Year 5

For STEM week Year 4 have been thinking about the experience of space. We wanted to investigate what it would feel like to go into space and the different things astronauts experience when they are working on the International Space Station. 

In English, we worked in teams to plan an…

We had an informative, interactive day learning all about Fairtrade and what it means to support farmers/workers fairly across the globe. The children created replica Fairtrade produce from play dough and placed them on a world map. We then discussed where the different items come from and which…

In English, Year 4 are reading Shakespeare's The Tempest. The play is all about a powerful wizard called Prospero who controls the magical inhabitants of a dessert island using his ancient spell book, staff and mystical spirit servants. We have been using the text as inspiration for creative…

This half term Year 4 have been learning all about the digestive system as part of our topic. 

In English we have been writing explanation texts about how to keep teeth healthy, along with fantasy narratives to describe food's incredible journey through the digestive system!

As part of our…

Fraction Flowers

Today in Year 4 we made origami flowers using a square sheet of paper. 

Our challenge was to look at the smallest triangle inside the flower and investigate what fraction of the square of paper the small triangle was. 

The children came up with some interesting, logical…