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February 2026
This week, the whole school took part in The National Gallery Take One Picture. We explored how artists communicate feelings through facial expressions, hand gestures, and even clothing. We studied The Muse by Cosimo Tura, noticing its intricate details, hints of wealth, and elements of mythical fantasy.
Children engaged in rich discussions and drama, before sketching expressive hands and painting cubism hands. It was a wonderful celebration of creativity, imagination, and artistic interpretation across the school.
Can you tell how we are feeling from our hand gestures?
February 2026
In design and technology, we designed our own biscuits with a specific theme. Some examples included, Valentine's, space and chocolate.
January 2026
January 2026
On Saturday 31st January, six children in year 5 were chosen as finalists for the Primary Schools’ Art Exhibition - an inspiring new event designed to celebrate and showcase the artistic talent and creativity of children from our local schools at the Brentwood School. It was an extremely difficult decision as there were so many wonderful entries! Mrs Mussenden, Miss King and the children alongside their families arrived and the competition was very high. The 4 categories, which the entries were judged on were: Interpretation of the theme; creativity and uniqueness; drawing/recording skills and links to other artists’ work. We were so impressed with all the children, who talked so confidently to the judges about their artwork - you were all superstars! We won three prizes overall! Congratulations to Seren, who won 'Interpretation of the Theme'. The judges loved her concept and thought it was very meaningful. She also made fantastic links to other artists. Haobo received a commendation as he spoke so well about his ideas and his work. They loved the links to Munch and thought his art was very effective (we also loved his matching jumper!) Finally, Tabitha was overall winner of the whole contest! The judges were so impressed with the creativity of her life-size turtle and thought it was the coolest artwork ever! They loved the artists links and how striking it was. It was such an amazing morning and we are all so proud of them all.
December 2025
What a busy end to the year!
November 2025
As part of our PSHE lessons, we have been learning about our School's Core Values; British Values; Democracy and the Cabinet. A local student, Thomas, who was part of the Youth Parliament for four years, and has a passion of politics, working closely with members of the government, came in to talk to the children about the Cabinet. The children asked some thoughtful questions, not only about his work, but about environmental issues and our local community.
October 2025
In science this half-term, we have been studying forces. We enjoyed being 'drag runners' to investigate air resistance. We found out that the parachutes slowed us down because of air resistance.
October 2025
In English, we wrote our own scenes for Macbeth before performing them to year 2!
October 2025
In PSHE, we have been learning how to work well in a group to build the tallest tower. As a class, we came up with some rules to help us: listen to others, share ideas and vote, combine ideas, compromise, respect everyone and most importantly have fun and enjoy!
Our tallest free-standing tower was in Violet and stood at 1.39m!
On Monday 22nd September, year 5 had a wonderful school trip to The Globe Theatre in London. On the way, we took in all the amazing sights as we walked over the Millenium Bridge. First, we had a tour of The Globe and learnt about the structure of the building. Fortunately, we were sitting up in the tiers – not with those ‘penny stinkers’! We even witnessed a set being built, ready for a performance of one of Shakespeare’s plays! Did you know that the lords would sit at the back of the theatre, looking at the back of the actors’ heads? Do you know why this is?
Following our tour, we then had an inspiring drama workshop where we re-enacted key parts of the play, ‘Macbeth’ to help build on our understanding of the story. Can you guess which scenes these are?
We definitely have some budding actors and actresses within our cohort!
September 2025
In English, we have been performing 'The Witches Spell' by William Shakespeare and writing their own spells based on the one in MacBeth.
Year 5 have been helping our EYFS children at lunchtime this term. The children have been serving them drinks, helping them to cut up their food and clearing their plates. What excellent role models they have been!
P.E Dance
In P.E this half-term, we have started our dance unit by being spies! First, we worked in pairs to compose a sequence which involved mirroring and side-by-side then we came together to perform a routine as a whole class.
Reading is a key part of learning and through a range of texts, we hope children become immersed and enjoy reading for pleasure.
Here is a list of recommended reads for Year 5 to help inspire and excite children.
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