Year 5
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Thursday 21 May 2026 Year 5 Art Week - Indian Elephants In Year 5, the children took part in a creative art project in readiness for their India topic after half term, where they designed and made their own elephant masks using modroc. They began by carefully sketching their ideas in their sketchbooks, thinking about the shapes, patterns, and features. To bring their designs to life they added colour plans to their drawings, choosing bright and imaginative colours. Next, the children used modroc strips to build the elephant masks, layering and smoothing the material over moulds, including large ears, long trunks, and textured features. Once the masks had dried and hardened, the children painted their finished creations, using the colours and patterns from their original designs to produce vibrant and unique elephant masks.
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Friday 15 May 2026 Year 5 - PGL Residential Trip 2026 What a fantastic few days Year 5 had at PGL. In 3 days, the children took part in fencing, dragon boating, Jacob’s Ladder, the giant swing, and had evenings around the campfire. On their return to school, they visited Sutton Bingham Reservoir, then finally completed team building games including welly wanging! The children all showed a fantastic willingness to push themselves and try things outside of their comfort zones!
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Monday 15 December 2025 Year 5 DT - Bridges This week was DT week- we learnt all about bridges! To begin with, we learnt about two types of bridges: an arch bridge and a beam bridge. We looked at the specialist subject vocabulary and a range of real bridges. We discussed the beams, arches, supports and walls. We then tested our bridge knowledge and made paper prototypes of bridges. Later on, we learnt about truss bridges. They are made up of lots of triangles. The triangles will help to take the pressure of the weight on a bridge. Finally, we learnt how to make our own wooden truss bridge. We had to measure our pieces of dowel very carefully to ensure our bridge parts were accurately assembled. We used Tenon saws to cut the dowel against a bench hook (being careful of our fingers!) then used sandpaper to smooth any rough edges. We then used a glue gun (which was very hot!) to glue our pieces of wood together. Next, we used card triangles as support. We assembled the bridge together which took a lot of team work but we did it
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Friday 12 December 2025 Year 5 Wessex Water Visit Today, we were visited by Sam from Wessex Water. She talked to us about our ‘Rivers’ topic and was impressed with our knowledge. Sam built on our learning by teaching about: water safety, the water cycle, how much water is used and wasted in our area, how water is extracted from rivers, flooding and the sewage systems. Her activities were really interesting and helped us to understand why rivers are such important resources to look after. Before she left Sam explained some career opportunities at Wessex Water and the skills needed to perform in these different roles.
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Monday 20 October 2025 Year 5 Art Week - African Art This week was Art Week! We have been studying African Art and an artist called Gakonga. We studied Gakonga’s art work and created a mood board to express our thoughts and feelings about his work. Then we practised our paint colour blending of warm colours and made different shades by adding white or black. We were really proud of our final pieces and we enjoyed learning about Africa and its artwork!
