In Year 5 this week, we have been completing our smoothie project. The children were put into teams of three and tasked with completing market research about smoothies, designing and…

In Reading Comprehension this week, we were thinking carefully about how we can make comparisons between the beginning, middle and end of stories. We discussed how a characters feelings and…

Today we explored reversible changes. We started the lesson by discussing solutions, solutes and solvents and what each of those meant. After, we explored 4 different changes. Each table had…

Earlier today, a team of children from Year 4, 5 and 6 represented the school at the district quadkids event in Daventry. The event sees 5 girls and 5 boys…

Today is Empathy Day! As a class this morning, we discussed what empathy was and how we could show it. After our discussion, we completed a ‘Draw with Rob’ and…

This team of Y5 girls took part in the Y5/6 district cricket competition this week. After a morning of skills stations to test their batting, bowling and fielding skills, they…

Today in 5LD, we created a modern version of papyrus paper! In our art sessions, we have been focusing on ancient Egyptian art and have designed our own scroll ideas…

Today in English, we were focusing on commas for clarity. We compared sentences where adding or removing a comma changed the meaning of the sentence completely. Some of our favourite…

Today we continued our work on angles by using protractors to measure angles in degrees. We worked in small groups using our protractors accurately measure each of the angles. Using…

This week in maths, we have started our work on angles. We started the week by learning about how different types of turns, how many degrees there are in each…

This week, we learned how Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered and the amazing treasures within it. We started the week by exploring packs of information and gathering facts about the ancient…

Today in maths we started our work on statistics. After learning how to read and interpret the data on a line graph, we put our problem-solving skills to the test…

This morning, Year 5 finished their fantastic tiger artwork. They used the painting Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau as inspiration. Earlier in the week, the children drew…

Today was the first day of Bikeability for the Year 5 children! Today’s session consisted of practising different skills on the playground. As of tomorrow, they will be out on…

To help us support World Poetry Day (21st March), we have spent some time this week focusing on poetry! We started by discussing some poetry before talking about how we…

Here are some pictures of the new additions to our class last week! It was an incredibly exciting week and we look forward to seeing the ducks grow before they…

To our surprise, duck eggs arrived in our classrooms this morning! Currently, both classes have 5 unhatched eggs… we are hoping for them to hatch on Wednesday/Thursday but we will…

Otherwise known as Tiger in a Tropical Storm. Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle…

Here are our awesome costumes from today’s World Book Day celebration! Today we discussed our favourite books and participated in the BBC Live Lesson with thousands of other schools! What…

This morning, a group of Year 5 and 6 children represented the school and South Northants District at the Northamptonshire Sportshall Athletics County competition. This event followed on from the…