Year 5

This week in Year 5,the children met with Sophia to prepare for the annual sunflower growing competition. Having taken part in the competition for a number of years now,the children were extremely knowledgable about the…

How confident do you feel about reading co-ordinates? Put your knowledge to the test with our online co-ordinates challenge this week. https://nrich.maths.org/content/id/6288/CopsAndRobbers.swf

As part of our learning in Current Affairs, Year 5 will be attending the Ben Kinsella Trust workshop on Knife Crime. The workshop educates children about the dangers of carrying a knife and how to…

This week Year 5 made the most of the great weather by exploring angles through some outdoor learning. Semaphore flags are an alphabet signalling system based on the waving of a pair of hand-held flags,…

At the beginning of this term, Year 5 met their Reception buddies. As the term has progressed, it has been wonderful to see their friendships blossom. To celebrate such a great term, all the children…

This week, Year 5 visited the Science Museum to explore the wonders of forces. The children participated in a brilliant workshop, which included a ball-throwing competition and the stuntman ‘Phil the Frog’. The children also…

Over the past two weeks, children from Y5 have been tackling the adverse weather conditions in order to complete their ‘Bikeability’ training. This involved some children learning to ride a bike for the very first…

This morning, Father Pat visited Year 5. In our Religion topic this half term, we are looking at ‘Lent to Easter’ and the practices that are undertaken during this period, in particular, a prayer form…

On Tuesday morning, Kimberly from the Catholic Children’s Society came into St. Josephs to talk to us about the Lenten appeal this year. The eye-opening assembly highlighted the good work that this charity does, which…