This week Year 5 visited St Aloysius playing fields to take part in a sports taster afternoon. The sessions were led by staff and pupils from St Aloysius college and involved a whole range of…
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Year 5: Surviving in the rainforest!
This week in their English lessons the children in Year 5 have been preparing to write survival guides! The children had recently written survival narratives and have now started thinking about the different equipment and…
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This week Year 5 were thrilled to welcome British gymnast ‘Jaydon Paddock’ to the school. Jaydon spoke to the children about his life as a gymnast, his early influences, his intense training sessions and his…
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On Monday, Year 5 took part in an athletics workshop with Islington Sports Development Officer – Michael Peet. The children took part in a number of activities including a long jump, a javelin throw and…
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The children in Year 5 have certainly been learning a lot this week! In Geography this week the children have been thinking about where their food and clothes originally come from. The children researched the…
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Welcome back all! We hope that you had an enjoyable half term. Year 5 have been preparing to write adventure narratives based on ‘The Lost Book of Adventure’ published by Teddy Keen. The children were…
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What a day it has been in St Joseph’s! Year 5 spent the morning excitedly learning about the Queen’s many achievements and creating art inspired by the jubilee. We then had a fabulous Jubilee picnic…
Read MoreIndigo Class Assembly – A Jubilee Celebration
“Amazing presentation from all the kids” “Loved it! Didn’t want it to finish.” “Beautiful – lovely that each child got to shine! As always, so much thought and effort went into the producing a wonderful…
Read MoreTanzanite’s Prayer Service Hospitality and Hope
Tanzanite class welcomed parents into the classroom for their prayer service. During May we honour Mary as the Mother of Jesus and this theme was used as a way to reflect on welcoming others. Images…
Read MoreYear 5: Putting our journalistic hats on!
Year 5 have been preparing to write newspaper articles! In English this week the children had a chance to analyse the language and the structural features of a range of newspaper articles and discuss the…
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