Welcome to year 5 24/25 look below to see what we have been up to this term!

We started the year with Art Week. Our theme was 'Magic Me' and we looked at the work of the British artists Julian Opie and Chris Ofilli to inspire our own portraits.

In English we began the term by looking at the book 'Julius Zebra'. The story of a young zebra who was taken to Ancient Rome and forced to fight for his freedom in the Colosseum. In this unit we wrote formal letters, newspaper reports and practiced writing direct and reported speech. 

We learnt the ancient art of gladitorial fighting and wrote a set of instructions. Look at us using rulers as swords to act out our instructions. 

We then did formal historical recounts of the Boudiccan Rebellion. We had to use formal linking language to ensure chronology and use historical language. We used various sources in order to gather information about the events and used them to make story maps which we then used to support our writing. 

This term in science we have been looking at materials and their properties. We were lucky enough to be invited to Alleyns Secondary School to conduct experiments in their chemistry labs with their chemistry teachers, who were supported by the A-level chemistry students. 

Our Geography topic this term is 'The UK'. We have been learning about the countries that make up the UK and looking at them on a map. We used a digital mapping tool to look at the counties and major cities of the UK. We learnt about 4 areas of outstanding beauty across the UK and in groups made Powerpoint presentations about our given place. We then presented them to the class. We also created Powerpoint presentations for our topic write featuring all the information we have covered this half term.

In topic art we created London skylines in the style of Patrick Caufield. 

See below for some of the exciting things we have been up to this half term.

This half term in computing our unit of work is - Selection in Physical Computing - Programming using code. 

We have used the 'Crumble'- program and kits to program moving parts including coloured series of lights and motors to carry out a variety of sequences and different actions.