Welcome to Year 5!

Year 5 teaching staff:

                                Class teacher - Ms Marskell

Writing Competition 2025:

This year's theme for the writing competition is the Lion King.

We would like the children to write a story based in the universe of Disney's Lion King. It is up to the children whether they would like to include Dorkus (Richard Best's beloved corgi) as one of the main characters, or whether they would prefer to keep the original characters the same.

Could the children write an alternative ending to the original story?

Perhaps they can create an origin story for why Scar became so evil?

Is there a version where Mufasa doesn't meet his end?

What if the hyenas rebelled against their master?

We would like the children to take care to craft this piece of writing at home. Be mindful to proof-read your writing carefully and make it as engaging as possible.

The deadline for the writing entries will be announced soon. Happy writing!

Our learning last week:

This week:

English: In English students have been planning their environmental narratives. They have decided on a natural environment where the story will take place and who/what will threaten it. We have considered the setting and also the feelings of their main character on seeing the environment destroyed.

Maths: In math this week we have completed our new topic decimals. We looked at decimal sequences, multiplying by 10, 100 and 1,000, divide by 10, 100 and 1,000, multiplying and dividing decimals with missing values. We then completed our end of block assessment.

History: In History we have looked at what the impact of King Charles III's environmental work has and will have on future generations.

RE: In RE our big question this term is  How does a worldview help people decide what is important? We have looked at some of the worldviews and their key features. We also looked at our own world view lenses and how it has impacted the way we view the world. 

PE: This term in PE we are doing Dance and rounders.