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
Children in Need
We had a great day celebrating Children in Need and raising lots of money for charity. We all came into school wearing something spotty or something yellow, the children even helped Miss Smales decorate a spotty T-shirt matching the coloured spots. We enjoyed...
Pudsey Bear Invasion
Today we raised money for children in need and while we did the children had lots of fun turning into Pudseys themselves.
Children in Need donations total so far
Thank you to everyone who has donated today and throughout the week online. It's been great to see the pupils dressed in their yellow/spotty outfits today. Our total raised so far stands at a brilliant £403.11!
Children in Need Day
We have had a brilliant day celebrating Children in Need Day. We all wore yellow or spots.
Class Intruders
Today our class was taken over by some strange looking, yellow bear cubs!
DfE Gov.uk – Updated guidance for parents and carers 12.11.20
Please see below updated information from the Department for Education (DfE) Gov.uk website: We have updated our guidance for parents and carers on what they need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak....
Y5 We are Geographers…
It’s raining it’s pouring…
Today, we have been making rain gauges in science. We used our measuring skills from our maths lessons last half term to create a scale. Next, we will be writing a set of instructions to tell other children how they can make rain gauges too.
Music in 2W
Body percussion has been lots of fun! Because of Covid we can't sing, so we are using our body to create rhythms whilst listening to the beat of the music.
Body percussion in 1/2M
In these times of covid, music lessons are particularly difficult, but the children have loved using their body as a percussion instrument. They realised all the ways they can use their hands to make music.
How much rainfall falls in Rowlands Gill in autumn?
Yesterday the children set to work trying to answer our question about rainfall so we set to work making rain gauges. The children worked in a team to measure 100ml marking on the water bottles so we can measure how much rain falls. They all worked really well as a...
Bonfire NIght Poetry
In 1/2M, we have been using our senses to write Bonfire Night poetry. We have used alliteration, onomatopoeia, and similes not to mention amazing adjectives to bring our writing to life.
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