Year 5
17
Oct
Silhouette Drawing in Chestnut
[gallery ids="10381,10380,10379,10378"] Chestnut have been creating a kind of silhouette drawing by cutting around various countries and then creating a shadow effect around the cut out with chalk. The effect was really striking....
10
Oct
Chess in Schools at SJB
[gallery ids="10334,10333,10332"] SJB have partnered with the Chess in Schools programme to promote the game in primary school. Chess is a great way to develop mental and strategic thinking amongst children and they are all really enjoying it! ...
04
Oct
Art in Year 5
Chestnut Class have been learning from artists like Polish Rebecca who always filled the full canvas using watercolours and a variety of different brushstrokes and mark making. [gallery ids="10197,10198,10199,10200"]...
26
Sep
Newspaper reports in Year 5
[gallery ids="10145,10143,10142"] Chestnut have been finishing off their newspaper report on the journey of The Empire Windrush to England. We’ve been learning valuable skills on how to write to inform rather than to entertain and have been peer-editing our work too...
20
Sep
Art in Chestnut Class
[gallery ids="10066,10067,10068"] In Art this week, Chestnut class has been looking at some of the colours and meanings behind the flags linked to countries that made up the Windrush generation. They then used pastels to draw a flag from their own heritage...
20
Sep
Year 5 P.E.
[gallery ids="10044,10045,10046,10047"] Year 5 were learning football skills in P.E this week. They tried out new skills!...
13
Sep
Speeches and Spanish in Year 5
[gallery ids="9929,9930,9931,9932"] Chestnut have been preparing speeches to stand for the various elected roles in the school. This is a great opportunity to practise public speaking and making persuasive arguments. We have also been enjoying Spanish on a Friday afternoon with Profe (Teacher) Enrique....
13
Sep
Maths in Year 2
[gallery ids="9909,9910,9911"] In maths Cherry class have practiced adding and subtracting multiples of ten. They used dienes and part whole models to help them with their tricky questions....
13
Sep
Poetry in Year 5
[gallery ids="9906,9904,9905,9903"] Willow class enjoyed writing poems about kindness using similes and metaphors. They then shared their kindness poems with their class....