Year 5

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 5

Year 5 began the year by travelling back in time all the way to Ancient Greece for their first IPC topic, ‘The Great, the Bold and the Brave’. To start the topic in style, we held an ancient Greek Day where pupils came to school in costume. We had some wonderful outfits ranging from citizens of ancient Athens to gods, goddesses and even minotaurs. The day saw pupils trying their hand at the ancient game of Pettia, decorating their own pots and culminated in a 62-person re-enactment of the Trials of Heracles (the 18 headed hydra was a large contributor to the casting!)

During the period of remote learning, animals and plants were the focus in our IPC topic ‘Existing, Endangered, Extinct’. The highlight was definitely the Year 5 Amazing Animals Day and oh how far we travelled! Our first stop was Edinburgh Zoo, where we did live animal sketching at feeding time. Then it was a hop over to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, where we peered through the glass into the shark lagoon and the tropical underwater caverns. Pupils came dressed and ready for their day ‘out’ in their finest animal costumes and joined in with all the activities, including the snack time challenge and furry form time, with so much enthusiasm. Heading back to school meant the start of a new IPC topic. Year 5 became ‘Space Explorers’, and they were put through their paces during their ‘SDC Space Academy’ entry point. They were tested on a range of skills, the favourite being dexterity where they had to use tweezers to embed pins in a potato! The annual Year 5 Showcase was a recorded production this year and pupils had great fun writing poems and devising acts to perform. From bucket drumming to performing penguins, the show was non-stop action and pupils enjoyed watching the performance back on the big screen. Well done Year 5, a super year!

Miss F Brown, Mr T Pinder and Mr T May