Year 5 has been buzzing with excitement this week! The children have thoroughly enjoyed their Macbeth rehearsals, immersing themselves in the drama and energy of Shakespeare’s classic play. It’s been wonderful to see their creativity and enthusiasm shine on stage. In Computing, we had our first lesson using Micro:bits, and it was a hit! The children learned how to code their Micro:bits to display icons and learned to include use of the buttons to instruct their minicomputer. It was fantastic to see their problem-solving skills in action as they explored the possibilities of coding. It’s been a week full of creativity and hands-on learning. 

Yesterday, our class embarked on a magical journey to Narnia. We attended a captivating performance of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” at the Leeds Playhouse.

The production was truly breathtaking. The innovative stage mechanics, particularly the awe-inspiring way the White Witch was lifted into the sky, left us spellbound. The life-sized, mechanical Aslan was equally impressive, bringing the beloved character to life. The dazzling lighting design further enhanced the immersive experience.

We thoroughly enjoyed the performance and can’t wait to share more details about it with you all.

Year 5 were treated to a very exciting, hands-on afternoon today coordinated by Mr Magnall our sustainability lead and Aqua Consultants (engineers) as part of our 18-month Royal Society biodiversity project. The children worked on 4 projects across the afternoon: building hedgehog houses, bird boxes, insect hotels and composting. There was plenty of opportunity to get involved with the power drills, hammers and saws and the children were fantastic at following instructions and working collaboratively. Who knew there was so much Maths in building… from measuring, angles, shape, depth we discussed so much throughout the afternoon.

This week our class embarked on an exciting adventure to Adel Wood! Armed with nothing but our creativity and a sense of adventure, we set out to build the ultimate den.

We scoured the woodland floor, gathering a variety of natural materials like leaves, twigs, and stones. Some teams even found larger branches to create sturdy frameworks for their dens. The air was filled with laughter and the sound of rustling leaves as we worked together to construct our shelters.

Our dens were judged on several criteria, including stability, aesthetics, weatherproofing, and size. Each team worked tirelessly to ensure their den met these standards.

The children thoroughly enjoyed visiting the Royal Armouries Museum today! They had the chance to use weaponry from centuries ago to become great Spartan warriors, to scale sizes of animals used in battle, a live demonstration of sharp weapons used over the ages. The trip complemented our unit this half term, Ancient Greece, beautifully. The children acted out the story of Perseus and Medusa in an immersive and comical workshop.

The children have been thoroughly enjoying their model text about King Midas. We have been learning the model text through performing actions. During our lessons this week, we delved deeper into our targets for this unit, specifically show not tell and writing dialogue.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed our first unit of the year, Poetry, with a focus on our model text, a poem about Medusa. We have had lots of fun collaboratively, generating interesting language to use in our own poems about the Minotaur (shared write) and a Siren (hot write). For our first hot write of the year, the children planned and wrote in pairs – this generated extremely high-quality poems, which we look forward to completing, editing and celebrating on Monday!

We have enjoyed our creative writing this week, exploring Ancient Greece and the language we can use to create detailed, interesting character description. We have been learning the Medusa Poem, with actions, to help us understand the model text.

A fantastic first week in Year 5! A highlight of our first week was the Arithmetic Olympic, where we worked in teams against the clock, running and completing a range of Maths problems.