Term 1 Week 7

Friday 18th October
With so much going on this week, the children have done well to keep up and keep learning – particularly after such a long term. We’ve had bikeability with the lots of the Year 6s this week and the instructors were really impressed with the attitude of all involved. Well

Term 1 Week 6

Thursday 10th October
Well, what a week!  With Ofsted in on Tuesday and Wednesday, the children have done their bit and been brilliant.  Lots of Year 5/6 children were asked to represent their year group and talk to the inspectors about various aspects of being a child at UVA.  We were so impressed

Term 1 Week 5

Thursday 3rd October
In week five, Year 5/6 have enjoyed some great learning. As scientists, we have been exploring  reproduction in flower plants by taking apart a flower and examining the different parts.            As artists, we continued our work with Egyptian headdresses and used coloured pencil to complete

Term 1 Week 4

Thursday 26th September
Another busy week in Year 5/6.  We’re well into the swing now and the children have completed some great learning. The Year 6 children have really stepped up into their roles as council crew leaders and this week hosted their first meeting of the year.  Well done to them all. 

Term 1 Week 3

Tuesday 17th September
As an “everybody” school all of our year 6’s have the opportunity to become a prefect. However, if they take the badge, they accept the responsibility that goes with it. Delighted that ALL our year 6 children took a badge pledging to be outstanding role models in our community

Term 1 Week 2

Friday 13th September
In enquiry this week, we have been learning about where Egypt is and what its climate is like. In English, the children have loved the start of our book, ‘Secrets of a Sun King’ by Emma Carroll and have begun exploring the main character using evidence from the text to

Term 1 Week 1

Wednesday 11th September
It’s lovely to have everyone back! A great first week in Year 5/6.  The new Year 5s have settled really well into their new classes and been supported well by the new Year 6 children. We have already started the split Year 5 and Year 6 maths groups which will

Term Six Week 7

Monday 15th July
The last full week of term and we have been busy amongst the rain and sunshine. As mathematicians, Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed the challenge of creating symmetrical designs with different types of triangles and trapezium shapes. And as musicians, they took on the challenge of composing

Term Six Week 6

Wednesday 10th July
This week has seen our brilliant Y5 and Y6 children perform their production of Rock Bottom – and what superstars they were! From the singing to the dancing, from the acting to the jokes and from their commitment and enthusiasm, everyone shone and had smiles on their faces throughout!

Term six Week 5

Wednesday 3rd July
The first week of July and the weather has made it feel like spring and not summer! All the Year 5s and 6s have been continuing to practise hard on our production of Rock Bottom which we are looking forward to performing to you next Tuesday (9th July 6:30pm) and