Pegasus, Orion & Unicorn Class Blog

What a scorching – hot week it has been! Whilst the sun has been shining down on us and we have been trying to keep cool, we have enjoyed another successful week in Year 5 and 6. As readers, we explored the characters in our quality text ‘Demeter and Persephone’

Welcome back to the last term of the academic year – we hope you had a fabulous half term break. It has been great to have everyone back in school. We have been very busy in Years 5 and 6. Take a look at our pictures to see what we

It has been lovely to be back in school this week after the Year 6 camp at Charterhouse last week. We have thoroughly enjoyed being historians and learning about our local history. Year 5 and Year 6 have been exploring the question ‘Was it ever ok to smuggle?’ and have

It has felt as though the sun has shone this week at school while our Y6s have shown courage, determination and focus during their SATs. We are all so proud of them for getting to school and enjoying breakfast together as well as doing their absolute best in the tests.

In the lead up to the King’s coronation this week, we have been continuing our SATs preparation and know that we are now well and truly ready to do our best next week.   As mathematicians, Y5 children have been reinforcing their knowledge of measures by taking their learning outdoors

Even though the weather hasn’t been as sunny as we would have liked this week, we were able to enjoy our cricket taster session on Monday when we enjoyed learning new skills and were taught by a professional cricket coach. As historians this week, we have been developing

Welcome back to school after the Easter break – we hope you all enjoyed the two-week holiday. It has been great to see all the Y5 and Y6 children engaged with their learning this week and enjoying the field at break and lunchtimes. As readers, we have been looking at

As geographers this week, Y5 and Y6 children have been studying ordnance survey maps using the map symbols as a key to understanding physical and human features of the local area. They are really looking forward to their class river walks next week which will enable them to see the

Whilst March continues to provide us with ‘weather challenges’ of snow, wind and rain, we have been continuing to focus on our enquiry question of ‘How does our world rage?’. This week, as geographers, we have been researching information about the main rivers round the world with the aim of