This week Year 5 have been working on arithmetic strategies in maths - including long multiplication, division with remainders and percentages. We have also been learning about multiples and factors and how to recognise which multiples can be linked to a factor.

We have also learned how to expand our writing using subordinate clauses and have been preparing to write an account of the Viking raid on Lindisfarne and how it affected the community.

We tasted viking bread in lessons this week, reviewing the texture, taste, aroma and appearance before then comparing to modern bread that we would eat today.

Our inquiry has led us to explore how a community in history has changed. We looked at the causes, events and consequences of the Viking raids.

We conducted an experiment to explore the effects of gravity on falling objects. The pupils designed their experiments to test the impact of gravity on a variety of balls, testing how high the balls bounced after hitting the floor.