by sarahkitching | Mar 27, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
This week, we did another experiment to understand what thermal insulators are. We used hot water in a beaker and surrounded it with different materials such as bubble wrap, foil and a scarf. We discussed why each one would make a good insulator. We measured them...
by sarahkitching | Mar 22, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
This term, in Science, Class 5 are exploring the properties of materials. This week we did an experiment to understand the meaning of solubility. We had five different substances including sugar, salt, sand and hot chocolate. We used our understanding of the...
by sarahkitching | Mar 22, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
This half term, we are learning about the events of Lent in our RE unit. To help us understand them, Francine has been coming into our lessons to share what Christians do and the reasons behind it. This week, Francine told us the story of Jesus’ 40 days and 40 nights...
by sarahkitching | Mar 22, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
This week, Class 5 have started their unit on Percentages. To help us understand what a percentage is, we used grids with a hundred squares on them to identify percentages around us. We learnt that percent means ‘out of 100’ and how we can write this as a fraction...
by sarahkitching | Mar 22, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
We would like to wish all the Mother’s and special women who are part of our children’s lives a Happy Mother’s Day this weekend. Our children have been busy making some beautiful cards in class and writing reasons as to why you are all...
by sarahkitching | Mar 14, 2026 | Class 5 Learning Page 2025-26
We came to the end of our Anglo-Saxon topic this week. We explored artefacts from the time, as if we’d found them in the Sutton Hoo burial mound. We used our understanding of history and own investigative skills to decide how the items were used, who by and where...
