Year 5 have been buzzing with creativity, curiosity and hands‑on learning this term. 

In music, the classes have been working together to compose a shared piece for the glockenspiels, exploring rhythm, melody and teamwork. Now that we’ve mastered performing as a whole group, we’re moving on to composing in pairs, creating short pieces to play and perform together.

Science has taken us into the world of forces and how they cause or affect movement. We’ve been investigating gravity, friction, water resistance and air resistance through a series of practical experiments. From testing how objects fall to exploring how surfaces change the way things move, the children have been thinking like real scientists.

In art, we’ve been inspired by the vibrant work of Georgia O’Keeffe. After studying her bold watercolours of plants and natural landscapes, we experimented with Brusho paints to understand colour blending and expressive brushwork. Everyone created two compositions of their own artwork influenced by O’Keeffe’s style, resulting in a beautiful collection of individual interpretations.

During our recent English lessons, we have been focussing on understanding the difference between formal and informal language and which audience or purpose requires which tone. We have used formal sentence starters, modal verbs and relative clauses to write brilliant letters of complaint. 

We have enjoyed learning about places in town and directions in our French lessons this term. In addition, we have been thinking about our community during PSHE when we have discussed big plans to help make our local community a better place for everyone. 

A recent highlight was our trip to Strode Theatre, where we watched Crispin’s performance of Frozen. The children were captivated by the storytelling, music and staging. They were fantastically behaved both on our walks and as an audience.