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  • 22/11/24

    Friday 22nd November 2024

    This week, Year 5 have started a project on writing a blog on South America. We carried out lots of research and then worked in partners to write the introduction to our blog on chromebooks. Our first topic to write about was the Amazon Rainforest and we found out how big it is!  We also lov...
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  • 14/11/24

    Friday 15th November 2024

    This week we started our new topic in P.E. We were learning about gymnastics and worked in pairs to create three counterbalanced moves. We then performed them for our class.
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  • 08/11/24

    8th November 2024

    This week in R.E. we have started our topic of Advent. We did some drama and acted out what we might do in preparation for Christmas and what we could do as we wait in hope. We came up with some fantastic ideas like going to mass, praying and spending time with family. 
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  • 24/10/24

    25th October 2024

    This week, the children have been finalising their catching games. We managed to complete our game, allowing the sprite to catch an object and give us a score! We had so much fun and spent time playing our game.
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  • 17/10/24

    18th October 2024

    This week in Year 5 we have been preparing our Black History Moth exhibition.  We have been making boxing gloves out of clay, linking to our focus figure Lennox Lewis, to show what we are fighting for.  Some of our ideas were equality, freedom, respect, peace and hope.  We have worked...
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  • 11/10/24

    11th October 2024

    This week, Year 5 have been learning about neurodiversity, and we researched dyspraxia.  We all picked a different activity to contribute to our class book. We have a range of drawings, poems, posters and stories that we can't wait to share with everyone at St. Joseph's!
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  • 04/10/24

    4th October 2024

    This week we have been planning a catching game in computing. Our aim is to have a sprite that will catch a falling object and give us a point. We had to plan what we will create before making it  on scratch. 
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  • 27/09/24

    27th September 2024

    This week, in Year 5, we have been looking into the book Beowulf.  We were inspired to create a character description of a mythical creature that we created.  We had fun being imaginative and next week we will develop our writing further. 
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  • 20/09/24

    20th September 2024

    This week Year 5 took part in the National fitness day activities. We all tried our best and had such a fun time!
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  • 13/09/24

    13th September 2024

    Today in Year 5 we were learning about children's rights. We discussed and understood the importance of having the freedom of thought, expression and the right to education.  We then created a poster and drew pictures which we will display in the classroom.
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