English 

In English we went out and completed an obstacle course to support our understanding of an action scene. We also created comics and artwork to support our writing. We are currently focusing on creating our action story by building characters and developing our vocabulary to enhance our narratives.

Maths

In maths we have been learning about area and perimeter. The children then used this information to create a piece of abstract artwork using different line lengths, perimeters and areas of shapes. We have also learnt about compound shapes and how to find their area and perimeter.

Reading

We finished cosmic and the children created blurbs summarising all the information they had learnt to encourage others to read the book. We are now reading the book Everything Earthquakes and Volcanoes which is a non-fiction book which supports our geography topic all about Asia and natural disasters. The children have enjoyed learning about underwater volcanoes, creating vocabulary grids and organising data about earthquakes and their magnitude.

Art and Topic

In art, we linked our final pieces to our geography topic of Asia and used watercolours, collage and pastels to create landscapes inspired by images of the Asian countryside. The children enjoyed manipulating different mediums to create their artwork and exploring different techniques to add texture to their work.

Zoo

Year 5 had a brilliant time at the zoo. The children enjoyed the workshop about enclosures and got to see a variety of animals including bears, chimpanzees, lion cubs, giraffes, penguins, rhinos and tigers.