On Wednesday, we received a visit from Richard Bradford who is campaigning for every primary school in Dorset to have a copy of a book called The Lost Words, written by Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Jackie Morris. This book contains spell-poems about words which are no longer used by children, are being removed from read more »
We have been creating information posters about Victorian workhouses. We researched on the internet and in books to find interesting facts. If a Policeman found someone living on the street, they were taken to the workhouse where their hair was shaved off, they were given a workhouse uniform, they had to bathe in freezing cold water read more »
The past few weeks Butterflies Miss Heightley kindly gave the class 5 caterpillars. We named them Tony, Jerry, Muffin, Rambo and Emily. They were kept in a jar for 10 days. In the jar was food for them which they ate and they grew until they became chrysalides and hung upside down. We put them read more »
In our literacy lessons, we have worked hard this week to publish our writing, retelling the story of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Our books look fantastic and we are very proud of them! Some will be chosen to be displayed outside the library. On Friday we started a new literacy topic. We read more »
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Over the past few weeks, 5P have been working hard on writing the story of ‘The Man Who Walked Between the Towers’. They have been learning the value of editing and improving their own writing. Here are a few brilliant examples of 5P’s writing: Even though he wanted read more »
Author Visit On Tuesday 12th April, David Lawrence Jones came to visit our school. He gave a presentation, telling us about the books that he has written and what inspired him to become an author. He acted out part of his books and also asked people to assist him in the acting parts. It was read more »
Egyptian Day On Monday, all of Year 5 came to school dressed up as Egyptians, including the teachers! We had a range of different activities throughout the day in each classroom. In Miss Heightley’s class we made bookmarks, using Hieroglyphics, on Papyrus paper. In Mrs Johnston’s class we played a board game called Senet. Then read more »
As I am sure everybody is aware, we had some very special visitors to the school last week (Ofsted), hence why there was no blog last week (I was too exhausted!). It was lovely that a number of people noticed that 5P’s weekly blog post was missing, which shows that lots of people have been read more »
What a fantastic week we have had! We have shared many experiences together over the past few days, which means we’ve got lots to share with you in this week’s blog. The photographs are a must see!! Science at All Saints School On Wednesday morning, 5P and 5T went to All Saints School to experience read more »
Welcome to 5P, Evie 5P have had a new addition to our class; welcome Evie. Miss Heightley buddied me up with her and I think she has settled in very well already! Written by Amelia. Sponge Bob settling in SpongeBob also seems to have settle in with his new best buddies (Jaws and Fiona). read more »
