Year 5

Our first full week in year 5 and the first topics of the year are now underway!  In English, we continued to work with our focus text, ‘The Promise’, and explored a character’s actions and…

Welcome back! We are so excited to have you all back in school, ready and raring to learn.   We had an eventful first day back – sharing stories about our dream holidays and reflecting…

This week the Year 5 boys took a trip to St Aloysius college to take part in two taster sessions – a Science lesson and an English lesson. In the Science lesson the boys looked…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…