5W Photos

World Book Day 2025

Although there has been some controversy over costume cost, you don't need a shop-bought outfit to take part in this really fun day, promoting a love of books and reading! In 5W, we had a range of different characters turning up to school and it made for an interesting teaching day! Would Spiderman know how to calculate perimeter? Can Tortorro (excuse the spelling!) reach his desk over his cuddly tum?! In the afternoon, Year 5 shared books with Year 2 and heard some of the younger children read - which is really what the day is about!  Have a look at our characters  in the pictures below!

A Day at the National Space Centre

On Wednesday, 5th March, Year 5 headed off in the sunshine to visit another National collection at the Space Centre in Leicester. On arrival, we had a long climb to the top of the rocket tower to view the massive European and American rockets and many other amazing, interesting exhibits. After this, we had an excellent demonstration of rocket propulsion - it started small and quiet, but the final rocket really went with a bang! There was fire, water, whooshes and bangs - and one of our rockets didn't come back down from the ceiling!

As well as looking at the many interactive and informative displays, we spent some of the afternoon in the amazing Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium, certainly an all round experience if you're not good with rapidly moving giant images! This presentation was about astronaut training - maybe someone will feel inspired to apply! A great educational visit - and a delightful group to take on a trip!

Pattern and Printing - Wm Morris and Co might have competition!

The Art Topic for Spring 1 has had a focus of looking at, producing and replicating different types of pattern. We looked at patterns in fabrics, designed our own repeat patterns using a pattern square, looked at the work of William Morris and attempted to replicate one of his designs and then created pattern blocks to make our own repeat print - a basic repeat, a rotation, a half drop or a reflection! Finally we created a slightly different style of block to produce a pictorial print in the style of the block prints from the 17th Century! Have a look at our production line!

A Great Start to the Spring Term -Year 5 visit the National Civil War Centre in Newark.

On Wednesday 15th January, Year 5 made their annual pilgrimage to Newark to immerse themselves in the 17th Century and to try and unravel the complex subject of the English Civil War.  Starting off with an introduction to the Pyramid of Power, where many of 5W found themselves at the bottom of the power pile - while 5B were the aristocracy, King Charles I ......and God! 

We spent time in the main Gallery looking at exhibits, trying on costumes and watching short videos of events from the Siege of Newark - or at least one of the sieges! 

We became known citizens of Newark during the third siege and discovered how those people fared when confronted with fire, starvation and plague. Not many survived - and we had predicted that most would die from disease, which was correct!

Finally, we had an arms and armour discovery session, finding oud what pikemen, musketeers and cavalrymen actually wore and how they were armed. We practised musket drill and pike drill and for the Grand Finale - a pike battle! No swimming noodles were harmed during this reconstruction!

Christmas in the Classroom  - post Carol Singing on the Playground!

It was lovely to see so many people coming into 5W to just have a mooch around, see our classroom and have a look at some of the products of our Christmas Crafting! An eclectic mix of mini-Moores, our clay models inspired by the work of Henry Moore, who we have been studying as part of the art curriculum, Swedish Yule Goats? Well, an insight into the winter festivities of other cultures and a link with Christian and pagan festivals - and a good story about the continuing mystery of the Straw Goat Burning! Finally, we did a bit of bauble decorating, for good measure ! Hope to see you all again in the New Year - Have a Very Merry and Restful Christmas!

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