Pegasus, Orion & Unicorn Class Blog

It has certainly been feeling more festive this week in Years 5 and 6 as December is well underway.   And Bobby from Orion class performed a piano duet with Mrs Tinker in singing assembly – it was ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ which the whole school

While the weather has steadily become colder this week, we have started to get into the Christmas spirit! Our Christmas tree looks fabulous in the hall! Developing our successful talk this week, saw us working in triads to discuss the following question: As talk detectives, the

The last full week of November already! It is always wonderful to be able to celebrate children’s own personal interests both in and out of school. Lauren received a Blue Peter badge in the post week for writing a book report in her own time and sending it off to

It has been anti-bullying week this week and as part of it, we have been focussing on the importance of kindness in our lives both in and out of school. On Monday, we joined in with a nationwide assembly online which encouraged us to think and discuss the impact of

Well, it certainly has been a showery week and we’ve had a few wet play times for sure! Despite the changeable weather, we have enjoyed many successful learning opportunities in Year 5 and 6 this week. As writers, we have been working on producing A survival guide to the Stone

Welcome back to Term Two and what a wet and windy week it has been! It has been lovely to have Year 5 and Year 6 back in school again and we have settled into school routines well. A focus for us this week has been to develop our handwriting

The last week of term one and it certainly has been a busy three days! Children from Y5 and Y6 took part in a cross-country event on Tuesday at Sidcot School – they all showed grit and determination in taking part and ran with smiles on their faces. As

The last full week of term and we can definitely tell that it is autumn with the darker mornings and evenings! As musicians this week, Y5 and Y6 children composed their own sea shanties based on The Wellerman Song which we have been studying. In groups, they composed their own

Week Five already – how the term is flying by! This week, as mathematicians, Y5 children have been exploring decimal numbers: their values and how to add and subtract them. Developing oracy as a mathematician continues to be a focus for us and you can see in these pictures that

We started off our week with our harvest assembly and the bringing in of food donations – thank you to everyone who supported this. As musicians this week, Y5 and Y6 children had the opportunity to play a range of percussion instruments in class while keeping the beat to a