Category: Year 5

If you are learning about rivers, what better way than to walk alongside one and paddle upstream! When Year 5 tackled their learning questions ‘How does a river flow from source to sea?’ they set off on an adventure… First of all they walked alongside the river from our school to Woodmill, then they climbed […]

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Y5 recently visited The Living Rainforest as part of their curriculum learning question ‘How important is the Amazon Rainforest?’. Here’s what are pupils thought? “I liked seeing the creatures that have a habitat adapted to the conditions of a rainforest. I saw monkey’s, birds, snakes and crocodiles. It really felt like we were in the […]

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At the beginning of the year, Y5 went to visit the historic church as part of their learning question ‘ How did WW1 affect Southampton.’ They had the opportunity to learn about it’s history through WW1 and also how to march like a soldier. Here’s what they thought of their time there: ‘I found out […]

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As part of their history learning question, ‘What impact did the Titanic have on Southampton?’, Y5 visited the Seacity Museum and worked with expert Southampton historian Andy Skinner. ‘I really liked the trip, it was fun! I enjoyed steering the wheel and even found out the captains name.’ – Subhan ‘I found out that all […]

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At the beginning of the year, Y5 had the opportunity to visit Woodmill Activity Centre and canoe down stream to support their topic on River Studies. Here’s what they thought: “I learnt that canoeing upstream is really hard. I enjoyed bashing into the trees! It made it really exciting and joyful!” – Maimuna “I learnt […]

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As if it wasn’t hot enough this summer, Y5 decided to head to the tropics and visit the Living Rainforest, an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. Here’s what they thought of their trip: “The plants were really cool, especially the cocoa bean plant and banana plant. Some plants had […]

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This term Y5, as part of our curriculum, went swimming. The Y5 bloggers asked their fellow classmates what they thought about their experience. “I didn’t know how to swim to begin with, after the lessons I feel more confident in the water.” – Yusuf “Very good opportunity. If we get in danger associated with water […]

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Y5 went on a visit to Solent Sky Museum as part of their learning, here is what they thought: “We saw airplanes from World War 1 and 2. We even got to go inside them.” – Sha-Nelle “We saw many variety’s of planes, hurricanes, spitfires and passenger planes that were used after the war. We […]

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Y5 were very lucky this week. They were invited to King Edward’s school to watch their performance of Matilda. Here is what they thought: “I liked that everyone stood up for Matilda in the show. I liked the work they all put in.” – Taba, 5M “I liked when the actors went on the stairs […]

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Our Y5 children recently went on a trip to the Winchester Science Centre for their topic about space and the moon. Here’s what they thought of their day out: “We went to the planetarium and we explored all the activities. Then we were called by the teacher to learn about the solar system.” – Kareena, […]

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