Pegasus, Orion & Unicorn Class Blog

Week 5 has been super busy as we build up towards Christmas. As writers, we have been preparing for our writing week next week, so we’ve covered a lot of grammar, including creating banks of persuasive words and phrases we can use.  In addition to that, all of the children

Year 5/6 have enjoyed a busy week where we continued reading our class book, ‘A Christmas Carol’ and our English reading book, ‘Escape from Rome’.  The children are really enjoying these stories and are impressed by the high level language being used by Charles Dickens. As scientists, we explored friction

Year 5/6 have had a really good week of learning and have produced some great work, including our next piece of writing based on our book ‘Roman Quests: Escape from Rome’.  With this, they wrote a letter in role as the main character to his parents. As speakers, all three

We’ve had a great week in Year 5/6, with lots of hard work amid bikeability and poetry learning. As cyclists, some of the Year 6 children braved the weather and learned some valuable skills to keep themselves safe on the road.       As scientists, we learned about gravity

Welcome back! It was great to have everyone back this week and launch straight back into learning.  We introduced our new enquiry, the Romans,  and started our new science topic about forces. As readers, we began two new books.  In English we are reading Roman Quests: Escape from Rome and

As athletes, Year 5/6 continued to practice our rugby skills.  Including passing and remaining on-side. As readers, we continued to enjoy listening to the book ‘Wolf Brother’ after lunch and learning new vocabulary. As designers, we practiced our sewing skills in preparation for making our Stone

Week 5 At the end of week 5, Year 5/6 can be pleased with what they’ve achieved.  Both the Year 5s and the Year 6s completed assessments and showed an excellent attitude.  They were focused and determined to do their best. As scientists,  all classes completed investigations of conductive materials,

Week 4 Year 5/6 have had a great week this week.  There’s lots of learning happening now and the children are really motivated. As readers, we introduced a new approach to guided reading after lunch called ‘Just Read’.  The idea is we read a high quality book to the children

Week 3 Year 5/6 settled down to some great learning this week.  The mornings are really settled and the children are fully focused on their maths and English learning. As historians, we explored replica Stone Age artefacts lent to us by Weston Museum and discussed what we knew for certain

Week 2 This week, the children have begun to get used to routines and expectations and have impressed us with how well they can settle down and get on with their work.  It’s a real step up for the Year 5s but so many of them are rising to the