Year Five

• As part of our Ancient Greek topic, we have a ‘Greek Day’ when the children have the opportunity to taste Greek Food, have a mini-Olympics, dress in Greek clothing and experience aspects of Greek culture (photos attached).  Mary Walker, a puppeteer, works with the children making puppets based on the Greek myth The Odyssey; 

• Our Keeping Healthy topic gives the children chance to take part in circuit training when we measure the effect of exercise on heart rate and body temperature (photos attached);

   

• Linked to our Science based topic on Changing Sound, we design and make musical instruments (photos attached);

   

• Our topic on Water is brought to life when we go on our 3 day residential visit to Keswick.  This is a wonderful opportunity for children to see the breathtaking beauty of the Lake District and see how important rivers are in forming the landscape.  (Photos attached);

   

• Our Literacy work has been particularly creative this year.  We have used a computer game called MYST III – Exile as the basis for our narrative writing.  We have been filmed sharing our writing with each other, but also, the Local Authority have been interested in how it has improved all of our children’s writing.  (See attached short extract from the recording)