​Here is a photo of us playing 'Guess Who' at school today. We were finding out about who it was designed for, what the aim of the game was and what parts you needed for it. We will begin to design our own versions of the game tomorrow and will be making them by the end of the week.

Year 5 have been learning about portraits. We looked at different types of portraits, including police sketch artists' work and portraits by a person who has face blindness (she cannot recognise faces). We then tried some of our own. We found it really tricky to draw accurately and in detail but we are all making lots of progress!

​In Maths, we have been enjoying using some new playing cards to investigate place value and rounding. We got competitive with each other and tried to see who could make the largest and smallest numbers to score points.

In Literacy, we have been learning to re-tell the story of 'Zelda Claw' in our new Talk for Writing Unit. As we follow our story map, we put actions to the words to help us remember the story.

Year 5 have been exploring how to use charcoal to create different effects. Linking to their topic of Victorian Britain, they have designed these skylines of Smoky Cities.

Year 5 enjoyed a step back in time when they visited a Victorian School for the day.

Year 5 enjoyed a practical Science lesson as they explored how gears work. They used toys and models to investigate how the gears fit together and how clockwise and anti-clockwise movements fit together. The children also reflected on what happened when large and small cogs are fitted together and they looked at the gear mechanism on a bicycle.

The children have been collaborating and using practical resources in order to solve maths calculations.

Year 5 produced art work inspired by the theme of Remembrance. They used mixed media to create images based on the poem ‘Flanders Fields’.