Cracking the feature code in Year 5
In Writing, we are writing an information text about the big book of beasts. We identified the features and purpose of features in informational texts. Ask us what parenthesis is and why we use it!...
In Writing, we are writing an information text about the big book of beasts. We identified the features and purpose of features in informational texts. Ask us what parenthesis is and why we use it!...
Year 5 tested their scientific skills by conducting an experiment into which materials were soluble in water and which were insoluble. They diligently recorded their results for coffee, tea, sand, flour and sugar. What do you think they found out?...
In our class assembly, we retold the stories of Queen Yaa Asentewaa and Queen Amina based on our Black History Month learning....
In Year 5, we practiced using Cuisenaire rods to explore additive structures....
We have been writing our own Beowulf tale! We used our drama and narration skills to act out scenes from Beowulf and the Sea-hag. When we froze the narrator retold the story and the actors had to act out in response....
We have been writing a character description of a vile creature from the myth of Beowulf. In groups we created our own mythical creatures by drawing a part of the creature each....
As part of the singing and music work we have been doing this year, we were lucky enough to get to have a very special visit to St Paul's Cathedral where we explored the amazing space and heard the beautiful organ in all its glory! [gallery...
In R.E. we are looking at different faiths in the community of Hackney. This week we did a show and tell to explain a tradition important to our culture, belief or family. [gallery ids="6858,6857,6856,6855,6854"] ...
In our Writing lessons, we continued exploring the rainforest for our information texts. Firstly, we ranked our most exciting facts about the rainforest and then we completed a layout for our writing, focusing on all the features of information texts....
In writing we will be exploring the book ‘The Vanishing Rainforest’ as a stimulus for our work. To help us to immerse ourselves in the text, this week we identified what could be found in the rainforest and showed our learning through oil pastel landscapes....