save the Children's Christmas Jumper day tomorrow - Friday, 11th December and our school is supporting the event this year by asking pupils and staff to come to school in a festive/Christmas jumper, on the day, and making a donation to the Save the Children...
Pentathlon
5/6A have been practising the events for the GSSP Pentathlon event! We have some competitive pupils in our class and love to put their all into whatever they're doing. They showed amazing enthusiasm to achieve their best individually in all the events and supported...
Christmassy Christingles
To learn more about the meaning of Christmas, all of Key Stage Two made their own Christingles.
Jumping Jacks!
Clay Dragon’s Eyes
As part of this half term's art lessons (linking to our english text- The Paper Bag Princess), we have been designing dragon's eyes, looking specifically at the intimate detail and the colours. Today's lesson was extra exciting! We used clay to create our very own...
Our Christmas Cards for the Community.
This afternoon, we have used art straws to create these snowy Christmas cards for the people of our community. We had to be very patient and take our time to measure each straw so that they were all appropriate lengths.
Pointillism Paintings
The children have started getting braver with their art skills and thinking of their own ideas for this pointillism painting. They applied the skills they have been learning over the weeks.
We have been learning about the Japanese art of origami…
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
This half-term, as part of our work around Japan, we have been exploring Japanese art. We looked at a variety of Japanese artforms such as calligraphy, pencil drawings and manga, but our most impressive piece by far was our replicas of The Great Wave off Kanagawa by...
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