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What a wonderful day we had for World Book Day this year! 
All the children looked amazing and it was clear a lot of time, thought and effort went into all of the costumes.  
We began our day by creating a door cover for our door using ‘Bob, Man on the Moon’ as our theme. 
We took part in the…

What an amazing World Book Day we had in Year 5!

First, a huge thank you to all our wonderful parents and carers. Your effort in…

What a wonderful day we've had in school! We are delighted to share a selection of photos and videos of the children looking absolutely fantastic in their favourite book‑character costumes. The excitement around school has been incredible—every corridor has been filled with colour, creativity and…

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We travelled to the east for world book day this year to see Aladdin and shared with him his story with his magic lamp. We met the evil Jafar creating our own hats and thought about the good choices he could have made. After creating our own magic carpets we…

What an incredible week we had last week, celebrating National Storytelling Week! This year’s theme, “Soundtrack Your Story,” inspired us…

This week the children have continued learning about bears across the curriculum. Did you know a Polar Bear is the largest species of bear!

We have learnt the story, We are Going on a Bear Hunt and performed it during assembly as part of national storytelling week. Have a look at the amazing…

This week in Beech we celebrated National Story Telling Week.

Using the text ‘I am Nefertiti,’ by Annemarie Anyang, we wrote our own poems, a diary entry and non-fiction fact sheet. 

We performed some of our work in assembly. 
Well done Beech Class! 
 

Year 5 Learning Blog – This Week’s Adventures in Space!

We’ve had an exciting few weeks in Year 5 as we’ve continued our journey…

We have learnt all about bears this half term. We went on a Bear Hunt this afternoon. The children orally retold the story as they followed the map to the cave. What was hiding there?

Have a wonderful half term.

This week we have continued with our animal studies learning about how we care for our pets and other people who care for animals. We heard from the safari ranger about how he looks after the animals and created different animal prints from animals he saw through his binoculars. The vet told us…

What a wonderful week we have had exploring the warmer climates of Africa and Australia and the animals they have. We learnt what it is like to be a safari ranger and what the job entails. We heard about endangered animals and thought how maybe we could help them. We loved hearing about the cheeky…

Year 5 Blog: Growing Confident Orators!

Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been developing their oracy skills—and what a difference…